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Morgentaler v. The Queen - [1976] 1 SCR 616 - 1975-03-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Glanville Williams, op. cit., at p. 178 and in R. v. Newton and Stungo[11]). [...] Williams, Criminal Law, (2nd ed. 1961) takes a more liberal view saying (at p. 724) that notwithstanding the doubts expressed by others, "it will be here submitted somewhat confidently that the defence is recognized in English law". [...] In his review of the authorities, Williams asserts that in most of them that have recognized the defence the act was done to preserve life.
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R. v. Allen - 2010 SCC 42 - [2010] 2 SCR 648 - 2010-10-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
George William Allen Appellant and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent [...] George William Allen Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent [...] [1] The Court — Following his trial by judge and jury, George William Allen was convicted of first degree murder in respect of the death of Garry Joseph McGrath.
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Clinch v. Pernette - (1895) 24 SCR 385 - 1895-05-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsLease
The appellant William B. Shaw claims as a purchaser from the other appellants. [...] In June, 1884, William B. Shaw, claiming as before mentioned took possession of the premises. [...] The defendant William B. Shaw pleaded the Nova Scotia Registry Act and also that he was a purchaser for valuable consideration without notice.
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Merchants Bank of Canada v. McLachlan / Merchants Bank of Canada v. McLaren - (1894) 23 SCR 143 - 1893-04-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsFamily law
On the 10th April 1886 John S. McLachlan, a retired partner from the firm of McLachlan & Bros., composed of the said John S. McLachlan and William McLachlan his brother, agreed to leave his capital, for which he was to be paid interest, in a new firm to be constituted by the said William McLachlan and one William
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Mackeigan v. Hickman - [1989] 2 SCR 796 - 1989-10-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Courts
On November 5, 1971, Donald Marshall, Jr., a 17-year-old native adolescent boy around whom most of these appeals turn, was convicted of the murder of Sandford William Seale, who had died from knife wounds inflicted on May 28-29, 1971. [...] Affidavits in support of the applications were filed from Chant, Pratico and Harriss, John F. MacIntyre and William Urquhart (Sydney Police Officers in charge of the Marshall investigation), Stephen Aronson, Dr. M. A. Mian, Terence Patrick Gushue, Barbara Mary Floyd, Sandra V. Cotie, James William MacNeil, Gregory Allan [...] the investigation of the death of Sandford William Seale on the 28th-29th day of May, A.D., 1971; the charging and prosecution of Donald Marshall, Jr. with that death; the subsequent conviction and sentencing of Donald Marshall, Jr. for the non-capital murder of Sandford William Seale for which he was subsequently found
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Koufis v. The King - [1941] SCR 481 - 1941-06-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William Koufis Appellant; and His Majesty The King Respondent. 1941: April 30; 1941: May 1; 1941: June 24. [...] Taschereau J.—The appellant, William Koufis, has been found guilty of the crime of arson and sentenced to serve five years in Dorchester Penitentiary. [...] with each other and Jerome Gerrior, was inadmissible in the trial against William Koufis and was improperly-admitted in evidence.
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R. v. MacKenzie - [1993] 1 SCR 212 - 1993-01-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
On June 23 the appellant spent most of the day drinking at his mobile home with his brother-in-law, William Cogger. [...] William Cogger awoke at 4:45 a.m. to find the appellant sitting fully dressed at a table. [...] After two hours of deliberation, the jury asked to have the evidence of William Cogger, Lorraine Boucher and Daniel Girrior read back.
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Carriss v. Buxton - [1958] SCR 441 - 1958-06-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
Torts
damages caused by the negligence of the Defendants, their servants and agents whereby the said William Buxton, deceased, met his death on the 8th day of June, A.D. 1954. [...] On or about the 8th day of June, A.D. 1954, one, William Leonard Buxton, the lawful husband of the Plaintiff herein, was the occupant and the tenant of Room 214 at the aforesaid premises [...] On or about the 8th day of June, A.D. 1954, one, William Leonard Buxton, the lawful husband of the Plaintiff herein, was the occupant and the tenant of room 214 at the aforesaid premises at 106 West Hastings Street, in the said City and Province, when the said William Leonard Buxton met his death in the said room in the
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Clark v. Canadian National Railway Co. - [1988] 2 SCR 680 - 1988-12-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
19. In Williams v. Canadian National Railway Co., supra, a case similar to the present one and relied upon here by the judge at first instance, Mac‑ Keigan C.J.N.S. indicated that, absent authority, he would have found s. 342(1) ultra vires. [...] Howell C.J.M. held, however, that Parliament did not intend in s. 306(1) to displace the limitation period prescribed by s. 12 of the Manitoba Employers' Liability Act. This was similar to the view taken in Williams, supra, and by Dickson J. in the case at bar. [...] In Williams v. Canadian National Railway Co., supra, the Appeal Division of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court considered itself bound by Pszenicnzy, although MacKeigan C.J. indicated, at p. 89, that he would have decided Williams differently if he were not bound by authority:
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Royal Trust Co. and McMurray v. Crawford et al - [1955] SCR 184 - 1955-01-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
The Royal Trust Company and Robert W. Mcmurray, Executors of The Estate Of William Marr Crawford, Deceased (Plaintiffs) Appellants; [...] APPEAL from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia[1] affirming a judgment of Macfarlane J.[2] determining certain questions raised on originating summons by the executors of the Estate of William Marr Crawford, deceased. [...] *** The effect of the codicils is merely to vary the amount of the share provided for the testator's nephew, William Marr Crawford, and to increase the amount of the annuities given to the testator's sisters.
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Moore v. The Queen - [1979] 1 SCR 195 - 1978-10-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Dr. Williams refers to the case of Hatton v. Treeby[4] as an illustration of this principle. [...] Dr. Williams effectively disposed of the argument in words which I should like to adopt, p. 473: [...] The views expressed by Dr. Williams were adopted in the New Zealand case of Elder v. Evans[9].
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Vescio v. The King - [1949] SCR 139 - 1948-11-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
APPEAL from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Manitoba 1 dismissing (Dysart and Adamson JJ.A. dissenting) the appellant's appeal from his conviction, at trial before Williams C.J. K.B. and a jury, on a charge of murder. [...] The Honourable Chief Justice Williams imposed the death penalty. The appellant appealed to the Court of Appeal for the Province of Manitoba, and the appeal 2 was dismissed Dysart and Adamson, JJ. dissenting. [...] On that date the case came for trial before Chief Justice Williams, Mr. 0.
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Grobstein v. Kouri - [1936] SCR 264 - 1936-04-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsBankruptcy and insolvency
Vaughan Williams, L.J., thought the preferable construction was to treat the policy as by the husband on his wife’s life, because he was inclined to think that the husband had an interest in his wife’s life which ought to be presumed, and treating the policy in that way he did not think it necessary to go into the evidence [...] I have quoted above the words of Vaughan Williams, L.J., as to the practical reason for treating these joint insurances as insurance by each of the other’s life. [...] I can see the objection that can be taken to my own preference of dealing with the policy in the way that Vaughan Williams, L.J., did in the Griffiths case[9] because of the words of reservation of change of beneficiary in each of the applications.
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Brighouse v. Morton - [1929] SCR 512 - 1929-04-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsTrust
There are payments amounting to $4,000, which the defendant charges as paid to his brother William A. Wilkinson, deceased, for the latter's wages for work done on the farm of Sam Brighouse, during the period from 1896 to 1913. [...] It is, however, sufficiently plain that, if the $4,000, represented by the payments now in controversy, be regarded as part of the proceeds to William A. Wilkinson of the Gulf lots, he has been, to that extent, paid twice, an event which is very unlikely to happen by the payer's consent. [...] There remains the contention that William A. Wilkinson, being nephew of Sam Brighouse, and living on his farm, had no enforceable claim against his uncle for wages by reason of a presumed or implied agreement.
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Collins Bay Rafting and Forwarding Co. v. New York and Ottawa Rway. Co. - (1902) 32 SCR 216 - 1902-05-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
The New York and Ottawa Railway Company and William Lesslie (Plaintiffs) Respondents. [...] William Lesslie is merely a stake-holder between the parties and has no substantial interest in the appeal. [...] The time having expired for the completion of the work according to the condition of the New York and Ottawa Railway Co., they notified William Lesslie and
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Southwind v. Canada - 2021 SCC 28 - [2021] 2 SCR 450 - 2021-07-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsAboriginal law
Williams Lake First Nation, Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, [...] Peter Millerd, for the interveners the Coalition of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, the Penticton Indian Band and the Williams Lake First Nation. [...] The standard of care is that of a person of ordinary prudence in managing their own affairs (Williams Lake, at para. 46).
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Martin v. Perrie - [1986] 1 SCR 41 - 1986-01-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
William Dunlop and A. Glenn Bryant, for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered by [...] 17. At pages 277‑78, Williams J. said: Statutes of limitation are often classed as procedural statutes. [...] The Federal Court in the present case accepted the reasoning of Williams J., and concluded by saying:
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Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development v. Ranville et al. - [1982] 2 SCR 518 - 1982-09-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
William T. Badcock, for the respondents. The judgment of Laskin C.J. and Dickson, Estey, Mclntyre and Chouinard JJ. was delivered by [...] So far as I am aware, in applying the test in Herman, no federally-appointed judge has yet been found to be a persona designata (see Reference re Residential Tenancies Act (1980), 26 O.R. (2d) 609 (Ont. C.A.); Williams v. R. in Right of Canada, [1981] 1 W.W.R. 606 (B.C.C.A.); Collins v. The Queen, [1980] 1 F.C. 146 [...] Solicitor for the respondents: William T. Badcock, Ottawa.
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Oliver et al. v. The Queen - [1981] 2 SCR 240 - 1981-10-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Criminal law
Scott Douglas Oliver, Kirt Harold Oliver and William Henderson Appellants; [...] P.G. Lister, for the appellant William Henderson. J.A. Scollin, Q.C., and S.R. Fainstein, for the respondent. [...] Solicitor for the appellant William Henderson: Philip G. Lister, Edmonton.
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McKay et al. v. Board of Govan School Unit No. 29 et al. - [1968] SCR 589 - 1968-04-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
While not satisfied that the principle which was first expressed in Williams v. Eady (1893), 10 T.L.R. 41, that a schoolmaster was bound to take such care of his pupils as a careful father would take of his children is [...] 1. That on or about the 12th day of February, A.D. 1963, the defendant, Donald Molesky, was employed by the Defendant, the Board of the Govan School Unit, as a teacher at the William Derby High School and that during the school hours on the said day, the defendant, Donald Molesky was acting in the course of his employment [...] This view, which has often been adopted, was first expressed many years ago by Lord Esher in Williams v. Eady[3], where he said at p. 42:
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Cameron v. Haszard / In re Roberson - [1937] SCR 354 - 1937-03-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
E. K. Williams K.C. and W. E. Bentley K.C. for the respondents. The judgment of the court was delivered by [...] The law, their Lordships said, had been correctly stated by Sir William Page Wood, V.C., in In re Bennett's Trust ([8]) as follows: [...] Mr. Williams did not refer us to any authority in support of this contention and it appears to us to be such an artificial construction of the settled rule as not to justify our acquiescence in it.
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Royal Trust Co. v. Kennedy - [1930] SCR 602 - 1930-02-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
Q. As to the suggestion of his Lordship, if the Estate Stephens were now to pay fifty odd thousand dollars to the Port Arthur and Fort William Mortgage Company, what chance would they have of getting title to that property? [...] of the Port Arthur and Fort William Mortgage Company Ltd., for the balance of purchase money and interest, amounting as shewn by his particulars, to $48,680, alleging that Hogarth was trustee for the Carrick Company, and, being indebted in a large amount to the Port Arthur and Fort William Mortgage Company Limited, sold [...] The plaintiff put in evidence at the trial a deed, dated 22nd April, 1926, from J. J. Carrick Company Limited to the Port Arthur and Fort William Mortgage Company Limited
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Ryder v. The King - (1905) 36 SCR 462 - 1905-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
The deceased, William Edward Ryder, met his death on the 20th April, 1903, while in the employment of the Department of Public Works of Canada by an accident which occurred at the launching of a tug named "Sir Hector," the property of the Government of Canada. [...] Mr. Sweet had under him a foreman named John Davis, who was the foreman in charge of the launching, and about ten other men, including the deceased William Edward Ryder, were engaged under the foreman John Davis in the launching. [...] While the preparations were still going on the vessel, by some accident, was prematurely launched, and John Davis, the foreman, and William Edward Ryder, were caught and crushed to death under her side as she moved down to the water.
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The Queen (Can.) v. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool - [1983] 1 SCR 205 - 1983-02-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Writing in 1960 Glanville Williams stated that: The present position of penal legislation in the civil law ... may be oversimplified into two generalisations. [...] Glanville Williams is now of the opinion that the "irresolute course" of the judicial decisions "reflect no credit on our jurisprudence" and, with respect, I agree. [...] (Williams, supra, at p. 246.) Prosser (Law of Torts, 4th ed., 1971) is of the same opinion (at pp. 191-92):
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R. v. Parks - [1992] 2 SCR 871 - 1992-08-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Williams, Glanville. Textbook of Criminal Law, 2nd ed. London: Stevens & Sons, 1983. [...] (Williams, Textbook of Criminal Law (2nd ed. 1983), at p. 666.) However, the evidence in the case at bar does not indicate the presence of an illness. [...] Williams concludes that "On the whole, it would be much better if the courts kept to Lord Denning's plain rule; the rule in Quick adds nothing to it".