Fleming v. Ontario, 2019 SCC 45
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Judge | Wagner, Richard; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah |
| Citation | 2019 SCC 45 |
| Date | 04 October 2019 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Docket Number | 38087 |
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49 practice notes
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R. v. J.J.,
... 2004 SCC 5 , [2004] 1 S.C.R. 193 ; R. v. Osolin, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 595 ; Dubois v. The Queen, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 350 ; Fleming v. Ontario, 2019 SCC 45, [2019] 3 S.C.R. 519 ; Gosselin v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2002 SCC 84 , [2002] 4 S.C.R. 429 ; R. v. White, [1999] 2 S.C.R. 417 ; Cana......
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R. v. Ndhlovu,
...; R. v. Clay, 2003 SCC 75 , [2003] 3 S.C.R. 735 ; R. v. Malmo‑Levine, 2003 SCC 74 , [2003] 3 S.C.R. 571 ; Fleming v. Ontario, 2019 SCC 45, [2019] 3 S.C.R. 519 ; R. v. Beare, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 387 ; R. v. D.T., 2021 CanLII 85816; R. v. Callahan, 2021 CanLII 41952; R. v. Firingston......
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The Criminal Law and the Constitution
...Court has resisted using the common law to develop powers to arrest and has deferred to statutory powers of arrest. Fleming v Ontario , 2019 SCC 45. 107 Report of the Manitoba Aboriginal Justice Inquiry (Winnipeg: Queen’s Printer, 1991); Report of the Commission on Systemic Racism in the On......
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Table of Cases
...338 Figueiras v Toronto (Police Services Board) , 2015 ONCA 208 ................. 39, 84, 94-95 Fleming v Ontario , 2019 SCC 45 ......................... 83-84, 88-89, 91, 189, 189, 203 Fleming , R v , 2018 ONC J 843 .................................................. 156 Flight , R v , 2014......
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23 cases
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R. v. J.J.,
... 2004 SCC 5 , [2004] 1 S.C.R. 193 ; R. v. Osolin, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 595 ; Dubois v. The Queen, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 350 ; Fleming v. Ontario, 2019 SCC 45, [2019] 3 S.C.R. 519 ; Gosselin v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2002 SCC 84 , [2002] 4 S.C.R. 429 ; R. v. White, [1999] 2 S.C.R. 417 ; Cana......
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R. v. Ndhlovu,
...; R. v. Clay, 2003 SCC 75 , [2003] 3 S.C.R. 735 ; R. v. Malmo‑Levine, 2003 SCC 74 , [2003] 3 S.C.R. 571 ; Fleming v. Ontario, 2019 SCC 45, [2019] 3 S.C.R. 519 ; R. v. Beare, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 387 ; R. v. D.T., 2021 CanLII 85816; R. v. Callahan, 2021 CanLII 41952; R. v. Firingston......
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UAlberta Pro-Life v Governors of the University of Alberta, 2020 ABCA 1
...expression might provoke or enrage others, freedom of expression as guaranteed by s. 2 (b) is also implicated”: see Fleming v Ontario, 2019 SCC 45 at para 66, [2019] SCJ No 45 (QL). On such occasions, the debate moves to s 1 of the Charter and whether reasonable limits meeting that provisio......
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R v Singer,
...an offence has been or is about to be committed. 52 In answering this question, Tulloch J.A. relied on the reasoning in Fleming v Ontario, 2019 SCC 45, [2009] 3 SCR 45 [ Fleming], where the Supreme Court of Canada reiterated the test to be applied where the question is whether the common la......
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4 firm's commentaries
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The Supreme Court Of Canada Holds That The Common Law Does Not Empower The Police To Arrest A Person Who Is Acting Lawfully
...Court of Canada Case in Depth: Fleming v Ontario, 2019 SCC 45 The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Fleming v Ontario, on October 4, 2019. T he decision was unanimous, with Côté J. writing for the The case is about common law police powers of arrest. In arresting Mr. Fleming......
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2019 Year In Review At The Supreme Court Of Canada
...in order to deny military members the right to a jury trial. Read the full decision here. 4. Fleming v. Ontario (Ontario, civil by leave) 2019 SCC 45: Under common law, the police can limit someone's freedom if it is reasonably necessary to do so in order for the police to carry out their d......
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COVID-19: Can They Do That? Part IX: Enforcement Of Emergency Measures
...liberty where doing so is "reasonably necessary for the fulfilment" of one of their statutory or common law duties (R. v. Fleming, 2019 SCC 45, at para. 47; see also R. v. Waterfield, [1963] 3 All E.R. 659). This principle is known as the "ancillary powers For a police action to constitute ......
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Supreme Court Of Canada Addresses Common Law Police Powers
...the recent decision of Fleming v. Ontario, 2019 SCC 45, the Supreme Court of Canada declared that there is no common law police power to arrest individuals acting lawfully to prevent an apprehended breach of the peace by someone else. Applying the ancillary powers doctrine, the Court found ......
19 books & journal articles
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The Criminal Law and the Constitution
...Court has resisted using the common law to develop powers to arrest and has deferred to statutory powers of arrest. Fleming v Ontario , 2019 SCC 45. 107 Report of the Manitoba Aboriginal Justice Inquiry (Winnipeg: Queen’s Printer, 1991); Report of the Commission on Systemic Racism in the On......
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Table of Cases
...338 Figueiras v Toronto (Police Services Board) , 2015 ONCA 208 ................. 39, 84, 94-95 Fleming v Ontario , 2019 SCC 45 ......................... 83-84, 88-89, 91, 189, 189, 203 Fleming , R v , 2018 ONC J 843 .................................................. 156 Flight , R v , 2014......
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Sources of Criminal Procedure
...A further irony, therefore, is that Godoy itself was only finding that the “in the execution of duty” element of 56 Fleming v Ontario , 2019 SCC 45 [ Fleming ] at para 43. 57 [1963] 3 All ER 659 (CA) [ Waterfield ]. 58 R v Knowlton , [1974] SCR 443. 59 R v Stenning , [1970] SCR 631 [ Stenni......
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Arrest
...CR (3d) 316 (BCCA); Brown v Durham Regional Police Force (1998), 21 CR (5th) 1; Fleming v Ontario , 2018 ONCA 160. 66 Fleming v Ontario , 2019 SCC 45 [ Fleming ]. 67 See the discussion in Chapter 2, Section A(3)(b). 68 Fleming , above note 66 at para 99. 69 Ibid at para 60. CR IMINAL PROCED......
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