Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh

Judgment Cited authorities (29) Cited in (222) Precedent Map Related
JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C.; Bastarache, Michel; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; Arbour, Louise; LeBel, Louis
Citation[2002] 4 SCR 325,2002 SCC 83,297 NR 203,[2002] SCJ No 84 (QL),119 ACWS (3d) 42,EYB 2002-36303,JE 2003-102,32 RFL (5th) 81,[2002] CarswellNS 511,102 CRR (2d) 1,210 NSR (2d) 273,[2002] ACS no 84,221 DLR (4th) 1,659 APR 273
Date19 December 2002
Docket Number28179
Subject MatterCIVIL RIGHTS,FAMILY LAW,STATUTES,CRIMINAL LAW,CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Get this document and AI-powered insights with a free trial of vLex and Vincent AI

Get Started for Free

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex

Unlock full access with a free 7-day trial

Transform your legal research with vLex

  • Complete access to the largest collection of common law case law on one platform

  • Generate AI case summaries that instantly highlight key legal issues

  • Advanced search capabilities with precise filtering and sorting options

  • Comprehensive legal content with documents across 100+ jurisdictions

  • Trusted by 2 million professionals including top global firms

  • Access AI-Powered Research with Vincent AI: Natural language queries with verified citations

vLex
213 practice notes
  • Wilson v. Fotsch
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • May 10, 2010
    ...161 ; 317 W.A.C. 161; 2004 SCC 22 , refd to. [para. 8]. Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh - see Walsh v. Bona. Walsh v. Bona, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 325; 297 N.R. 203 ; 210 N.S.R.(2d) 273 ; 659 A.P.R. 273 ; 2002 SCC 83 , refd to. [para. Garland v. Consumers' Gas Co., [2004] 1 S.C.R. 62......
  • Toussaint v. Canada (Attorney General), (2011) 420 N.R. 364 (FCA)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • November 24, 2010
    ...(Minister of Employment and Immigration) , [2000] 1 S.C.R. 703; 2000 SCC 28 at para. 61; Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh , [2002] 4 S.C.R. 325; 2002 SCC 83, at para. 55; Hodge , supra, at para. 16." [107] On the issue whether the benefit was conferred in a discriminatory manner, the......
  • Gespeg First Nation v. Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) et al.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • October 19, 2009
    ...418; 181 N.R. 253; 81 O.A.C. 253, refd to. [para. 65]. Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh - see Walsh v. Bona. Walsh v. Bona, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 325; 297 N.R. 203; 210 N.S.R.(2d) 273; 659 A.P.R. 273; 2002 SCC 83, refd to. [para. Lavoie et al. v. Canada et al., [2002] 1 S.C.R. 769; 284 N.R......
  • Baril v. Obelnicki
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Manitoba)
    • April 23, 2007
    ...S.C.R. 3; 238 N.R. 179; 121 O.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. 28]. Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh - see Walsh v. Bona. Walsh v. Bona, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 325; 297 N.R. 203; 210 N.S.R.(2d) 273; 659 A.P.R. 273; 2002 SCC 83, refd to. [para. R. v. Morgentaler, [1993] 3 S.C.R. 463; 157 N.R. 97; 125......
    • Get Started for Free
170 cases
  • Wilson v. Fotsch
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • May 10, 2010
    ...161 ; 317 W.A.C. 161; 2004 SCC 22 , refd to. [para. 8]. Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh - see Walsh v. Bona. Walsh v. Bona, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 325; 297 N.R. 203 ; 210 N.S.R.(2d) 273 ; 659 A.P.R. 273 ; 2002 SCC 83 , refd to. [para. Garland v. Consumers' Gas Co., [2004] 1 S.C.R. 62......
  • Toussaint v. Canada (Attorney General), (2011) 420 N.R. 364 (FCA)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • November 24, 2010
    ...(Minister of Employment and Immigration) , [2000] 1 S.C.R. 703; 2000 SCC 28 at para. 61; Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh , [2002] 4 S.C.R. 325; 2002 SCC 83, at para. 55; Hodge , supra, at para. 16." [107] On the issue whether the benefit was conferred in a discriminatory manner, the......
  • Gespeg First Nation v. Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) et al.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • October 19, 2009
    ...418; 181 N.R. 253; 81 O.A.C. 253, refd to. [para. 65]. Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh - see Walsh v. Bona. Walsh v. Bona, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 325; 297 N.R. 203; 210 N.S.R.(2d) 273; 659 A.P.R. 273; 2002 SCC 83, refd to. [para. Lavoie et al. v. Canada et al., [2002] 1 S.C.R. 769; 284 N.R......
  • Baril v. Obelnicki
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Manitoba)
    • April 23, 2007
    ...S.C.R. 3; 238 N.R. 179; 121 O.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. 28]. Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh - see Walsh v. Bona. Walsh v. Bona, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 325; 297 N.R. 203; 210 N.S.R.(2d) 273; 659 A.P.R. 273; 2002 SCC 83, refd to. [para. R. v. Morgentaler, [1993] 3 S.C.R. 463; 157 N.R. 97; 125......
    • Get Started for Free
1 firm's commentaries
  • Top 5 Civil Appeals From The Court Of Appeal (July 2014)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 29, 2014
    ...not recognized as such under U.K. law. She distinguished the case from that of Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh, 2002 SCC 83, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 325, in which Supreme Court held that heterosexual couples could choose either to marry or to cohabit and that to impose the rights and obliga......
42 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Fifth Edition
    • August 29, 2013
    ...2009 SCC 47 ........................................................................ 69 , 397 Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v Walsh, [2002] 4 SCR 325, 2002 SCC 83, 221 DLR (4th) 1 .................................................................... 352 Nova Scotia (Workers’ Compensation Bo......
  • International Law as a Strategic Tool for Equality Rights Litigation: A Cautionary Tale
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Making Equality Rights Real Securing Substantive Equality under the Charter Shifting and Blending Paradigms
    • June 21, 2009
    ...Electoral Oicer), [2002] 3 S.C.R. 519** 50. Gosselin v. Quebec, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 429** 51. Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Walsh, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 325* 52. Siemens v. Manitoba (Attorney General), [2003] 1 S.C.R. 6 53. Trociuk v. British Columbia, [2003] 1 S.C.R. 835 54. Nova Scotia (Workers......
  • Divorce: Jurisdiction; Judgments; Foreign Divorces; Grounds for Divorce; Bars
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Canadian Family Law. Fifth Edition
    • August 29, 2013
    ...Subject to section 8(3)(b)(i) of the Divorce Act , the physical separation and the intention 106 RSO 1990, c F.3. 107 SO 2005, c 5. 108 [2002] 4 SCR 325. 109 Droit de la famille — 304 , [1986] RDF 589 (Que CS); Droit de la famille — 471 , [1988] RDF 236 (Que CS). 110 AB v CD , 2009 BCCA 200......
  • Table of cases, index and about the authors
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Seventh Edition
    • June 30, 2021
    ...208, 2009 SCC 47........................................................................ 76, 444 Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v Walsh, [2002] 4 SCR 325, 2002 SCC 83, 221 DLR (4th) 1..................................................................... 394 Nova Scotia (Workers’ Compensation......
    • Get Started for Free
Add as a preferred source on Google