Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | Wagner C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Gascon, Côté, Brown, Rowe and Martin JJ. |
| Citation | 2019 SCC 31 |
| Docket Number | 37790 |
| Date | 16 May 2019 |
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31 practice notes
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R. v. Penunsi, 2019 SCC 39
...v. Rex, 2002 SCC 42, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 559; Nowegijick v. The Queen, [1983] 1 S.C.R. 29; Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31; 2747‑3174 Québec Inc. v. Québec (Régie des permis d’alcool), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 919; R. v. Gill, [1991] B.C.J. No. 3255; R. v. Schafer, 2018 YKTC......
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (February 15 ' February 19, 2021)
...Écosociété Inc. v. Banro Corp., 2012 SCC 18, Cowper Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31, Penner v. Niagara (Regional Police Services Board), 2013 SCC 19, Elsom v. Elsom, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 136, Harelkin v. University of Regina, [1979] 2 S.......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 19 ' 22, 2020)
...v. E., 2019 ONSC 3813, R. v. Beaulac, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 768, R. v. Munkonda, 2015 ONCA 309, Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31, R. v. Leon, 2014 ONCA 813, R. v. Husbands, 2017 ONCA 607, R. v. Province, 2019 ONCA 638, R. v. Hubbert (1975), 29 C.C.C (2d) 279 (Ont. C.A.......
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Table of cases, index and about the authors
...577.......................................................................... 80, 134, 385 Bessette v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31, 433 DLR (4th) 631........................................................................................ 438 Biscotti v Ontario Securities......
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21 cases
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Canada (Citoyenneté et Immigration) c. Tennant,
...v. Quebec (Commission des affaires sociales), [1999] 3 S.C.R. 855, 184 D.L.R. (4th) 441; Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31, 433 D.L.R. (4th) 631; Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform v. South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority, 2018 BCCA 344, 426 D.......
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R. v. Gerrard,
...sentence is a jurisdictional issue and a question of law reviewable for correctness, Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31, para. 23. [72] The Crown agrees, as do I, that the first sentence imposed was illegal and the judge was functus of......
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Actava TV, Inc. v. Matvil Corp, 2021 ONCA 105
...636, at para. 41; Cowper Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, [2017] 2 S.C.R. 754, at para. 46; Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31, 433 D.L.R. (4th) 631, at para. 35; Penner v. Niagara (Regional Police Services Board), 2013 SCC 19, [2013] 2 S.C.R. 125, at para. 27; and El......
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Makivik Corporation v. Canada (Attorney General),
...are discretionary: Strickland v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 37 at paras. 37-38; Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31 at para. 35. The categories of cases in which courts may exercise the discretion not to undertake judicial review are not closed. In my view,......
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3 firm's commentaries
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (February 15 ' February 19, 2021)
...Écosociété Inc. v. Banro Corp., 2012 SCC 18, Cowper Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31, Penner v. Niagara (Regional Police Services Board), 2013 SCC 19, Elsom v. Elsom, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 136, Harelkin v. University of Regina, [1979] 2 S.......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 19 ' 22, 2020)
...v. E., 2019 ONSC 3813, R. v. Beaulac, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 768, R. v. Munkonda, 2015 ONCA 309, Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31, R. v. Leon, 2014 ONCA 813, R. v. Husbands, 2017 ONCA 607, R. v. Province, 2019 ONCA 638, R. v. Hubbert (1975), 29 C.C.C (2d) 279 (Ont. C.A.......
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2019 Year In Review At The Supreme Court Of Canada
...to the extent provided for by law." Read the full decision here. 6. Bessette v. British Columbia (AG) (British Columbia, civil by leave) 2019 SCC 31: In Bessette, the Court addressed the language rights of an accused at trial for a provincial offence. At issue was the accused's right to hav......
3 books & journal articles
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Table of cases, index and about the authors
...577.......................................................................... 80, 134, 385 Bessette v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31, 433 DLR (4th) 631........................................................................................ 438 Biscotti v Ontario Securities......
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Language Rights
...not apply, the courts cannot create them using the “Charter values” approach.3429 See also Bessette v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31, holding that s 530 of the Criminal Code had been incorporated by provincial legislation governing the trial of provincial ofences. Criminal......
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BenchPress.
...to B.C. Provincial Court Trial in French Bessette v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31 Mr. Bessette was charged with a traffic offence in British Columbia under the province's Motor Vehicle Act. He asked that his trial in the Provincial Court be held in French. Mr. Bessette ar......