Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8
Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
Judge | McLachlin, Beverley; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell |
Citation | 2017 SCC 8,[2017] 1 SCR 138,406 DLR (4th) 1,[2017] 3 WWR 1,[2017] SCJ No 8 (QL) |
Docket Number | 36999 |
Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
Date | 17 February 2017 |
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107 practice notes
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 28, 2022 ' March 4, 2022)
...45 E.T.R. (2d) 10, Canada (Attorney General) v. Fairmont Hotels Inc., 2016 SCC 56, F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, Canada (Attorney General) v. Fairmont Hotels Inc., 2016 SCC 56, Champoise v. Prost, 2000 BCCA 426, 77 B.C.L.R. (3d) 228, Re Snowden, [1979]......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 28, 2022 ' March 4, 2022)
...45 E.T.R. (2d) 10, Canada (Attorney General) v. Fairmont Hotels Inc., 2016 SCC 56, F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, Canada (Attorney General) v. Fairmont Hotels Inc., 2016 SCC 56, Champoise v. Prost, 2000 BCCA 426, 77 B.C.L.R. (3d) 228, Re Snowden, [1979]......
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Table of Cases
...188 Moulton v Canada (AG), 2010 ONSC 2448 .................................... 188 Mowatt, Nelson (City) v, 2017 SCC 8 .......................................... 58 Moyles, R v, 2019 SKCA 72 ............................................... . 37, 57 Moysa v Alberta (Labour Relations Board), [......
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Rules Relating to the Use of Admissible Evidence
...of a contempt finding ensue only in appropriate cases.” Carey v Laiken , [2015] 2 SCR 79 at para 32. 108 Nelson (City) v Mowatt , [2017] 1 SCR 138 at para 40. 109 FH v McDougall , above note 107 at para 86. THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 690 a reasonable doubt. 110 All these factors are intended to pr......
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...[2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101; J.G. v. Nadeau, 2016 QCCA 167; Van de Perre v. Edwards, 2001 SCC 60, [2001] 2 S.C.R. 1014; Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 138; H.L. v. Canada (Attorney general), 2005 SCC 25, [2005] 1 S.C.R. 401; Salomon v. Matte‑Thomson, 2019 SCC 14, [2019] 1 S.C......
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Resolute FP Canada Inc. v. Hydro-Québec, 2020 SCC 43
...[2016] 2 S.C.R. 352; J.G. v. Nadeau, 2016 QCCA 167; Salomon v. Matte‑Thompson, 2019 SCC 14, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 729; Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 138; Skyline Holdings Inc. v. Scarves and Allied Arts Inc., 2000 CanLII 9274; Richer v. Mutuelle du Canada (La), Cie d’assura......
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R v R.D.F., 2019 SKCA 112
...but of a beam in the eye. And it is impossible to confuse these last two notions”. This was further explored in Nelson (City) v Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, [2017] 1 SCR 138 : [38] … Absent palpable and overriding error – that is, absent an error that is “plainly seen” and has affected the result –......
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Aragon (Wellesley) Development (Ontario) Corp. v. Piller Investments Ltd., 2018 ONSC 4607
...35 O.R. (2d) 722 (C.A.); Keefer v. Arillotta, (1976), 13 O.R. (2d) (C.A.). [33] (1879), 5 Ex. D. 264. [34] [2002] 3 W.L.R. 221 (H.L.). [35] 2017 SCC 8. [36] Keefer v. Arillotta ( 1976), 13 O.R.(2d) 680 (C.A.); Fletcher v. Storoschuk (1981), 35 O.R. (2d) 722 (C.A.); John Austin & Sons Lt......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 28, 2022 ' March 4, 2022)
...45 E.T.R. (2d) 10, Canada (Attorney General) v. Fairmont Hotels Inc., 2016 SCC 56, F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, Canada (Attorney General) v. Fairmont Hotels Inc., 2016 SCC 56, Champoise v. Prost, 2000 BCCA 426, 77 B.C.L.R. (3d) 228, Re Snowden, [1979]......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 28, 2022 ' March 4, 2022)
...45 E.T.R. (2d) 10, Canada (Attorney General) v. Fairmont Hotels Inc., 2016 SCC 56, F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, Canada (Attorney General) v. Fairmont Hotels Inc., 2016 SCC 56, Champoise v. Prost, 2000 BCCA 426, 77 B.C.L.R. (3d) 228, Re Snowden, [1979]......
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Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 5 - 9, 2018)
...5 Ex. Div. 264 (C.A.), Sipsas v. 1299781 Ontario Inc., 2017 ONCA 265, Weidelich v. de Koning, 2014 ONCA 736, Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, J. A. Pye (Oxford) Ltd. v. Graham, [2002] UKHL 30 CM Callow Inc. v. Zollinger, 2018 ONCA 896 Keywords: Contracts, Duty of Honest Performance, Bha......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 27 31, 2017)
...recently reiterated that the requirement that a claimant have actual "possession" does not require continuous occupation: Nelson v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, [2017] S.C.J. No. 8, at para. 31. The Hendricks could be said to have used the disputed lands as a backyard, and backyards are necessarily ......
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Table of Cases
...Neazor v Hoyle (1962), 32 DLR (2d) 131 (Alta SC AD) .......................................88 Nelson (City) v Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8 .................................................................... 29 Nelson v 1153696 Alberta Ltd, 2011 ABCA 203 .........................................138, ......
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Exclusion of Evidence
..., supra note 80 at para 115. 162 Housen v Nikolaisen , 2002 SCC 33; see also R v Clark , 2005 SCC 2 at para 9; Nelson (City) v Mowatt , 2017 SCC 8 at para 38. 163 R v Cole , supra note 77 at para 82; R v Vu , supra note 82 at para 67. 164 R v Grant , supra note 3 at para 129. 165 R v Mohame......
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Table of Cases
...188 Moulton v Canada (AG), 2010 ONSC 2448 .................................... 188 Mowatt, Nelson (City) v, 2017 SCC 8 .......................................... 58 Moyles, R v, 2019 SKCA 72 ............................................... . 37, 57 Moysa v Alberta (Labour Relations Board), [......
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Rules Relating to the Use of Admissible Evidence
...of a contempt finding ensue only in appropriate cases.” Carey v Laiken , [2015] 2 SCR 79 at para 32. 108 Nelson (City) v Mowatt , [2017] 1 SCR 138 at para 40. 109 FH v McDougall , above note 107 at para 86. THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 690 a reasonable doubt. 110 All these factors are intended to pr......
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