Canson Enterprises Ltd. v. Boughton & Co., [1991] 3 SCR 534

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeLamer, Antonio; Wilson, Bertha; La Forest, Gérard V.; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley; Stevenson, William
Date21 November 1991
Docket Number21672
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
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  • Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 2, 2018
    ...816; Ermineskin Indian Band and Nation v. Canada, 2009 SCC 9, [2009] 1 S.C.R. 222; Canson Enterprises Ltd. v. Boughton & Co., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 534; Whitefish Lake Band of Indians v. Canada (Attorney General), 2007 ONCA 744, 87 O.R. (3d) 321; Keech v. Sandford (1726), Sel. Cas. T. King 61......
  • Raponi v. Olympia Trust Company,
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    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 2, 2022
    ...McInerney v. MacDonald, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 415; M. (K.) v. M. (H.), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 3; Canson Enterprises Ltd. v. Boughton & Co., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 534; Lac Minerals Ltd. v. International Corona Resources Ltd., [1989] 2 S.C.R. 574; Canadian Aero Services Ltd. v. O’Malley, [1974] S.C.R......
  • Wewayakum Indian Band v. Canada and Wewayakai Indian Band, (2002) 297 N.R. 1 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 6, 2001
    ...[1990] 2 S.C.R. 85; 110 N.R. 241; 67 Man.R.(2d) 81, refd to. [para. 99]. Canson Enterprises Ltd. et al. v. Boughton & Co. et al., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 534; 131 N.R. 321; 6 B.C.A.C. 1; 13 W.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. Sylvan Lake Golf & Tennis Club Ltd. v. Performance Industries Ltd. and O'Co......
  • Monsanto Canada Inc. et al. v. Schmeiser et al., (2004) 320 N.R. 201 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Supreme Court (Canada)
    • January 20, 2004
    ...BP Chemicals Ltd. (1999), 6 R.P.C. 203 (Pat. Ct.), refd to. [para. 101]. Canson Enterprises Ltd. et al. v. Boughton & Co. et al., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 534; 131 N.R. 321; 6 B.C.A.C. 1; 13 W.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. Cadbury Schweppes Inc. et al. v. FBI Foods Ltd. et al., [1999] 1 S.C.R. 142; 23......
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  • Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • February 2, 2018
    ...816; Ermineskin Indian Band and Nation v. Canada, 2009 SCC 9, [2009] 1 S.C.R. 222; Canson Enterprises Ltd. v. Boughton & Co., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 534; Whitefish Lake Band of Indians v. Canada (Attorney General), 2007 ONCA 744, 87 O.R. (3d) 321; Keech v. Sandford (1726), Sel. Cas. T. King 61......
  • Wewayakum Indian Band v. Canada and Wewayakai Indian Band, (2002) 297 N.R. 1 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 6, 2001
    ...[1990] 2 S.C.R. 85; 110 N.R. 241; 67 Man.R.(2d) 81, refd to. [para. 99]. Canson Enterprises Ltd. et al. v. Boughton & Co. et al., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 534; 131 N.R. 321; 6 B.C.A.C. 1; 13 W.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. Sylvan Lake Golf & Tennis Club Ltd. v. Performance Industries Ltd. and O'Co......
  • Raponi v. Olympia Trust Company,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 2, 2022
    ...McInerney v. MacDonald, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 415; M. (K.) v. M. (H.), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 3; Canson Enterprises Ltd. v. Boughton & Co., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 534; Lac Minerals Ltd. v. International Corona Resources Ltd., [1989] 2 S.C.R. 574; Canadian Aero Services Ltd. v. O’Malley, [1974] S.C.R......
  • Nova Chemicals Corp. v. Dow Chemical Co., 2022 SCC 43
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 18, 2022
    ...592; Lac Minerals Ltd. v. International Corona Resources Ltd., [1989] 2 S.C.R. 574; Canson Enterprises Ltd. v. Boughton & Co., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 534; Cadbury Schweppes Inc. v. FBI Foods Ltd., [1999] 1 S.C.R. 142; ADIR v. Apotex Inc., 2015 FC 721, 482 F.T.R. 276; Reading & Bates Constr......
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6 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 1 ' 5, 2023)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 19, 2023
    ...District School Board, 2012 SCC 51, Hunt v. T.D. Securities Inc., 66 O.R. (3d) 481, Canson Enterprises Ltd. v. Boughton & Co., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 534, R. v. Samaniego, 2022 SCC 9, Katz v. Zentner, 2022 BCCA 371, R. v. Wesaquate, 2022 SKCA 101, Ker v. Sidhu, 2023 BCCA 158, Deep v. Wood (1983), ......
  • Update From The Trenches: The Court Of Appeal Denies The Availability Of The Doctrine Of Laches In Loss Transfer Disputes
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 11, 2016
    ...6. 13 Ibid, at para. 17. 14 Ibid, at para. 18. See generally Canson Enterprises Ltd. v. Boughton & Co., 1991 CanLII 52 (SCC), [1991] 3 S.C.R. 534 at pp. 585-586 (where La Forest J. stated that the "maxims of equity can be flexibly adapted to serve the ends of justice…"). 15 Zurich v. ......
  • The U.K. Supreme Court Revisits Equitable Compensation In Commercial Transactions
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 3, 2014
    ...Target Holdings is based in large part on the minority judgment of Justice McLachlin in Canson Enterprises Ltd. v. Boughton & Co., [1991] 3 SCR 534. That judgement, although a minority concurrence, is regularly followed in Canada and the principles set out in AIB will likely be followed......
  • $30 Million Awarded To Lac Seul First Nation As Equitable Compensation For Historical Wrongs
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 25, 2018
    ...Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2016 SCTC 14. See also: Southwind at paras 258-277. 4 Canson Enterprises Ltd v Boughton & Co, [1991] 3 SCR 534, 1991 CanLII 5 Whitefish Lake Band of Indians v Canada (Attorney General), 2007 ONCA 744. See: Southwind at paras 250-257, 460-467. The co......
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33 books & journal articles
  • Damages
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Remedies
    • August 4, 2020
    ...quantity of rupee paper. 110 See generally, HLA Hart & AM Honoré, Causation in the Law (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959) ch 5 and 11. 111 [1991] 3 SCR 534. 112 Ibid at 565. The plaintiff argued, however, that the defendant’s misconduct also constituted a breach of f‌iduciary obligation and, a......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive The Law of Equitable Remedies. Second Edition
    • June 18, 2013
    ...56 O.R. (3d) 102 [2001] O.T.C. 735, [2001] O.J. No. 3915 (S.C.J.) ....................311 Canson Enterprises Ltd. v. Boughton & Co., [1991] 3 S.C.R. 534, 85 D.L.R. (4th) 129, [1991] S.C.J. No. 91 ...................15, 26, 481, 485–87, 489, 493, 496 Cantol Ltd. v. Brodi Chemicals Ltd. (1978......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...Corp (2001), 56 OR (3d) 102 [2001] OTC 735, [2001] OJ No 3915 (SCJ) ........................ 429 Canson Enterprises Ltd v Boughton & Co, [1991] 3 SCR 534, 85 DLR (4th) 129, [1991] SCJ No 91 ....................................................... 16, 27, 657, 661, 662, 663, 664, 667, 672, 67......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: General Principles
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive The Law of Equitable Remedies. Second Edition
    • June 18, 2013
    ...(1986), 54 O.R. (2d) 1 (C.A.), leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused, [1986] 2 S.C.R. v; and Canson Enterprises Ltd. v. Boughton & Co. , [1991] 3 S.C.R. 534. 4 Fourie v. Le Roux , [2007] 1 W.L.R. 320 at para. 25 (H.L.). Interlocutory Injunctions: General Principles 27 A statutory court, that is......
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