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1,051.
R. v. Daviault - [1994] 3 SCR 63 - 1994-09-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
That is to say that in our culture, alcohol abuse makes it easier for violence to occur, either by blurring the boundaries between what is and what is not acceptable behaviour, or by removing conscious recognition of rules governing acceptable behavior altogether (Scott, 1988; Collins, 1988).
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R. v. Conway - [1989] 1 SCR 1659 - 1989-06-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Scott Conway Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent indexed as: r. v. conway
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C.P.R. v. A.G. for Saskatchewan - [1951] SCR 190 - 1950-11-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
and of the Province of Saskatchewan apparently considered that the exemption was of both the main line and the branch lines constructed under clause 14 and made no attempt to impose or authorize the imposition of taxation and that the late Sir Frederick Haultain and the late Mr. Walter Scott were of that opinion.
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Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. City of Toronto - (1910) 42 SCR 613 - 1910-02-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
and that from the point of junction of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Grand Trunk elevated tracks at or near Berkeley Street to Scott Street, the centre line of the viaduct shall be located on the southerly boundary of the Esplanade, except at the curve in the tracks in the vicinity of West Market Street.
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R. v. S. (R.J.) - [1995] 1 SCR 451 - 1995-02-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Michal Fairburn and Scott Hutchison, for the respondent. S. Ronald Fainstein, Q.C., and Robert J. Frater, for the intervener the Attorney General of Canada. [...] Such legislation trenches upon the rule expressed in the maxim nemo tenetur seipsum accusare which has been described (by Coleridge J. in R. v. Scott) as "a maxim of our law as settled, as important and as wise as almost any other in it."
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Atlantic Lottery Corp. Inc. v. Babstock - 2020 SCC 19 - [2020] 2 SCR 420 - 2020-07-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
“Neither Cause of Action nor Remedy: Doing Away with Waiver of Tort”, in Todd L. Archibald and Randell Scott Echlin, eds.
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Deloitte & Touche v. Livent Inc. (Receiver of) - 2017 SCC 63 - [2017] 2 SCR 855 - 2017-12-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsPeter H. Griffin, Matthew Fleming, Scott Rollwagen and Nina Bombier, for the appellant.
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Canadian Western Bank v. Alberta - 2007 SCC 22 - [2007] 2 SCR 3 - 2007-05-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Solicitors for the interveners AIG Life Insurance Company of Canada et al.: Lax O’Sullivan Scott, Toronto.
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Provincial Court Judges' Assn. of New Brunswick v. New Brunswick (Minister of Justice); Ontario Judges' Assn. v. Ontario (Management Board); Bodner v. Alberta; Conférence des juges du Québec v. Quebec (Attorney General); Minc v. Quebec (Attorney General) - 2005 SCC 44 - [2005] 2 SCR 286 - 2005-07-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
Constitutional law
Courts
Evidence
Phyllis A. Smith, Q.C., Kurt Sandstrom and Scott Chen, for the appellants Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta and the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
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Royal Bank of Canada v. Sparrow Electric Corp. - [1997] 1 SCR 411 - 1997-02-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsFinancial institutions
State
Similarly, in Pembina on the Red Development, supra, Scott C.J. stated the presumption against expropriation of property, at p. 38:
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BG Checo International Ltd. v. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority - [1993] 1 SCR 12 - 1993-01-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Torts
In Groom v. Crocker, [1939] 1 K.B. 194, the Court of Appeal held that the profession of solicitor was not among the status relationships, as those of doctor, architect and stockbroker also were not (at p. 222 per Scott L.J.):
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Moore v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Hartford - (1879) 6 SCR 634 - 1879-12-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
[11] 7 Scott N.R. 280. [12] 11 M. & W. 817. [13] The case will be found reported in 6 App. Cases 644.
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Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov - 2019 SCC 65 - [2019] 4 SCR 653 - 2019-12-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsAdministrative law
505 U.S. 833 (1992); Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services v. Florida Nursing Home Association, 450 U.S. 147 (1981); Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania, 139 S. Ct. 2162 (2019); Committee for the Equal Treatment of Asbestos Minority Shareholders v. Ontario (Securities Commission), 2001 SCC 37, [...] “[T]he entire idea of stare decisis is that judges do not get to reverse a decision just because they never liked it in the first instance” (Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania, 139 S. Ct. 2162 (2019), at p. 2190, per Kagan J., dissenting).
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R. v. Marakah - 2017 SCC 59 - [2017] 2 SCR 608 - 2017-12-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsHubbard, Robert W., Peter M. Brauti and Scott K. Fenton. Wiretapping and Other Electronic Surveillance: Law and Procedure, vol. 2.
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Potter v. New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission - 2015 SCC 10 - [2015] 1 SCR 500 - 2015-03-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
Echlin, Randall Scott, and Jennifer M. Fantini. Quitting for Good Reason: The Law of Constructive Dismissal in Canada.
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Strother v. 3464920 Canada Inc. - 2007 SCC 24 - [2007] 2 SCR 177 - 2007-06-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
Courts
Professional law
Solicitors for the intervener the Canadian Bar Association: Lax O’Sullivan Scott, Toronto.
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R. v. Silveira - [1995] 2 SCR 297 - 1995-05-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Robert W. Hubbard and Scott K. Fenton, for the respondent. The following are the reasons delivered by
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Di Iorio v. Warden of the Montreal Jail - [1978] 1 SCR 152 - 1976-04-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Such legislation trenches upon the rule expressed in the maxim nemo tenetur seipsum accusare which has been described (by Coleridge J. in R. v. Scott, 169 E.R. 909) as "a maxim of our law as settled, as important and as wise as almost any other in it."
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O'Brien v. The Queen - (1880) 4 SCR 529 - 1880-03-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Cy. of Bruce[5]; Elliott v. Roy. Ex. Ins. Co.[6]; Stodhart v. Lee[7]; Sharp v. San Paolo Ry.[8]; Scott v. Liverpool[9]; Clarke v. Watson[10]; Ranger v. Great Western Ry. Co.[11]; Roberts v. Bury[12].
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Thomson Newspapers Ltd. v. Canada (Director of Investigation and Research, Restrictive Trade Practices Commission) - [1990] 1 SCR 425 - 1990-03-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsCompetition law
Constitutional law
Evidence
731; Irvine v. Canada (Restrictive Trade Practices Commission), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 181; R. v. Stewart, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 963; R. v. Beare, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 387; R. v. N.M. Paterson and Sons Ltd., [1980] 2 S.C.R. 679; R. v. Coote (1873), L.R. 4 P.C. 599; R. v. Sloggett (1856), Dears. 656, 169 E.R. 885; R. v. Scott (1856), Dears. [...] It was not unusual for answers given unawares to be later used against the witness: see R. v. Sloggett (1856), Dears. 656, 169 E.R. 885, and R. v. Scott (1856), Dears.
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R. v. Daley - 2007 SCC 53 - [2007] 3 SCR 523 - 2007-12-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
The duty of the trial judge was succinctly put by Scott C.J.M. in R. v. Jack (1993), 88 Man. R. (2d) 93 (C.A.), aff’d [1994] 2 S.C.R. 310: “the task of the trial judge is to explain the critical evidence and the law and relate them to the essential issues in plain, understandable language” (para. 39).
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Phillips v. Nova Scotia (Commission of Inquiry into the Westray Mine Tragedy) - [1995] 2 SCR 97 - 1995-05-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Solicitors for the respondent Westray Families' Group: Ross, Barrett & Scott, Halifax.
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Reference re: Ownership of the Bed of the Strait of Georgia and Related Areas - [1984] 1 SCR 388 - 1984-05-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
The Schooner “Washington” Case, reported in Scott, Cases on International Law (1922), at p. 229, was adjudicated by the American and British Claims Commission in 1855.
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References re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act - 2021 SCC 11 - [2021] 1 SCR 175 - 2021-03-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Reid, Scott, and Michael Scott. Interpretative note on the terms, “Peace, order and good government” and “Peace, welfare and good government”, April 7, 2020 (online: https://primarydocuments.ca/peace-order-and-good-government-in-section-91-of-the-constitution-act-1867/; archived version: [...] (See, generally, S. Reid and M. Scott, Interpretative note on the terms, “Peace, order and good government” and “Peace, welfare and good government”, April 7, 2020 (online).)
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F. v. N. - 2022 SCC 51 - 2022-12-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsFamily law
Caterina E. Tempesta and Sheena Scott, for the intervener the Office of the Children’s Lawyer.