Miazga v. Kvello Estate

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; LeBel, Louis; Deschamps, Marie; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Charron, Louise
Citation2009 SCC 51,[2009] 3 SCR 339,[2009] SCJ No 51 (QL),[2010] 1 WWR 45,69 CCLT (3d) 1,395 NR 115,EYB 2009-165741,337 Sask R 260,313 DLR (4th) 330,JE 2009-2041
Docket Number32208
Date06 November 2009
Subject MatterTORTS,CRIMINAL LAW

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  • Pate v. Galway-Cavendish (Township) et al.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • April 29, 2013
    ...21]. Mirra et al. v. Toronto Dominion Bank et al., [2004] O.T.C. 365 (Sup. Ct.), dist. [para. 22]. Kvello et al. v. Miazga et al., [2009] 3 S.C.R. 339; 395 N.R. 115; 337 Sask.R. 260; 464 W.A.C. 260; 2009 SCC 51, refd to. [para. 22]. McNeil v. Brewers Retail Inc. et al., [2008] O.A.C. Uned. ......
  • R. v. Bouvette
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 6, 2025
    ...120; Application under s. 83.28 of the Criminal Code (Re), 2004 SCC 42, [2004] 2 S.C.R. 248; Miazga v. Kvello Estate, 2009 SCC 51, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 339; Brouillard v. The Queen, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 39; R. v. Vickerson, 2020 ONCA 434; R. v. O’Brien (1987), 10 Q.A.C. 135; R. v. Power, [1994] 1 S.C......
  • Hinse v. Canada (Attorney General), (2015) 472 N.R. 200 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 10, 2014
    ...2001 SCC 35, refd to. [para. 30]. Therrien, Re - see Québec (Ministre de la Justice) v. Therrien, J. Kvello et al. v. Miazga et al., [2009] 3 S.C.R. 339; 395 N.R. 115; 337 Sask.R. 260; 464 W.A.C. 260; 2009 SCC 51, dist. [para. Proulx v. Québec (Procureur général), [2001] 3 S.C.R. 9; 276 N.R......
  • TeleZone Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2010) 273 O.A.C. 1 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 23, 2010
    ...et al., [1999] 1 S.C.R. 201; 234 N.R. 201; 117 B.C.A.C. 103; 191 W.A.C. 103, refd to. [para. 28]. Kvello et al. v. Miazga et al., [2009] 3 S.C.R. 339; 395 N.R. 115; 337 Sask.R. 260; 464 W.A.C. 260; 2009 SCC 51, refd to. [para. 30]. Cooper v. Registrar of Mortgage Brokers (B.C.) et al., [200......
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  • Pate v. Galway-Cavendish (Township) et al.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • April 29, 2013
    ...21]. Mirra et al. v. Toronto Dominion Bank et al., [2004] O.T.C. 365 (Sup. Ct.), dist. [para. 22]. Kvello et al. v. Miazga et al., [2009] 3 S.C.R. 339; 395 N.R. 115; 337 Sask.R. 260; 464 W.A.C. 260; 2009 SCC 51, refd to. [para. 22]. McNeil v. Brewers Retail Inc. et al., [2008] O.A.C. Uned. ......
  • R. v. Bouvette
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 6, 2025
    ...120; Application under s. 83.28 of the Criminal Code (Re), 2004 SCC 42, [2004] 2 S.C.R. 248; Miazga v. Kvello Estate, 2009 SCC 51, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 339; Brouillard v. The Queen, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 39; R. v. Vickerson, 2020 ONCA 434; R. v. O’Brien (1987), 10 Q.A.C. 135; R. v. Power, [1994] 1 S.C......
  • Hinse v. Canada (Attorney General), (2015) 472 N.R. 200 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 10, 2014
    ...2001 SCC 35, refd to. [para. 30]. Therrien, Re - see Québec (Ministre de la Justice) v. Therrien, J. Kvello et al. v. Miazga et al., [2009] 3 S.C.R. 339; 395 N.R. 115; 337 Sask.R. 260; 464 W.A.C. 260; 2009 SCC 51, dist. [para. Proulx v. Québec (Procureur général), [2001] 3 S.C.R. 9; 276 N.R......
  • TeleZone Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2010) 273 O.A.C. 1 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 23, 2010
    ...et al., [1999] 1 S.C.R. 201; 234 N.R. 201; 117 B.C.A.C. 103; 191 W.A.C. 103, refd to. [para. 28]. Kvello et al. v. Miazga et al., [2009] 3 S.C.R. 339; 395 N.R. 115; 337 Sask.R. 260; 464 W.A.C. 260; 2009 SCC 51, refd to. [para. 30]. Cooper v. Registrar of Mortgage Brokers (B.C.) et al., [200......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 15 ' 19, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • March 22, 2021
    ...Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 311, American Cyanamid v. Ethicon Ltd., 1975 A.C. 396, Miazga v. Kvello Estate, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 339 Tsai v. Dugal , 2021 ONCA 170 Keywords: Family Law, Property, Constructive Trust, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Security of Costs, Frivolous, Ve......
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 15 – 18, 2019)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 6, 2019
    ...v. Ontario, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 170, Proulx v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2001 SCC 66, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 9, Miazga v. Kvello, 2009 SCC 51, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 339, Henry v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 24, Vancouver (City) v. Ward, 2010 SCC 27, Smith v. Attorney General of Ontario, 2......
  • 'Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears A Crown': Crown Immunity In Canada
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 20, 2019
    ...prosecution, the Crown acted with malice. In Proulx v. Quebec (Attorney General), [2001] 3 S.C.R. 9 (Lexum) and Kvello v. Miazga, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 339 (Lexum), the Supreme Court reaffirmed that Crown Attorneys were immune from civil liability for acts taken in the course of the exercise of p......
7 books & journal articles
  • Digest: "A" v R, 2018 SKQB 103
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan (Canada)
    • April 3, 2018
    ...118 Mann v Hawkins, 2011 SKCA 146, 385 Sask R 59 McLean v McLean, 2017 SKQB 127, 280 ACWS (3d) 496 Miazga v Kvello Estate, 2009 SCC 51, [2009] 3 SCR 339, 313 DLR (4th) 330, 395 NR 115, [2010] 1 WWR 45, 337 Sask kR 260, 69 CCLT (3d) 1 Nelles v Ontario, [1989] 2 SCR 170, 98 NR 321, 60 DLR (4t......
  • Table of Cases
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    • Irwin Books Forensic Investigations and Miscarriages of Justice. The Rhetoric Meets The Reality Part Three
    • June 15, 2010
    ...252 Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 129 S. Ct. 2527, 557 U.S. ___ (2009) .................... 373– 74 Miazga v. Kvello Estate, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 339, [2009] SCC 51 ......................................... 94 Mickelberg v. he Queen (1989), 167 C.L.R. 259, [1989] HCA 35 ................ xx , 1......
  • Innocence compensation: the private, public and prerogative remedies.
    • Canada
    • Ottawa Law Review Vol. 45 No. 1, March 2014
    • March 22, 2014
    ...2 SCR 170, 60 DLR (4th) 609 [Nelles]. (17) Proulx v Quebec (AG), 2001 SCC 66, [2001] 3 SCR 9. (18) Miazga v Kvello Estatey 2009 SCC 51, [2009] 3 SCR 339 (19) Supra note 16. (20) Ibid at 193. (21) Supra note 18 at para 7 [emphasis in original). (22) Ibid at para 8. An interesting and potenti......
  • SEEKING JUSTICE BY PLEA: THE PROSECUTOR'S ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS DURING PLEA BARGAINING.
    • Canada
    • McGill Law Journal Vol. 63 No. 1, September 2017
    • September 1, 2017
    ...Anderson, supra note 26 at para 46. (32) See Anderson, supra note 26 at para 37, citing Miazga v Kvello Estate, 2009 SCC 51 at para 47, [2009] 3 SCR 339 (33) Berger, "Abiding Presence of Conscience", supra note 26 at 611. (34) Anderson, supra note 26 at para 37, citing Miazga, supra note 32......
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