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defamation; Charter interpretation RJR-MacDonald Inc v Canada (AG) [1995] 3 SCR 199 September 21, 1995 tobacco, freedom of speech. Husky Oil Operations Ltd v Canada (Minister of Natural Resources) [1995] 3 SCR 453 October 19, 2005 applicability, paramountcy Chan v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) [1995] 3 SCR 593 October 19, 1995
Canadian defamation law refers to defamation law as it stands in both common law and civil law jurisdictions in Canada. As with most Commonwealth jurisdictions, Canada follows English law on defamation issues (except in the province of Quebec where private law is derived from French civil law).
Canada (AG) v Montreal (City of) [1978] 2 SCR 770 January 19, 1978 Federalism and municipal power to create preventative by-laws Reference Re Agricultural Products Marketing Act [1978] 2 SCR 1198 R v Sault Ste-Marie (City of) [1978] 2 SCR 1299 May 1, 1978 strict liability offences Manitoba Fisheries Ltd v R [1979] 1 SCR 101 October 3, 1978
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.
Mugesera v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) [2005] 2 S.C.R. 100, 2005 SCC 40 June 28, 2005 Crimes against humanity; removal; judicial review R v Marshall; R v Bernard [2005] 2 S.C.R. 220 , 2005 SCC 43 July 20, 2005 Aboriginal logging rights Provincial Court Judges' Assn of New Brunswick v New Brunswick (Minister of Justice)
Halsbury’s Laws of Canada provides authoritative expert commentary by many of Canada's leading legal subject matter experts. They include Associate Judge Linda S. Abrams, Peter A. Downard, Professor Bruce Feldthusen, the Hon. Stephen E. Firestone, the Hon. Stephen Goudge, Alan D. Gold, the Hon. Roger T. Hughes, Ian Hull, the Rt. Hon. David Johnston, Professor Bruce MacDougall, the Hon ...
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R v Lucas is the leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the criminal offence of defamatory libel. [2] The Court held that the Criminal Code offence of defamatory libel infringed the constitutional protection of freedom of expression under Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but the offence was a reasonable limit prescribed by law under Section 1 of the Charter.