On one Sunday each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, to which you may subscribe.

Summary of all appeals and leaves to appeal granted, so you know what the S.C.C. will soon be dealing with (October 8 to November 11, 2015 inclusive).

Appeals

Criminal Law: Automatic Roadside Prohibitions
Goodwin v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2015 SCC 46 (35864)

The “ARP” scheme is valid provincial legislation, and s. 11 of the Charter is . . . [more]

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT): La fouille de la valise du requérant avant qu’il ne passe les arches de sécurité du palais de justice était conforme à l’article 282.0.6 de la Loi sur les tribunaux judiciaires; par conséquent, la découverte dans sa poche d’un comprimé de méthamphétamine est recevable en preuve.

Intitulé . . . [more]

Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca.

This week’s summaries concern: Criminal Law – Aliens – Civil Rights – Habeas Corpus – Statutes – Insurance

R. v. Canto (N.) 2015 ABCA 306
Criminal Law
Summary: In 2009, s. 719(3) of the Criminal Code was amended to cap pretrial credit at a presumptive maximum of 1 day for each day in pretrial custody. However, under s. . . . [more]

Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca.

This week’s summaries concern:
Civil Rights – Motor Vehicles – Trials – Constitutional Law – Police – Statutes

R. v. Michaud (G.) 2015 ONCA 585
Civil Rights – Motor Vehicles – Trials
Summary: The accused, a commercial truck driver, was required by law to equip his truck with a functional speed limiter set to a maximum speed of . . . [more]

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

FAILLITE ET INSOLVABILITÉ: Le candidat choisi par le tribunal pour agir à titre de chef de la restructuration a une solide expérience dans le domaine de l’aviation civile, il a participé à des restructurations dans ce domaine et les honoraires qu’il demande sont plus que raisonnables dans les circonstances.

Intitulé . . . [more]

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT) : L’adolescent, accusé de possession de drogue à la suite d’une fouille sans mandat exécutée dans sa chambre à coucher, a renoncé à son droit à l’assistance d’un avocat de façon libre et éclairée; par conséquent, il n’y a pas eu violation de l’article 10 b) de la . . . [more]

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT): L’ancienne lieutenante-gouverneure du Québec, qui s’est reconnue coupable de fraude et d’abus de confiance, devra purger 18 mois de détention ferme; elle devra également rembourser des sommes de 200 000 $ au gouvernement fédéral et de 100 000 $ au gouvernement provincial.

Intitulé : R. c. Thibault, 2015 . . . [more]

Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca.

This week’s summaries concern:
Criminal Law – Courts – Practice

Ishaq v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2015 FCA 212
Courts – Practice
Summary: Ishaq was a Pakistani national who had been granted Canadian citizenship. Her religious beliefs required her to wear a niqab (a veil that covered most of her face). A 2011 change in government . . . [more]

On one Sunday each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, to which you may subscribe.

Summary of all appeals and leaves to appeal granted, so you know what the S.C.C. will soon be dealing with (September 11 – October 7, 2015 inclusive).

Appeals

Construction Law: Builder’s/Mechanic’s/Construction Liens
Stuart Olson Dominion Construction Ltd. v. Structal Heavy Steel, 2015 SCC 43 (35777)
Filing a lien does not affect a statutory trust; a lien bond secures a . . . [more]

Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca.

This week’s summaries concern:
Criminal Law – Statutes – Indians, Inuit and Métis

R. v. A.A. 2015 ONCA 558
Criminal Law – Statutes
Summary: The accused and G.M.S. were both 16 when they began a relationship. G.M.S. danced in strip clubs, and gave the accused the money. The accused was arrested on more than a dozen charges arising . . . [more]

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

PÉNAL (DROIT) : L’ex-maire de Boisbriand et l’ex-vice-présidente du groupe Roche sont reconnus coupables de fraude et d’abus de confiance relativement au partage organisé des principaux contrats attribués par la Ville à des firmes d’ingénierie entre 2000 et 2008

Intitulé : Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales du Québec c. . . . [more]

Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca.

This week’s summaries concern:
Mechanics’ Liens – Contracts – Creditors and Debtors – Aliens

Olson (Stuart) Dominion Construction Ltd. v. Structal Heavy Steel 2015 SCC 43
Mechanics’ Liens – Statutes
Summary: A general contractor (Dominion) applied for an order that the $15,570,974.53 lien bond it had filed in order to obtain removal of a builder’s lien, filed by . . . [more]