Adgey v. R., [1975] 2 SCR 426
Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
Judge | Judson, Wilfred; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Laskin, Bora; Dickson, Robert George Brian |
Date | 02 October 1973 |
Citation | [1975] 2 SCR 426,[1974] 1 WWR 288,[1974] 1 WWR 391,5 CR (ns) 178,40 DLR (3d) 105,40 DLR (3d) 1,1973 CanLII 193 (SCC),[1973] SCJ No 159 (QL),39 DLR (3d) 553,[1974] 1 WWR 429,1973 CanLII 198 (SCC),[1975] SCR 251,13 CCC (2d) 465,[1975] 1 SCR 118,13 CCC (2d) 177,[1975] 2 SCR 160,[1973] SCJ No 150 (QL),1973 CanLII 185 (SCC),1973 CanLII 182 (SCC),1973 CanLII 183 (SCC),[1974] 1 WWR 361,[1974] 1 WWR 452,1973 CanLII 186 (SCC),[1975] SCR 97,41 DLR (3d) 367,13 RFL 185,1973 CanLII 181 (SCC),[1975] 1 SCR 251,[1975] 1 SCR 262,41 DLR (3d) 65,[1975] SCR 423,[1975] 2 SCR 151,1973 CanLII 37 (SCC),[1974] 1 WWR 467,40 DLR (3d) 146,[1975] 1 SCR 178,[1974] 1 WWR 493,[1975] SCR 118,1973 CanLII 197 (SCC),39 DLR (3d) 723,13 CCC (2d) 402,[1975] SCR 262,[1975] 1 SCR 423,40 DLR (3d) 215 |
Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
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R. v. Mills, (1986) 16 O.A.C. 81 (SCC)
...is the waiver by an accused of his right to put the Crown's case to the test of a trial. (See amongst others, Adgey v. The Queen, [1975] 2 S.C.R. 426; Brosseau v. The Queen, [1969] S.C.R. 181). The judge's duties concerning any waiver are no different than those on a plea of guilty. The fac......
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...161, refd to. [para. 1]. R. v. Harbottle (J.), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 306; 157 N.R. 349; 66 O.A.C. 358, refd to. [para. 22]. Adgey v. R., [1975] 2 S.C.R. 426, refd to. [para. 40]. R. v. Lyons, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 309; 80 N.R. 161; 82 N.S.R.(2d) 271; 207 A.P.R. 271, refd to. [para. 40]. R. v. Dixon (S.......
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...v. Bouvier, 2021 SCC 54; Colucci v. Colucci, 2021 SCC 24; Richardson v. Richardson, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 857; Murdoch v. Murdoch, [1975] 1 S.C.R. 423; Pettkus v. Becker, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 834; Peter v. Beblow, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 980; Quebec (Attorney General) v. A, 2013 SCC 5, [2013] 1 S.C.R. 61; New......
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R. v. Taillefer (B.), (2003) 313 N.R. 1 (SCC)
...161, refd to. [para. 1]. R. v. Harbottle (J.), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 306; 157 N.R. 349; 66 O.A.C. 358, refd to. [para. 22]. Adgey v. R., [1975] 2 S.C.R. 426, refd to. [para. 40]. R. v. Lyons, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 309; 80 N.R. 161; 82 N.S.R.(2d) 271; 207 A.P.R. 271, refd to. [para. 40]. R. v. Dixon (S.......
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R. v. Mills, (1986) 67 N.R. 241 (SCC)
...is the waiver by an accused of his right to put the Crown's case to the test of a trial. (See amongst others, Adgey v. The Queen , [1975] 2 S.C.R. 426; Brosseau v. The Queen , [1969] S.C.R. 181). The judge's duties concerning any waiver are no different than those on a plea of guilty. The f......
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Anderson v Anderson,
...v. Bouvier, 2021 SCC 54; Colucci v. Colucci, 2021 SCC 24; Richardson v. Richardson, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 857; Murdoch v. Murdoch, [1975] 1 S.C.R. 423; Pettkus v. Becker, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 834; Peter v. Beblow, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 980; Quebec (Attorney General) v. A, 2013 SCC 5, [2013] 1 S.C.R. 61; New......
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R. v. Mills, (1986) 16 O.A.C. 81 (SCC)
...is the waiver by an accused of his right to put the Crown's case to the test of a trial. (See amongst others, Adgey v. The Queen, [1975] 2 S.C.R. 426; Brosseau v. The Queen, [1969] S.C.R. 181). The judge's duties concerning any waiver are no different than those on a plea of guilty. The fac......
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Tessier v. Québec: Supreme Court Tightens Derivative Federal Jurisdiction Over Employment
...Stevedores Reference, the employees devoted all of their time to the federally regulated company. Similarly, in L.C.U.C. v. C.U.P.W., [1975] 1 S.C.R. 178 (S.C.C.), federal labour laws were found to apply to a letter carriers' union that performed 90 percent of its work for Canada Post, a fe......
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...at para 59. [19] Ibid. [20] Ibid. [21] See R. v Wilson, 2014 NSSC 24 for a summary of the law in that respect. [22] Adgey v The Queen, [1975] 2 SCR 426. [23] R. v Eastmond [2001] Carswell Ont 3911 (O.C.A.); R. v Clermont (1996), 150 NSR (2d) 264 [24] [1955] SCR 646. [25] Ibid. [26] R v Atla......
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The Trial Process
..., above note 91. 100 Section 607. Section 611 also allows the plea of justification to a charge of defamatory libel. 101 R v Adgey , [1975] 2 SCR 426 [ Adgey ]. 102 See ibid ; R v Brousseau , [1969] SCR 181. Note, however, that s 36 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act , SC 2002, c 1 [ YCJA ]......
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...R v Abzakh, 2014 ABQB 372 ...............................................................................167 R v Adgey (1973), [1975] 2 SCR 426, 13 CCC (2d) 177, [1973] SCJ No 159 ................................................................................391, 392 R v Agawa and Mallett ......
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..., above note 90. 98 Section 607. Section 611 also allows the plea of justification to a charge of defamatory libel. 99 R. v. Adgey , [1975] 2 S.C.R. 426 [ Adgey ]. 100 See ibid .; R. v. Brousseau , [1969] S.C.R. 181. Note, however, that s. 36 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act , S.C. 2002, c......
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