Nelson (City) v. Mowatt

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell
Citation2017 SCC 8,[2017] 1 SCR 138,406 DLR (4th) 1,[2017] 3 WWR 1,[2017] SCJ No 8 (QL)
Date17 February 2017
Docket Number36999

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122 practice notes
  • Kosicki v. Toronto (City), 2025 SCC 28
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • September 19, 2025
    ...v. Basque, 2023 SCC 18 ; considered: Oro-Medonte (Township) v. Warkentin, 2013 ONSC 1416 , 30 R.P.R. (5th) 44 ; Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 138 ; R. v. McCormick (1859), 18 U.C.Q.B. 131; Prescott & Russell (United Counties) v. Waugh (2004), 15 M.P.L.R. (4th......
  • Dr Ignacio Tan III v Alberta Veterinary Medical Association
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • April 8, 2025
    ...Columbia (Attorney General) v Council of Canadians with Disabilities, 2022 SCC 27 at para 96, 470 DLR (4th) 289; Nelson (City) v Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8 at para 38, [2017] 1 SCR 138; Yunusova v Naimi, 2023 BCCA 124 at para 30, [2023] BCJ No 465 (QL). In Mahjoub v Canada, 2017 FCA 157 at paras 56......
  • Kosicki v Toronto (City)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • September 19, 2025
    ...v. Basque, 2023 SCC 18 ; considered: Oro-Medonte (Township) v. Warkentin, 2013 ONSC 1416 , 30 R.P.R. (5th) 44 ; Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 138 ; R. v. McCormick (1859), 18 U.C.Q.B. 131; Prescott & Russell (United Counties) v. Waugh (2004), 15 M.P.L.R. (4th......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 28, 2022 ' March 4, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • March 8, 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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  • Kosicki v Toronto (City)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • September 19, 2025
    ...v. Basque, 2023 SCC 18 ; considered: Oro-Medonte (Township) v. Warkentin, 2013 ONSC 1416 , 30 R.P.R. (5th) 44 ; Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 138 ; R. v. McCormick (1859), 18 U.C.Q.B. 131; Prescott & Russell (United Counties) v. Waugh (2004), 15 M.P.L.R. (4th......
  • Dr Ignacio Tan III v Alberta Veterinary Medical Association
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • April 8, 2025
    ...Columbia (Attorney General) v Council of Canadians with Disabilities, 2022 SCC 27 at para 96, 470 DLR (4th) 289; Nelson (City) v Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8 at para 38, [2017] 1 SCR 138; Yunusova v Naimi, 2023 BCCA 124 at para 30, [2023] BCJ No 465 (QL). In Mahjoub v Canada, 2017 FCA 157 at paras 56......
  • Kosicki v. Toronto (City), 2025 SCC 28
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • September 19, 2025
    ...v. Basque, 2023 SCC 18 ; considered: Oro-Medonte (Township) v. Warkentin, 2013 ONSC 1416 , 30 R.P.R. (5th) 44 ; Nelson (City) v. Mowatt, 2017 SCC 8, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 138 ; R. v. McCormick (1859), 18 U.C.Q.B. 131; Prescott & Russell (United Counties) v. Waugh (2004), 15 M.P.L.R. (4th......
  • Modern Cleaning Concept Inc. v. Comité paritaire de l’entretien d’édifices publics de la région de Québec
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • May 3, 2019
    ...[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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5 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 28, 2022 ' March 4, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • March 8, 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]......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 28, 2022 ' March 4, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • March 8, 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]......
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 5 - 9, 2018)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 15, 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......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 27 – 31, 2017)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 7, 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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9 books & journal articles
  • Exclusion of Evidence
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Charter Remedies in Criminal Cases, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2022
    ..., 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......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Charter Remedies in Criminal Cases, 2nd Edition
    • May 2, 2022
    ...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), [......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Property
    • August 5, 2021
    ...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, ......
  • Rules Relating to the Use of Admissible Evidence
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Evidence. Eighth Edition
    • June 25, 2020
    ...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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