Nelson v. Livermore,

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeDoherty,Benotto,Trotter
Citation2017 ONCA 712
Docket NumberC61876
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
Date13 September 2017

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8 practice notes
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...66 Nelson , R v , 2018 BCCA 161 ............................................................ 85 Nelson v Livermore , 2017 ONCA 712 ............................................ 244, 246, 260 Neve , R v , 1999 ABCA 206 ............................................................ 208 Newman , ......
  • Charter Considerations
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...for a particular ofence changes between the time the ofence is 46 Whaling, supra note 22 at para 56. 47 Ibid at para 63. 48 Ibid . 49 2017 ONCA 712. 50 Ibid at para 44. 51 RSO 1990, c M.7. 52 Ibid at para 129. 53 R v Simmonds , 2018 BCCA 205 at para 41. Copyright © 2024 Emond Montgomery Pub......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Annotated Ontario Mental Health Statutes - Fifth edition
    • June 28, 2022
    ...68 ............................................................................................................. 546 Nelson v. Livermore, 2017 ONCA 712 ......................................................................................................... 14, 27 Ness v. Geagea, 2015 ONSC ......
  • Mental Health Act
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Annotated Ontario Mental Health Statutes - Fifth edition
    • June 28, 2022
    ...The “same or similar” criterion does not necessarily require the same diagnosis at a subsequent assessment. CASELAW Nelson v. Livermore , 2017 ONCA 712 — The Court of Appeal found that the Consent and Capacity Board’s (CCB) jurisdiction was limited by section 39 of the Mental Health Act and......
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3 cases
  • Hossein Amini-Kouchesfahani v Toronto Police Services Board,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 15, 2025
    ...states such as hysteria or concussion”: Cooper v. The Queen, 1979 CanLII 63 (SCC), [1980] 1 S.C.R. 1149, at p. 1159; Nelson v. Livermore, 2017 ONCA 712, at para. 57. Rather, the officer must have a reasonable belief that the person exhibits conduct that may be the result of an illness, diso......
  • Balasuriya v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 28, 2018
    ...Committee have held that criminal law principles and concepts do not automatically transfer to MHA matters: see Nelson v. Livermore, 2017 ONCA 712, 417 D.L.R. (4th) 133, at para. 58; College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. McIntyre, 2017 ONSC 116 (Div. Ct.), at para. 34; Ontario (C......
  • Fikry v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 28, 2018
    ...Committee have held that criminal law principles and concepts do not automatically transfer to MHA matters: see Nelson v. Livermore, 2017 ONCA 712, 417 D.L.R. (4th) 133, at para. 58; College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario v. McIntyre, 2017 ONSC 116 (Div. Ct.), at para. 34; Ontario (C......
1 firm's commentaries
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 11 – September 15, 2017)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • September 22, 2017
    ...Columbia (Forensic Psychiatric Institute), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 625, Re Carrick, 2015 ONCA 866, Re Ferguson, 2010 ONCA 810 Nelson v Livermore, 2017 ONCA 712 [Doherty, Benotto and Trotter JJ.A.] Counsel: Suzan E. Fraser, for the appellant Janice Blackburn and Julia Lefebvre, for the respondent Dr......
4 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...66 Nelson , R v , 2018 BCCA 161 ............................................................ 85 Nelson v Livermore , 2017 ONCA 712 ............................................ 244, 246, 260 Neve , R v , 1999 ABCA 206 ............................................................ 208 Newman , ......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Annotated Ontario Mental Health Statutes - Fifth edition
    • June 28, 2022
    ...68 ............................................................................................................. 546 Nelson v. Livermore, 2017 ONCA 712 ......................................................................................................... 14, 27 Ness v. Geagea, 2015 ONSC ......
  • Charter Considerations
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
    • May 3, 2024
    ...for a particular ofence changes between the time the ofence is 46 Whaling, supra note 22 at para 56. 47 Ibid at para 63. 48 Ibid . 49 2017 ONCA 712. 50 Ibid at para 44. 51 RSO 1990, c M.7. 52 Ibid at para 129. 53 R v Simmonds , 2018 BCCA 205 at para 41. Copyright © 2024 Emond Montgomery Pub......
  • Mental Health Act
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Annotated Ontario Mental Health Statutes - Fifth edition
    • June 28, 2022
    ...The “same or similar” criterion does not necessarily require the same diagnosis at a subsequent assessment. CASELAW Nelson v. Livermore , 2017 ONCA 712 — The Court of Appeal found that the Consent and Capacity Board’s (CCB) jurisdiction was limited by section 39 of the Mental Health Act and......