Henry v. British Columbia (Attorney General) et al.,

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, C.J.C., LeBel*, Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Wagner and Gascon, JJ.
Citation[2015] N.R. TBEd. MY.001,2015 SCC 24,383 DLR (4th) 383,[2015] 2 SCR 214
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Date01 May 2015

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3 practice notes
  • Henry v. British Columbia (Attorney General) et al.,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 1, 2015
    ...language version follows English language version] [La version française vient à la suite de la version anglaise] Temp. Cite: [2015] N.R. TBEd. MY.001 Ivan William Mervin Henry (appellant) v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia as Represented by the Attorney ......
  • 'Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears A Crown': Crown Immunity In Canada
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 20, 2019
    ...in the course of the exercise of prosecutorial discretion unless malice was proved. 4 In Henry v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [2015] SCC 24 (Westlaw), the Supreme Court recognized a further exception to absolute immunity from civil liability for Crown Attorneys: where they have int......
  • Clark v. Ontario (Attorney General),
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • June 13, 2017
    ...Tobacco (at paras. 61-116); Nelles v. Ontario, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 170 (at paras. 48-55); Henry v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 24, 383 D.L.R. (4th) 383 (at paras. 67-81); Syl Apps Treatment Centre v. B.D., 2007 SCC 38, 284 D.L.R. (4th) 682 (at para. 41). At this stage, it is s......
2 cases
  • Henry v. British Columbia (Attorney General) et al.
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 1, 2015
    ...language version follows English language version] [La version française vient à la suite de la version anglaise] Temp. Cite: [2015] N.R. TBEd. MY.001 Ivan William Mervin Henry (appellant) v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia as Represented by the Attorney ......
  • Clark v. Ontario (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • June 13, 2017
    ...Tobacco (at paras. 61-116); Nelles v. Ontario, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 170 (at paras. 48-55); Henry v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 24, 383 D.L.R. (4th) 383 (at paras. 67-81); Syl Apps Treatment Centre v. B.D., 2007 SCC 38, 284 D.L.R. (4th) 682 (at para. 41). At this stage, it is s......
1 firm's commentaries
  • 'Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears A Crown': Crown Immunity In Canada
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 20, 2019
    ...in the course of the exercise of prosecutorial discretion unless malice was proved. 4 In Henry v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [2015] SCC 24 (Westlaw), the Supreme Court recognized a further exception to absolute immunity from civil liability for Crown Attorneys: where they have int......