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R. v. Campbell - 2024 SCC 42 - 2024-12-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
“The Privacy Paradox: Marakah, Mills, and the Diminished Protections of Section 8” (2020), 43:5 Man. L.J. 161. Canada. House of Commons. House of Commons Debates, vol. [...] (M. Biddulph, “The Privacy Paradox: Marakah, Mills, and the Diminished Protections of Section 8” (2020), 43:5 Man. L.J. 161, at p. 187 (emphasis in original).) (2) Intrusiveness of Police Conduct
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Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission) - 2024 SCC 28 - 2024-07-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsBankruptcy and insolvency
“Comment on Shaver‐Kudell Manufacturing Inc. v Knight Manufacturing Inc.” (2022), 45:2 Man. L.J. 177. Sarra, Janis, Geoffrey B. Morawetz and L. W. Houlden. The 2024 Annotated Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Toronto: Carswell, 2024. [...] 2021 ONCA 925, 160 O.R. (3d) 205, at para. 39; see also A. Nocilla, “Comment on Shaver‐Kudell Manufacturing Inc. v Knight Manufacturing Inc.” (2022), 45:2 Man. L.J. 177, at p. 187). [27] The s. 178(1) exceptions must also be interpreted narrowly because of the fact that “the more claims that survive bankruptcy, the more
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Ontario (Attorney General) v. Restoule - 2024 SCC 27 - 2024-07-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsAboriginal law
” (2006), 32:1 Man. L.J. 61. Kiralfy, A. K. The Action on the Case. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1951. [...] ” (2006), 32:1 Man. L.J. 61, at p. 66; Y.-M. Morissette, “Appellate Standards of Review Then and Now” (2017), 18 J. App. Prac.
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Earthco Soil Mixtures Inc. v. Pine Valley Enterprises Inc. - 2024 SCC 20 - 2024-05-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsMcCamus, John D. “The Supreme Court of Canada and the Development of a Canadian Common Law of Contract” (2022), 45:2 Man. L.J. 7. McGuinness, Kevin P. Sale & Supply of Goods, 2nd ed. Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis, 2010. [...] of Canada and the Development of a Canadian Common Law of Contract” (2022), 45:2 Man. L.J. 7, at pp. 16-17; S. O’Byrne, “Assessing Exclusion Clauses: The Supreme Court of Canada’s Three Issue Framework in Tercon Contractors Ltd v British Columbia (Transportation and Highways)” (2012), 35 Dal. L.J. 215, at pp. 231-32).
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R. v. Tessier - 2022 SCC 35 - 2022-10-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Stuesser, Lee. “The Accused’s Right to Silence: No Doesn’t Mean No” (2002), 29 Man. L.J. 149. Thomas, Edmund. “Lowering the Standard: R. v. Oickle and the Confessions Rule in Canada” (2006), 10 Can. Crim. [...] In evaluating whether the presumption is triggered, courts should focus on the substance of the warning, not its form, keeping in mind there is no uniform warning in Canada (K.P.L.F., at para. 28; L. Stuesser, “The Accused’s Right to Silence: No Doesn’t Mean No” (2002), 29 Man. L.J. 149). Police do not need to tell
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R. v. Kirkpatrick - 2022 SCC 33 - 2022-07-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
“Nuancing Feminist Perspectives on the Voluntary Intoxication Defence” (2020), 43:5 Man. L.J. 65. Benedet, Janine. “Judicial Misconduct in the Sexual Assault Trial” (2019), 52 U.B.C. L. Rev. 1. [...] Contemporary Approaches to Precedent in Canada” (2006), 32 Man. L.J. 135. Phillips, Dana. “Let’s Talk About Sexual Assault: Survivor Stories and the Law in the Jian Ghomeshi Media Discourse” (2017), 54 Osgoode Hall L.J. 1133. [...] Contemporary Approaches to Precedent in Canada” (2006), 32 Man. L.J. 135, at pp. 141-42). It leaves the previous precedent in place and, in my respectful view, is consonant “with the basic fundamental principle that the common law develops by experience” (R. v. Henry, 2005 SCC 76, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 609, at para. 57).
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R. v. Brown - 2022 SCC 18 - [2022] 1 SCR 374 - 2022-05-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Lawrence, Michelle S. “Voluntary Intoxication and the Charter: Revisiting the Constitutionality of Section 33.1 of the Criminal Code” (2017), 40:3 Man. L.J. 391. Parent, Hugues. “La constitutionnalité de l’article 33.1 du Code criminel: analyse et commentaires” (2022), 26 Can. Crim. [...] It is a conclusion, too, that finds repeated support in a segment of the scholarship on s. 33.1 (see, e.g., M. S. Lawrence, “Voluntary Intoxication and the Charter: Revisiting the Constitutionality of Section 33.1 of the Criminal Code” (2017), 40:3 Man. L.J. 391, at pp. 403‐10; S. Roy, “Intoxication”, in JurisClasseur
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R. v. Sullivan - 2022 SCC 19 - [2022] 1 SCR 460 - 2022-05-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Contemporary Approaches to Precedent in Canada » (2006), 32 Man. L.J. 135. Pinard, Danielle. “De l’inhabilité des juges à modifier le texte des lois déclarées inconstitutionnelles”, dans Patrick Taillon, Eugénie Brouillet et Amélie Binette, dir., Un regard québécois sur le droit constitutionnel: Mélanges en l’honneur [...] Contemporary Approaches to Precedent in Canada” (2006), 32 Man. L.J. 135, at p. 141; see also R. v. Nur, 2015 SCC 15, [2015] 1 S.C.R. 773, at para. 71).
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R. v. Parranto - 2021 SCC 46 - [2021] 3 SCR 366 - 2021-11-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
“A Bad Deal: British Columbia’s Emphasis on Deterrence and Increasing Prison Sentences for Street‐Level Fentanyl Traffickers” (2018), 41 Man. L.J. 149. Isaacs, Daniel M. “Baseline Framing in Sentencing” (2011), 121 Yale L.J. 426. [...] 41 Man. L.J. 149, at p. 153). This deceptive practice leaves users vulnerable and unaware, especially as fentanyl is physically indistinguishable from other hard drugs, such as heroin, oxycodone, and cocaine (C. C. Ruby, Sentencing (10th ed. 2020); Smith, at para. 24; R. v. Joumaa, 2018 ONSC 317, at para. 12 (CanLII)).
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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
“Measuring ‘National Dimensions’” (1976), 7 Man. L.J. 15. Hawkins, François. “Duties, Conflicts, and Politics in the Litigation Offices of the Attorney General” (2018), 12 J.P.P.L. 193. [...] Professor Hogg explains that evaluating extraprovincial harm helps to determine whether a national law “is not merely desirable, but essential, in the sense that the problem ‘is beyond the power of the provinces to deal with it’”: p. 17-14, quoting D. Gibson, “Measuring ‘National Dimensions’” (1976), 7 Man. L.J. 15, at p. [...] The result is that the POGG power is limited to only those matters that are not of a provincial nature; in other words, it confers Parliament jurisdiction over matters with a “national dimension” (“Measuring ‘National Dimensions’” (1976), 7 Man. L.J. 15, at p. 18). [482] Thus, focusing on “peace, order, and good government”
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Ontario (Attorney General) v. G - 2020 SCC 38 - [2020] 3 SCR 629 - 2020-11-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
“The Judicial Notwithstanding Clause: Suspended Declarations of Invalidity” (2019), 42 Man. L.J. 23. Blakeney, Allan E. “The Notwithstanding Clause, the Charter , and Canada’s Patriated Constitution: What I Thought We Were Doing” (2010), 19 Const. [...] “Remedying the Remedy: Bedford’s Suspended Declaration of Invalidity” (2018), 41 Man. L.J. 281. Newman, Dwight. “Canada’s Notwithstanding Clause, Dialogue, and Constitutional Identities”, in Geoffrey Sigalet, Grégoire Webber and Rosalind Dixon, eds., Constitutional Dialogue: Rights, Democracy, Institutions. [...] Some argue suspensions should only be granted in “extreme cases” in order to prevent “legal chaos” (B. Bird, “The Judicial Notwithstanding Clause: Suspended Declarations of Invalidity” (2019), 42 Man. L.J. 23, at pp. 39 and 46). Others suggest that suspensions can be granted to “remand complex issues to legislative
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Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller - 2020 SCC 16 - [2020] 2 SCR 118 - 2020-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsBogden, John‐Paul F. “On the ‘Agreement Most Foul’: A Reconsideration of the Doctrine of Unconscionability” (1997), 25 Man. L.J. 187. Born, Gary B. International Commercial Arbitration, vol. I, International Arbitration Agreements, 2nd ed. [...] when their circumstances are such that the agreement now works a hardship upon them” (John-Paul F. Bogden, “On the ‘Agreement Most Foul’: A Reconsideration of the Doctrine of Unconscionability” (1997), 25 Man. L.J. 187, at p. 202 (emphasis in original)). [75] Improvidence must be assessed contextually (McInnes, at p. 528).
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R. v. Friesen - 2020 SCC 9 - [2020] 1 SCR 424 - 2020-04-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
“Abused Children in the Courts: Adjusting the Scales after Bill C‐15” (1990), 19 Man. L.J. 549. Moreau, Paul. “In Defence of Starting Point Sentencing” (2016), 63 Crim. [...] the Scales after Bill C-15” (1990), 19 Man. L.J. 549, at p. 556). As Professor Anne McGillivray wrote, Parliament thus shifted the focus of sexual offences against children from chastity or propriety to a “child-centred” approach that emphasizes the trauma to the child victim from all acts of sexual violence (pp. 558-60).
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Fleming v. Ontario - 2019 SCC 45 - [2019] 3 SCR 519 - 2019-10-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsPolicing and the Resilience of the Common Law” (2018), 41 Man. L.J. 161. Ceyssens, Paul. Legal Aspects of Policing, vol. 1. Saltspring Island, B.C.: Earlscourt Legal Press, 1994 (loose‐leaf updated December 2018, release 34). [...] Policing and the Resilience of the Common Law” (2018), 41 Man. L.J. 161, at p. 175). For example, the three factors from MacDonald require a proportionality assessment.
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R. v. Goldfinch - 2019 SCC 38 - [2019] 3 SCR 3 - 2019-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
” (2008), 32 Man. L.J. 144. Rosenbury, Laura A. “Friends with Benefits?” (2007), 106 Mich. [...] Silver, Lisa A. “The WD Revolution” (2018), 41 Man. L.J. 307. Stuart, Don. “Twin Myth Hypotheses in Rape Shield Laws are Too Rigid and Darrach is Unclear” (2009), 64 C.R. (6th) 74. [...] Indeed, it went to what Sopinka J. (albeit in dissent) once described as “the most fundamental rule of the game” (R. v. W.(D.), [1991] 1 S.C.R. 742, at p. 750; see also L. A. Silver, “The WD Revolution” (2018), 41 Man. L.J. 307), since it went to this accused’s capacity to raise a reasonable doubt on the strength of his own
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Wilson v. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. - 2016 SCC 29 - [2016] 1 SCR 770 - 2016-07-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsAdministrative law
England, G. “Unjust Dismissal in the Federal Jurisdiction: The First Three Years” (1982), 12 Man. L.J. 9. Evans, John M. “Triumph of Reasonableness: But How Much Does It Really Matter? [...] from unjust dismissals for non-unionized federal employees with those available to unionized employees: Geoffrey England, “Unjust Dismissal in the Federal Jurisdiction: The First Three Years” (1982), 12 Man. L.J. 9, at p. 10; Innis Christie, Employment Law in Canada (2nd ed. 1993), at p. 669; Arthurs Report, at p. 172. [...] Indeed, as Geoffrey England has documented, in the first two years after these provisions were enacted, “Ministerial consent to adjudication was denied in 19% of all cases in which it was requested”: ‟Unjust Dismissal in the Federal Jurisdiction: The First Three Yearsˮ (1982), 12 Man. L.J. 9, at p. 11. We know of no similar
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Mission Institution v. Khela - 2014 SCC 24 - [2014] 1 SCR 502 - 2014-03-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsAdministrative law
Courts
Habeas Corpus in Contemporary Canada” (2010), 36 Man. L.J. 351. Sharpe, Robert J. “Habeas Corpus in Canada” (1976), 2 Dal. L.J. 241. [...] Habeas Corpus in Contemporary Canada” (2012), 36 Man. L.J. 351, at p. 352; May, at para. 19; W. F. Duker, A Constitutional History of Habeas Corpus (1980), at p. 3).
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Ontario (Attorney General) v. Fraser - 2011 SCC 20 - [2011] 2 SCR 3 - 2011-04-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Contemporary Approaches to Precedent in Canada” (2006), 32 Man. L.J. 135. Rayner, Wesley B. Canadian Collective Bargaining Law, 2nd ed. [...] Contemporary Approaches to Precedent in Canada” (2006), 32 Man. L.J. 135, at p. 149, citing B. V. Harris, “Final Appellate Courts Overruling Their Own ‘Wrong’ Precedents: The Ongoing Search for Principle” (2002), 118 L.Q.R. 408.
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R. v. Sinclair - 2010 SCC 35 - [2010] 2 SCR 310 - 2010-10-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Stuesser, Lee. “The Accused’s Right to Silence: No Doesn’t Mean No” (2002), 29 Man. L.J. 149. Weisselberg, Charles D. “Mourning Miranda” (2008), 96 Cal. L. Rev. 1519. [...] See L. Stuesser “The Accused’s Right to Silence: No Doesn’t Mean No” (2002), 29 Man. L.J. 149, at p. 150. [38] We are not persuaded that the Miranda rule should be transplanted in Canadian soil.
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R. v. R.E.M. - 2008 SCC 51 - [2008] 3 SCR 3 - 2008-10-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
“A Judge and His Constituencies” (1976), 7 Man. L.J. 1. Liston, Mary. “‘Alert, alive and sensitive’: Baker, the Duty to Give Reasons, and the Ethos of Justification in Canadian Public Law”, in David Dyzenhaus, ed., The Unity of Public Law. Portland, Oregon: Hart, 2004, 113. [...] (B. Laskin, “A Judge and His Constituencies” (1976), 7 Man. L.J. 1, at pp. 3-4) [9] Judicial reasons of the 19th and early 20th century, when given, tended to be cryptic.
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Newfoundland (Treasury Board) v. N.A.P.E. - 2004 SCC 66 - [2004] 3 SCR 381 - 2004-10-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
“Employment Equity” (1987), 16 Man. L.J. 185. Morgan, Edmund M. “Judicial Notice” (1944), 57 Harv. L. Rev. 269. [...] (R. S. Abella, “Employment Equity” (1987), 16 Man. L.J. 185, at p. 185) 46 Postponement of pay equity and extinguishment of the 1988-91 arrears could reasonably be taken by the women, already underpaid, as confirmation that their work was valued less highly than the work of those in male-dominated jobs.
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Toronto (City) v. C.U.P.E., Local 79 - 2003 SCC 63 - [2003] 3 SCR 77 - 2003-11-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsAdministrative law
Labour law
Holloway, Ian. “‘A Sacred Right’: Judicial Review of Administrative Action as a Cultural Phenomenon” (1993), 22 Man. L.J. 28. Howard, M. N., Peter Crane and Daniel A. Hochberg. Phipson on Evidence, 14th ed. [...] (I. Holloway, “‘A Sacred Right’: Judicial Review of Administrative Action as a Cultural Phenomenon” (1993), 22 Man. L.J. 28, at pp. 64-65 (emphasis in original); see also Allars, supra, at p. 178.)
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R. v. Guignard - 2002 SCC 14 - [2002] 1 SCR 472 - 2002-02-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Municipal law
Rothstein, M. “Section 1: Justifying Breaches of Charter Rights and Freedoms” (1999-2000), 27 Man. L.J. 171. APPEAL from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal rendered November 17, 1999, dismissing the appellant’s appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Criminal Division), [1997] Q.J. No. 3213 (QL), dismissing the [...] (See Sharpe, at para. 78; P. W. Hogg, Constitutional Law of Canada (loose-leaf ed.), vol. 2, at pp. 35-16 and 35‐17; H. Brun and G. Tremblay, Droit constitutionnel (3rd ed. 1997), at pp. 930-36; M. Rothstein, “Section 1: Justifying Breaches of Charter Rights and Freedoms” (1999‐2000), 27 Man. L.J. 171.) 29 In this case, in
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Dunmore v. Ontario (Attorney General) - 2001 SCC 94 - [2001] 3 SCR 1016 - 2001-12-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Hunter, Ian. “Individual and Collective Rights in Canadian Labour Law” (1993), 22 Man. L.J. 145. International Labour Office. Committee on Freedom of Association. [...] have meaning only at the hiring stage” (per Laskin C.J., at p. 725)); I. Hunter, “Individual and Collective Rights in Canadian Labour Law” (1993), 22 Man. L.J. 145, at p. 147 (“[i]ndividual rights vis-à-vis their employer are replaced by rights in respect of their union, which, in turn, is mandated to advance the
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Lovelace v. Ontario - 2000 SCC 37 - [2000] 1 SCR 950 - 2000-07-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
“Section 15, Benefits Programs and Other Benefits at Law: The Interpretation of Section 15 of the Charter since Andrews” (1990), 19 Man. L.J. 288. Tarnopolsky, Walter S. “The Equality Rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ” (1983), 61 Can. Bar Rev. 242. [...] at Law: The Interpretation of Section 15 of the Charter since Andrews” (1990), 19 Man. L.J. 288, at p. 299). In short, s. 15(2) is referenced to the s. 15(1) subsection and there is no language of exemption; on its face s. 15(2) describes the scope of the s. 15(1) equality right (Iacobucci, supra, at p. 328, ftn. 85).