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Case name Citation Date Subject January 7, 2000 - Appointment of Beverley McLachlin as Chief Justice of Canada: Arsenault-Cameron v Prince Edward Island [2000] 1 S.C.R. 3, 2000 SCC 1 January 13, 2000 language rights Reference re Firearms Act [2000] 1 S.C.R. 783, 2000 SCC 31 June 15, 2000 Criminal law power Lovelace v Ontario
Remuneration of Provincial Court Judges R v Hydro-Québec [1997] 3 SCR 213 September 18, 1997 Constitutional criminal law power, peace, order and good government R v Lifchus [1997] 3 SCR 320 September 18, 1997 beyond a reasonable doubt standard R v Belnavis [1997] 3 SCR 341 September 25, 1997 search and seizure R v S (RD) [1997] 3 SCR 484
The Supreme Court of Canada is the court of last resort and final appeal in Canada. Cases successfully appealed to the Court are generally of national importance. Once a case is decided, the Court publishes written reasons for the decision, that consist of one or more opinions from any number of the nine justices.
This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court of Canada from the formation of the Court in 1875 to the retirement of Gérald Fauteux in 1973. Note that the Privy Council heard appeals for criminal cases until 1933 and for civil cases until 1949. Also between 1888 and 1926, no criminal appeals were allowed to the ...
Case name Citation Date Subject Singh v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) [1985] 1 SCR 177 April 4, 1985 Section 7 R v Big M Drug Mart Ltd [1985] 1 SCR 295 April 24, 1985 Freedom of religion, section 2(a) April 17, 1985 - Section 15 of the Charter came into effect: Operation Dismantle v R [1985] 1 SCR 441 May 9, 1985
Criminal law cases heard before the Court are summary conviction offences, less serious indictable offences under section 553 of the Criminal Code, [8] and indictable offences where the defendant has elected to have his or her trial heard in the Ontario Court of Justice (excluding offences found under section 469 of the Criminal Code – murder ...
R v Sault Ste-Marie (City of) [1978] 2 SCR 1299 is a Supreme Court of Canada case where the Court defines the three types of offences that exist in Canadian law and further defines the justification for "public welfare" offences.
A select number of decisions from the courts of appeal have proven to be the leading case law in a number of fields and have subsequently been adopted across all provinces, or else they are famous decisions in their own right. Most frequently the decisions were never appealed or were denied leave to the Supreme Court of Canada. The notable ...