Cowper‑Smith v. Morgan
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | McLachlin, Beverley; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm |
| Citation | 2017 SCC 61,[2017] 2 SCR 754 |
| Docket Number | 37120 |
| Date | 14 December 2017 |
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161 practice notes
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Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
...(2004), 73 O.R. (3d) 758; MiningWatch Canada v. Canada (Fisheries and Oceans), 2010 SCC 2, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 6; Cowper-Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, [2017] 2 S.C.R. 754; Canadian Pacific Ltd. v. Matsqui Indian Band, [1995] 1 S.C.R. 3; Mazraani v. Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Se......
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Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada
...v. Scalera, 2000 SCC 24 , [2000] 1 S.C.R. 551 ; Nichols v. American Home Assurance Co., [1990] 1 S.C.R. 801 ; Cowper‑Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, [2017] 2 S.C.R. 754 ; Hughes v. Metropolitan Railway Co. (1877), 2 App. Cas. 439; Conwest Exploration Co. v. Letain, [1964] S.C.R. 20 ; Ama......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 12-15, 2021)
...Wills and Estates, Unjust Enrichment, Proprietary Estoppel, Remedies, Vesting Orders, Civil Procedure, Costs, Cowper-Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, Wall v. Shaw, 2019 ONCA 929 Bouchard v. Sgovio, 2021 ONCA 709 Keywords: Family Law, Custody and Access, Civil Procedure, Orders, Breach, Enforce......
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JUNE 9-13)
...Detrimental Reliance, Gifts, Contracts, Intention to Create Binding Legal Relations, Defences, Equitable Set-Off, Cowper-Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, Thorner v. Major, [2009] UKHL 18, Hawes v. Dave Weinrauch and Sons Trucking Ltd., 2017 BCCA 114, Kennett v. Diarco Farms Ltd., 2020 SKQB 124......
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Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General)
...(2004), 73 O.R. (3d) 758; MiningWatch Canada v. Canada (Fisheries and Oceans), 2010 SCC 2, [2010] 1 S.C.R. 6; Cowper-Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, [2017] 2 S.C.R. 754; Canadian Pacific Ltd. v. Matsqui Indian Band, [1995] 1 S.C.R. 3; Mazraani v. Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Se......
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Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada
...v. Scalera, 2000 SCC 24 , [2000] 1 S.C.R. 551 ; Nichols v. American Home Assurance Co., [1990] 1 S.C.R. 801 ; Cowper‑Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, [2017] 2 S.C.R. 754 ; Hughes v. Metropolitan Railway Co. (1877), 2 App. Cas. 439; Conwest Exploration Co. v. Letain, [1964] S.C.R. 20 ; Ama......
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Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation v. Town of South Bruce Peninsula et al.
...Closing. [170] Ontario’s Written Closing Submissions, at para. 578. [171] Ontario’s Written Closing Submissions, at para. 492. [172] 2017 SCC 61, [2017] 2 S.C.R. 754, at para. [173] See Cowper-Smith, at paras. 15 and 17. [174] Ma v. Abdullah, 2019 ONSC 6781, at para. 73. [175] (1993), 16 O.......
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Kanwal et al. v. Zaman et al
...property; reasonable reliance on that expectation; and a detriment of the claimant, as a result of that reliance: Cowper-Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, 2 SCR 754 at para. 23; Eberts v. Carleton Condominium No. 396 et al., 2000 CanLII 16889 (ON CA), 36 R.P.R. (3d) 104 at para. 23; Schwark v. ......
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19 firm's commentaries
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 12-15, 2021)
...Wills and Estates, Unjust Enrichment, Proprietary Estoppel, Remedies, Vesting Orders, Civil Procedure, Costs, Cowper-Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, Wall v. Shaw, 2019 ONCA 929 Bouchard v. Sgovio, 2021 ONCA 709 Keywords: Family Law, Custody and Access, Civil Procedure, Orders, Breach, Enforce......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 12-15, 2021)
...Wills and Estates, Unjust Enrichment, Proprietary Estoppel, Remedies, Vesting Orders, Civil Procedure, Costs, Cowper-Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, Wall v. Shaw, 2019 ONCA 929 Bouchard v. Sgovio, 2021 ONCA 709 Keywords: Family Law, Custody and Access, Civil Procedure, Orders, Breach, Enforce......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 23 ' 27, 2026)
...Mortgage Co. v. Canada, 2005 SCC 54, Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, Cowper-Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, B&M Handelman Investments Ltd. v. Curreri, 2011 ONCA 395, Business Development Bank of Canada v. Pine Tree Resorts Inc., 2013 ONCA 282, Medcap ......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 25 - 29, 2022)
...71, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36., Ivaco Inc. (Re) (2006), 83 O.R. (3d) 108 (C.A.), Cowper-Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61, Emms (Re), [2003] O.J. No. 4961, 484030 Ontario Ltd. (Re) (1992), 8 O.R. (3d) 243 (Gen. Div.), Century Services Inc. v. Canada (Attorney Gen......
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5 books & journal articles
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Sources of Rights
...230. 183 Lensen , above note 178 at paras 26–27; rev’d [1987] 2 SCR 672, 44 DLR (4th) 1. 184 See, for example, Cowper-Smith v Morgan , 2017 SCC 61 [ Cowper-Smith ]. Sources of Rights 217 A contract respecting land or a disposition of land is not enforceable unless (a) there is, in a writing......
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Table of cases
...290 Cowell v MacBraire (1819), 1 Nld LR 170 ............................................................. 5 Cowper-Smith v Morgan, 2017 SCC 61 ......................................................444, 446 THE LAW OF EQUITABLE REMEDIES 734 Craddock Bros v Hunt, [1923] 2 Ch 136 ...................
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Table of Cases
...110 Cowan v Scargill, [1985] Ch 270 .......................................................................... 76 Cowper-Smith v Morgan, 2017 SCC 61 ...............................................216, 227, 228 Crabb v Arun District Council, [1975] EWCA Civ 7, [1976] Ch 179 ........ 155, 225......
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Specific Performance: Discretionary Defences and Considerations that Affect Discretion
...in Zelmer v Victor Projects Ltd (1997), 147 DLR (4th) 216 (BCCA); Schwark v Cutting , 2010 ONCA 61; now see Cowper-Smith v Morgan , 2017 SCC 61 at para 17 [ Cowper-Smith ]. In the United Kingdom, see Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd v Cobbe , [2008] 4 All ER 713 (HL). 39 Cowper-Smith , above not......
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