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1991 Reasons Of The Supreme Court Of Canada
The list below consists of the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; french: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada. It comprises nine justices, whose decisions are the ultimate application of Canadian law, and grants permission to ... during 1991. This list, however, does not include decisions on motions. Reasons References * 1991 decisionsCanLII {{Supreme Court of Canada Reasons Of The Supreme Court Of Canada, 1991 Supreme Court of Canada reasons by year * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; french: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada. It comprises nine justices, whose decisions are the ultimate application of Canadian law, and grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts. The Supreme Court is bijural, hearing cases from two major legal traditions (common law and civil law) and bilingual, hearing cases in both official languages of Canada ( English and French). The effects of any judicial decision on the common law, on the interpretation of statutes, or on any other application of law, can, in effect, be nullified by legislation, unless the particular decision of the court in question involves application of the Canadian Constitution, in which case, the decision (in most cases) is completely binding on the legislative branch. This is especially true of decisions which touch upon th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R V W (D)
''R v W (D)'', 9911 S.C.R. 742 is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on assessing guilt based on the credibility of witnesses in a criminal trial. More specifically, W.D. examines sexual assault cases and burdens of proof in evidence law. Background DW, a 42-year-old man, was charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, TW, on two occasions while driving her to her boyfriend's house. TW was staying at DW's house at the time. Besides her claim of the event, there was little circumstantial evidence. Her panties had semen stains from a Type A secretor, which included DW, but also 32% of the population. The secretor type of the boyfriend was never known. At trial before a judge and jury the defence argued that she was not credible. She was unemployed, illiterate, and a dropout, and had been kicked out of several houses including Dw's house. The testimony of DW was poor, but it is uncertain whether it was due to lack of intelligence or deception. At the end of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R V Seaboyer
''R v Seaboyer'', 9912 S.C.R. 577 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court struck-down a rape-shield provision of the Criminal Code as it violated the right to "full answer and defence" under sections 7 and 11(d) of the ''Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms''. The case was decided with ''R v Gayme''. Justice McLachlin, for the majority, found that Section 276 of the Criminal Code that prevented those charged with sexual assault offences from cross-examining the complainant about his or her history of sexual activity, could, in some instances, exclude relevant evidence thus impeding the accused's ability to make full answer and defence. Justice L'Heureux-Dubé, in dissent, found that the ''Code'' provision just excluded evidence that would be irrelevant and prejudicial to the integrity and fairness of the trial process. See also * List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (Lamer Court) This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Supreme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R V Stinchcombe
''R v Stinchcombe'', 9913 S.C.R. 326 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision on the disclosure of evidence in a trial and is considered by most to be one of the most significant criminal law cases of the decade. The Court found that the Crown had a duty to provide the defence with all evidence that could possibly be relevant to the case, regardless of whether the Crown plans to call that evidence at trial or not, or whether it helps or hurts the Crown's case. This case put to rest the long-standing issue of whether the Crown could purposely deny the defence evidence that the Crown found would be harmful to their case. Background William Stinchcombe, a lawyer, was charged with theft and fraud. One of the Crown's witnesses, a former secretary of Stinchcombe's, had given evidence at the preliminary inquiry that supported the defence's position. Later a statement was taken from her by an RCMP officer, however, at trial the defence was denied access to the contents of the statemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Canada
Events from the year 1991 in Canada. Incumbents Crown * Monarch – Elizabeth II Federal government * Governor General – Ray Hnatyshyn * Prime Minister – Brian Mulroney * Chief Justice – Antonio Lamer (Quebec) * Parliament – 34th Provincial governments Lieutenant governors *Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Helen Hunley (until March 11) then Gordon Towers *Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – David Lam * Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – George Johnson *Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Gilbert Finn *Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – James McGrath (until November 5) then Frederick Russell *Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Lloyd Crouse *Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Lincoln Alexander (until December 11) then Hal Jackman *Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Marion Reid *Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Martial Asselin *Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Sylvia Fedoruk Premiers *Premier of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Canada Reasons By Year
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