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R. v. Boulanger - 2006 SCC 32 - [2006] 2 SCR 49 - 2006-07-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Referred to: Anonymous (1704), 6 Mod. 96, 87 E.R. 853; R. v. Bembridge (1783), 3 Dougl. 327, 99 E.R. 679, 22 How. St. Tr. 1; R. v. Young (1758), 1 Burr. 557, 97 E.R. 447; R. v. Williams (1762), 3 Burr. 1317, 97 E.R. 851; R. v. Borron (1820), 3 B. & Ald. 432, 106 E.R. 721; R. v. Wyat (1705), 1 Salk. 380, 91 E.R. 331; R. [...] 17 The requirement of corruption was affirmed in R. v. Williams (1762), 3 Burr. 1317, 97 E.R. 851 (K.B.), where justices of the peace were accused of refusing to grant licences to applicants who had voted for certain members of Parliament. [...] 19 Bembridge, Young, Williams and Borron were concerned with positive misfeasance (or malfeasance) — acts committed with a corrupt, dishonest or oppressive intent.
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Markevich v. Canada - 2003 SCC 9 - [2003] 1 SCR 94 - 2003-03-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
State
Taxation
Referred to: Williams v. Canada, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 877. Statutes and Regulations Cited [...] This Court, in Williams v. Canada, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 877, dealt with a similar problem in a case concerned with a tax exemption. [...] 55 Applying the connecting factors test used in Williams, the factors would be the respondent’s residence, his place of employment and the place where his income was received.
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Western Canadian Shopping Centres Inc. v. Dutton - 2001 SCC 46 - [2001] 2 SCR 534 - 2001-07-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
William R. MacNeill, R. Byron Henderson, C. Michael Ryer, Gary L. Billingsley, [...] Stevenson, William Alexander, and Jean E. Côté. Civil Procedure Guide, 1996. [...] Solicitors for the appellants/respondents on cross-appeal James G. Engdahl, William R. MacNeill, Jon R. MacNeill, Gary L. Billingsley, R. Byron Henderson: McLennan Ross, Edmonton.
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579.
R. v. Harrer - [1995] 3 SCR 562 - 1995-10-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
William B. Smart and Rod Flannigan, for the appellant. William F. Ehrcke, for the respondent. [...] Solicitors for the appellant: Smart & Williams, Vancouver. Solicitor for the respondent: The Ministry of the Attorney General, Vancouver.
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R. v. Beare; R. v. Higgins - [1988] 2 SCR 387 - 1988-12-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Ct., January 31, 1978, unreported; R. v. Nielsen and Stolar (1984), 16 C.C.C. (3d) 39, leave to appeal refused [1985] 1 S.C.R. xi; R. v. A.N. (1978), 2 C.R. (3d) 55; Brown v. Baugh and Williams (1982), 70 C.C.C. (2d) 71, aff'd [1984] 1 S.C.R. 192; Dumbell v. Roberts, [1944] 1 All E.R. 326; Callis v. Gunn, [1963] 3 All E.R. [...] William Corbett, Q.C., for the intervener the Attorney General of Canada. [...] In R. v. A.N. (1978), 2 C.R. (3d) 55 (B.C.C.A.), aff'g R. v. Nowakowski, supra, it is true, Branca J.A. expressed a contrary view, but the other members of the court expressed no opinion on the matter and that court later indicated in Brown v. Baugh and Williams (1982), 70 C.C.C. (2d) 71 (B.C.C.A.), that it might be
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581.
Bell v. Ontario Human Rights Com'n. - [1971] SCR 756 - 1971-02-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsAdministrative law
In the meantime, there had been correspondence between the Commission staff and the appellant and his solicitor, William C. Cuttell. [...] A number of Scottish cases have been quoted me to the same effect including The Trustees' of the late William Cotton, Appellants, Richard Farmer, Surveyor of Taxes (Edinburgh) Respondents, (1912-13) Scottish Session Cases page 1131; Speevack and Robson, (1949) S.L.T. notes of recent decisions on page 39; The Assets Company, [...] Solicitor for the appellant: William C. Cuttell, Toronto. Solicitor for the respondent: F. W. Callaghan, Toronto.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company v. Babudro / Canadian Pacific Railway Company v. Sdraulig - [1969] SCR 698 - 1969-06-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
Torts
The constable then sighted past the north‑west corner of the box car standing on track No. 4 at a distance which he found to be 47 feet east of Clavet Street, and determined that his view line crossed the north rail of track No. 1 at a point 117 feet east of the east side of Clavet Street William E. Mercer, a professional [...] Solicitors for the defendent, appellant: Weiler, Weiler & Maloney, Fort William. [...] Solicitor for the plaintiffs, respondents: Alfred A. Petrone, Fort William.
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Hanes v. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co. - [1963] SCR 154 - 1963-01-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
G. William Gorrell, Q.C., for the defendant, appellant. Adrian T. Hewitt, Q.C., and F. J. McDonald, for the plaintiff, respondent. [...] The witnesses in question were William Joseph Dake and Doctor Pember Alton Maclntosh. [...] Solicitor for the defendant, appellant: G. William Gorrell, Morrisburg.
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Beatty v. North-West Transportation Co. - (1886) 12 SCR 598 - 1886-04-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
William Beatty, Johned Ward Rose, Robert Laird and John D. Beatty (Defendants) Respondents. [...] In Williams v. Page[50], Sir John Romilly said, in treating a director as a trustee: “The trust is no doubt a peculiar one.” In [...] At this meeting of the 7th February, the defendant James Hughes Beaty, William Beatty, Rose and Laird were elected directors of the company, and at a meeting of those directors, subse-
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Harrington v. Corse - (1883) 9 SCR 412 - 1883-04-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
WILLIAM HARRINGTON, et al. (DEFENDANTS en garantie IN THE SUPERIOR COURT) [...] after the death of the testator's wife in the tenement . and dwelling house in question, was by the will devised, the use, usufruct and enjoyment of that tenement and dwelling-house was devised to William Harrington, husband of testator's daughter Laura, for the term of his natural life and after his death the same was [...] And by this codicil William Harrington had as full use, usufruct and enjoyment of the property in question for the term of his natural life as the testator's widow, if she had survived him would have had.
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586.
The Queen v. McFarlane - (1882) 7 SCR 216 - 1882-05-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
is upon contract, but for convenience of reference the following cases are alluded to: Thomas v. The Queen[9]; Tobin v. The Queen[10]; Jones v. The Queen, judgment of Sir William Ritchie, Exchequer Court of Canada; and Halifax City Railway v. The Queen, judgment of Sir William Richards, Exchequer Court of Canada[11]. [...] Addison on Contracts[21]; Leake on Contracts[22]; Morgan v. Ravey[23]; Dugdale v. Lovering[24]; Marzetti v. Williams[25]; Redhead v. Midland Ry. Co.[26]; Mr. Justice Blackburn's remarks in that case citing Brown v. Edgington[27]; Addison on Torts[28]; Brown v. Boorman[29].
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587.
R. v. Morris - 2006 SCC 59 - [2006] 2 SCR 915 - 2006-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsAboriginal law
Constitutional law
and Chief Roger William Interveners Indexed as: R. v. Morris Neutral citation: 2006 SCC 59. [...] Written submissions only by David M. Rosenberg, Patricia Hutchings and Jay Nelson, for the intervener Chief Roger William. [...] Solicitors for the intervener Chief Roger William: Rosenberg & Rosenberg, Vancouver.
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588.
Whirlpool Corp. v. Camco Inc. - 2000 SCC 67 - [2000] 2 SCR 1067 - 2000-12-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
Hayhurst, William L. “The Art of Claiming and Reading a Claim”, in G. F. Henderson, ed., Patent Law of Canada. [...] In this respect, however, I agree with the observation of William L. Hayhurst, Q.C., that “[p]urposive construction is nothing new, though Lord Diplock is credited with first using the expression in patent cases” (see Hayhurst, “The Art of Claiming and Reading a Claim” in Patent Law of Canada (1994), edited by G. F. [...] Purposeless construction was rejected by this Court long before Catnic, supra, as in Williams v. Box (1910), 44 S.C.R. 1, per Idington J., at p. 10:
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589.
R. v. Elshaw - [1991] 3 SCR 24 - 1991-09-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
William Edward Elshaw Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent [...] William B. Smart, for the appellant. Robert A. Mulligan, for the respondent. [...] In Adams v. Williams, 407 U.S. 143 (1972), a police officer was on routine patrol and was informed by someone known to him that the occupant of a nearby car was carrying narcotics and a weapon.
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R. v. Tutton - [1989] 1 SCR 1392 - 1989-06-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Williams, Glanville. Criminal Law: The General Part, 2nd ed. London: Stevens & Sons, 1961. [...] Professor Glanville Williams in his work Criminal Law: The General Part (2nd ed. 1961) explained the minimal nature of the mental element for advertent negligence and the important evidentiary use of objective standards in determining the subjective state of mind of what he terms advertent negligence. [...] To take account of the minimal nature of the mental element of recklessness, Professor Williams explained in Criminal Law: The General Part, supra, at pp. 55-56:
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Moysa v. Alberta (Labour Relations Board) - [1989] 1 SCR 1572 - 1989-06-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Evidence
William Henkel, Q.C., for the intervener the Attorney General for Alberta. [...] Solicitor for the intervener the Attorney General for Alberta: William Henkel, Edmonton.
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Hatchwell v. R. - [1976] 1 SCR 39 - 1974-12-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Robert William Hatchwell Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent. [...] DICKSON J.—This is an appeal from a majority judgment of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Robertson and Bull JJ.A.) dismissing an appeal by Robert William Hatchwell from a sentence of preventive detention imposed by Judge Johnson on May 22, 1973, at the City of Vancouver, pursuant to s. 688 of the Criminal Code, in
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Auld et al. v. Wallace’s Moving Storage Ltd. et al. - [1975] 2 SCR 820 - 1974-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Criminal law
Robert William Auld and Mae Gertrude Auld (Plaintiffs) Appellants; and [...] Solicitors for the third parties, respondents: William J. Grant, Truro.
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594.
Saint John Priory of Canada Properties v. City of Saint John - [1972] SCR 746 - 1972-03-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsExpropriation
Complex” on an irregularly shaped parcel of land bound on the easterly side by Prince William Street, on the south by Market Square, on the westerly side by Dock Street, and on the north by the rear line of properties facing on Union Street, along the entire block from Dock to Prince William Streets as shown by ex. 26.
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Parke, Davis & Co. v. Empire Laboratories Ltd. - [1964] SCR 351 - 1964-03-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
The appellant's Canadian manager, Mr. William Speed, said in his evidence: [...] The learned trial judge, with respect, correctly stated the law and the burden that was on the appellant when he said, quoting from J. B. Williams Company v. H. Bronnley & Company4:
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Dobson v. Winton and Robbins Ltd. - [1959] SCR 775 - 1959-10-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
This is the advice given by the learned editor of Williams on Vendor and Purchaser, 4th ed., p. 1025. [...] The matter is summarized in Williams on Vendor and Purchaser, 4th ed., p. 1054, as follows:
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The King and Royal Bank of Canada v. Racette - [1948] SCR 28 - 1947-12-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
Le Père Cotter quitta Montréal en 1921 pour aller résider à Fort William, et décéda dans le cours de l'année 1936. [...] It appears from the evidence that Father Cotter undertook to handle the financial affairs of the respondent for her and that in fact he did all her business from 1914 until 1921, when he moved away from Montreal to Fort William.
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The King v. Caledonian Insurance Co. - [1924] SCR 207 - 1924-03-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsStatutes
On the 29th November, 1911, William Burdis, the executor of the last will and testament of said Higginson, who had meantime obtained probate of said will, conveyed said lands to said vendees. [...] The question arises in these circumstances: Thomas Sheriff Higginson, who died in September, 1911, and whose will was proved in November of that year by one Burdis, who was named one of his executors, had, before his death, sold to William H. Stonehouse and Frederick G. Carlaw for the sum of $6,000 certain real estate, the
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Colonist Printing & Publishing Co. v. Dunsmuir - (1902) 32 SCR 679 - 1902-11-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
In a written agreement, dated the 5th of September, 1892, entered into between William Harrington Ellis and Albert George Sargison, therein termed "Ellis & Co." of the one part, and James Dunsmuir, of the same place, therein termed "The Promoter" of the other part, respecting the incorporation of "The Colonist Printing [...] "4. The number of trustees who shall manage the concerns of the company for the first three months shall be five, and their names are William Harrington Ellis, Albert George Sargison, James Dunsmuir, Cuyler A. Holland and Sydney Aspland, and in the election and appointment of directors the company shall be governed by the
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Zwicker v. Feindel - (1899) 29 SCR 516 - 1899-06-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
Burrowes v. Locke[2], at page 474; Williams v. Williams[3], at page 857; Berry v. Peek:[4], at page 360; Mills v. Fox[5], at pages 162-166; Hammersley v. De Biel[6], at pages 87-88; Hutlon v. Rossiter[7], at page 18.