Hill v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board,

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; Bastarache, Michel; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; LeBel, Louis; Deschamps, Marie; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Charron, Louise; Rothstein, Marshall
Citation[2007] 3 SCR 129,2007 SCC 41,[2007] CarswellOnt 6265,160 ACWS (3d) 573,[2007] SCJ No 41 (QL),EYB 2007-124525,[2007] RRA 817,JE 2007-1867,368 NR 1,230 OAC 253,87 OR (3d) 397,50 CR (6th) 279,285 DLR (4th) 620,64 Admin LR (4th) 163,40 MPLR (4th) 1,50 CCLT (3d) 1
Date04 October 2007
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Docket Number31227

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    • January 18, 2013
    ...1 ; 96 O.R.(3d) 401 ; 2009 ONCA 594 , refd to. [para. 19]. Hill et al. v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board et al., [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129; 368 N.R. 1 ; 230 O.A.C. 260 ; 2007 SCC 41 , refd to. [para. 19]. Sauer v. Canada (Attorney General) et al. (2007), 225 O.A.C. 143 ; ......
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    ...87 O.R. (3d) 425; R. v. D.R.S., 2013 ABCA 18, 542 A.R. 92; Hill v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129; R. v. Potvin, [1993] 2 S.C.R. 880; R. v. Morrissey (1995), 22 O.R. (3d) 514; Grdic v. The Queen, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 810; R. v. Roy, 2012 SCC 2......
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    ...N.R. 328; 210 O.A.C. 315; 2006 SCC 18, refd to. [para. 383]. Hill et al. v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board et al., [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129; 368 N.R. 1; 230 O.A.C. 260; 2007 SCC 41, refd to. [para. 386]. Just v. British Columbia, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 1228; 103 N.R. 1, refd to. [par......
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    ...657; Cooper v. Hobart, 2001 SCC 79, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 537; Hill v. Hamilton‑Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129; Edwards v. Law Society of Upper Canada, 2001 SCC 80, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 562, aff’g (2000), 48 O.R. (3d) 329; Morier v. Rivard, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 7......
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    ...657; Cooper v. Hobart, 2001 SCC 79, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 537; Hill v. Hamilton‑Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129; Edwards v. Law Society of Upper Canada, 2001 SCC 80, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 562, aff’g (2000), 48 O.R. (3d) 329; Morier v. Rivard, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 7......
  • MacLellan v. Canada (Attorney General) et al.,
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    • January 8, 2014
    ...N.R. 305; 180 O.A.C. 201; 2003 SCC 69, refd to. [para. 80]. Hill et al. v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board et al., [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129; 368 N.R. 1; 230 O.A.C. 260, refd to. [para. Romanic v. Johnson et al., [2012] O.T.C. Uned. 3449; 2012 ONSC 3449, affd. [2013] O.A.C. Uned......
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    ...1346; Childs v. Desormeaux, 2006 SCC 18, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 643; Hill v. Hamilton‑Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129; Canadian National Railway Co. v. Norsk Pacific Steamship Co., [1992] 1 S.C.R. 1021; Bow Valley Husky (Bermuda) Ltd. v. Saint John Shipbu......
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    ...328 ; 210 O.A.C. 315 ; 2006 SCC 18 , refd to. [para. 18]. Hill et al. v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board et al., [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129; 368 N.R. 1 ; 230 O.A.C. 260 ; 2007 SCC 41 , refd to. [para. Donoghue v. Stevenson, [1932] A.C. 562 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 26]. B.D.......
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    • September 23, 2013
    ...in later judgments - notably Childs v. Desormeaux, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 643, Hill v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129 and R. v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., [2011] 3 S.C.R. 45 - and has consistently been the driving force behind the Court's clarification of......
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    ...to users of the highway (Hill v. Hamilton; Hill v. Hamilton-Wentworth (Regional Municipality) Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129 (S.C.C.), at para. 25); the duty of a manufacturer to consumers (Mustapha , at para. 6)). Neither the courts below nor the parties articulate......
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    • Criminal Law Series Modern Criminal Evidence
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    ...Hill v Hamilton‑Wentworth (Regional Municipality) Police Services Board (2005), 76 OR (3d) 481 (Ont CA), aff ’ d 2007 SCC 41, [2007] 3 SCR 129 ..............627 Hill , R v , [2013] OJ No 3176 (QL) (Sup Ct J)..........................................70 Hill , R v , 2015 ONCA 616 ..................
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    • August 30, 2015
    ...(4th) 129 ......................................... 446, 462 Hill v. Hamilton Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129 ............................................................ 17, 74 , 77, 231, 239, 240, 262 Hinz v. Berry, [1970] 2 Q.B. 40, [1970] 2 W.L......
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    • June 25, 2020
    ...464 Hill v Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41, [2007] 3 SCR 129 ............................17, 74–75, 77, 233, 241, 465 Hinz v Berry, [1970] 2 QB 40, [1970] 2 WLR 684 (CA) ....................................... 10 THE LAW OF TORTS 508 HL v Canada (Attorney Gene......
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    ...424, 440 Hill v. Hamilton Wentworth Regional Police Services Board, 2007 SCC 41, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 129 ................ 17, 71, 74, 223, 229–30, 231, 440 Hinz v. Berry, [1970] 2 Q.B. 40, [1970] 2 W.L.R. 684 (C.A.) ................................ 10 Hodgkinson v. Simms, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 377, 1......
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