Boma Manufacturing Ltd. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

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JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeLamer, Antonio; La Forest, Gérard V.; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C.
Date21 November 1996
Docket Number24520
Citation[1996] 3 SCR 727,EYB 1996-67134,27 BCLR (3d) 203,[1997] 2 WWR 153,[1997] BCWLD 65,JE 96-2218,[1996] CarswellBC 2314,203 NR 321,[1996] SCJ No 111 (QL),133 WAC 161,82 BCAC 161,1996 CanLII 149 (SCC),66 ACWS (3d) 1127,140 DLR (4th) 463
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)

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  • R. v. Raponi (W.)
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • June 23, 2006
    ...J.E. 2006-818; 2006 SCC 12, refd to. [para. 51, footnote 45]. Boma Manufacturing Ltd. et al. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727; 203 N.R. 321; 82 B.C.A.C. 161; 133 W.A.C. 161; [1997] 2 W.W.R. 153; 140 D.L.R.(4th) 463; 27 B.C.L.R.(3d) 203; 1996 CarswellBC 2314; [1997]......
  • Del Giudice v. Thompson
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 4, 2021
    ...SCC 81; Kingston Technology Co. v. Orr, [2000] O.J. No. 3959 (S.C.J.); Boma Manufacturing Ltd. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727; McLean v. Bradley (1878), 2 S.C.R. 535. [91] ResourceEye Services Inc. v. Atrum Coal Groundhog Inc. 2015 BCSC 821 at paras. 44-50; MacDo......
  • Kerr Interior Systems Ltd., Re, (2009) 457 A.R. 274 (CA)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • April 1, 2009
    ...317 A.R. 349; 284 W.A.C. 349; 2002 SCC 81, refd to. [para. 50]. Boma Manufacturing Ltd. et al. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727; 203 N.R. 321; 82 B.C.A.C. 161; 133 W.A.C. 161, refd to. [para. R. v. Ulybel Enterprises Ltd., [2001] 2 S.C.R. 867; 275 N.R. 201; 206 Nfl......
  • Apotex Fermentation Inc. et al. v. Novopharm Ltd. et al., (1998) 129 Man.R.(2d) 161 (CA)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Manitoba)
    • June 24, 1998
    ...Canada, [1977] 2 S.C.R. 456; 8 N.R. 451, refd to. [para. 116]. Boma Manufacturing Ltd. et al. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727; 203 N.R. 321; 82 B.C.A.C. 161; 133 W.A.C. 161, refd to. [para. 116]. Janvier v. Sweeney, [1919] 2 K.B. 316 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 117]. ......
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  • R. v. Raponi (W.)
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • June 23, 2006
    ...J.E. 2006-818; 2006 SCC 12, refd to. [para. 51, footnote 45]. Boma Manufacturing Ltd. et al. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727; 203 N.R. 321; 82 B.C.A.C. 161; 133 W.A.C. 161; [1997] 2 W.W.R. 153; 140 D.L.R.(4th) 463; 27 B.C.L.R.(3d) 203; 1996 CarswellBC 2314; [1997]......
  • Del Giudice v. Thompson
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 4, 2021
    ...SCC 81; Kingston Technology Co. v. Orr, [2000] O.J. No. 3959 (S.C.J.); Boma Manufacturing Ltd. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727; McLean v. Bradley (1878), 2 S.C.R. 535. [91] ResourceEye Services Inc. v. Atrum Coal Groundhog Inc. 2015 BCSC 821 at paras. 44-50; MacDo......
  • R v Kloubakov
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 24, 2025
    ...439; Law Society of Upper Canada v. Skapinker, [1984] 1 S.C.R. 357; Boma Manufacturing Ltd. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727; Canada (Transportation Safety Board) v. Carroll-Byrne, 2022 SCC 48; Medovarski v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 SC......
  • Kerr Interior Systems Ltd., Re, (2009) 457 A.R. 274 (CA)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • April 1, 2009
    ...317 A.R. 349; 284 W.A.C. 349; 2002 SCC 81, refd to. [para. 50]. Boma Manufacturing Ltd. et al. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727; 203 N.R. 321; 82 B.C.A.C. 161; 133 W.A.C. 161, refd to. [para. R. v. Ulybel Enterprises Ltd., [2001] 2 S.C.R. 867; 275 N.R. 201; 206 Nfl......
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  • COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (FEBRUARY 9 – FEBRUARY 13)
    • Canada
    • LexBlog Canada
    • February 13, 2026
    ...s. 50.4(1), Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, Boma Manufacturing Ltd. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727, 373409 Alberta Ltd. (Receiver of) v. Bank of Montreal, 2002 SCC 81, Aizic v. Natcan Trust Company, 2025 ONCA 719, Kuang v. Young, 2023 ......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (December 5, 2022 ' December 9, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 13, 2022
    ...King v. Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., 2005 CanLII 43679 (Ont. S.C.), Boma Manufacturing Ltd. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727, Del Giudice v. Thompson, 2021 ONSC 5379, Mann Engineering Ltd. v. Desai, 2021 ONSC 7580, Utilebill Credit Corporation v. Exit It Contract Con......
  • Top 5 Civil Appeals From The Court of Appeal (April 2016)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 14, 2016
    ...the banks for damages for conversion. As the Supreme Court explained in Boma Manufacturing Ltd. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727, this strict liability tort arises when a bank converts an instrument, such as a cheque, by dealing with it under the direction of one n......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (December 1 – 5, 2014)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 15, 2014
    ...goods in a manner inconsistent with the owner's right of possession": Boma Manufacturing Ltd. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727, at para. 31; 373409 Alberta Ltd. (Receiver of) v. Bank of Montreal, 2002 SCC 81, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 312, at para. An authorized interference......
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  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Remedies: The Law of Damages. Third Edition Limiting Principles
    • June 21, 2014
    ...10–11 Boma Manufacturing Ltd v Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 SCR 727, 140 DLR (4th) 463, [1996] SCJ No 111 ........................... 82 Bone v Seale, [1975] 1 WLR 797, [1975] 1 All ER 787, 119 Sol Jo 137 (CA)........................................................................
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Remedies: the Law of Damages. Second Edition Part Three
    • September 8, 2008
    ...Continental Casualty Co., 414 P.2d 802 (Or. Sup. Ct. 1966) ........ 10 Boma Manufacturing Ltd. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727, 140 D.L.R. (4th) 463, [1996] S.C.J. No. 111 .................. 73 Bone v. Seale, [1975] 1 W.L.R. 797, [1975] 1 All E.R. 787, 119 Sol. Jo......
  • Compensation for Harm to Property Interests
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Remedies: The Law of Damages. Third Edition Compensatory Damages
    • June 21, 2014
    ...Wrongful Interference with Goods (Vancouver: The Commission, 1992). 41 See Boma Manufacturing Ltd v Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce , [1996] 3 SCR 727 at para 3. 42 Trusts & Guarantee Co v Brenner , [1933] SCR 656; Klewchuck v Switzer , 2003 ABCA 187, leave to appeal to SCC refused, [200......
  • Private international law implications in conflicts of interest for lawyers licensed in multiple countries.
    • Canada
    • McGill Law Journal Vol. 60 No. 3, March - March 2015
    • March 1, 2015
    ...is one of agency). (148) See e.g. Agency, supra note 95, [section] 1.01; Boma Manufacturing Ltd v Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 SCR 727 at para 101, 140 DLR (4th) 463 ("[t]he general rule of agency is that a principal is bound by the acts of an agent when that agent is acting......
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