Office of the Children’s Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Judge | McLachlin, Beverley; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm |
| Citation | 2018 SCC 16 |
| Date | 20 April 2018 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Docket Number | 37250 |
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44 practice notes
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B.J.T. v. J.D., 2022 SCC 24
...SCC 48, [2000] 2 S.C.R 519; Beson v. Director of Child Welfare (Nfld.), [1982] 2 S.C.R. 716; Office of the Children’s Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 398; Thomson v. Thomson, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 551; White Burgess Langille Inman v. Abbott and Haliburton Co., 2015 SCC 23, [2015] 2 ......
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Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30
...Tribunal), [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1324; Crown Forest Industries Ltd. v. Canada, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 802; Office of the Children’s Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 398; Rahaman v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 FCA 89, [2002] 3 F.C. 537; R. v. Hape, 2007 SCC 26, [20......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 8, 2022 ' August 12, 2022)
...Law Reform Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.12, section 46(2), Family Law Rules, O. Reg. 114/99, Office of the Children's Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16, Hammerschmidt v. Hammerschmidt, 2013 ONCA 227, Hughes v. Hughes, 2014 BCCA 196, Ojeikere v. Ojeikere, 2018 ONCA 372 Tega Homes (Attika) Inc. v. Spenc......
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Parenting Arrangements after Divorce
...their views is a “matter of inference from the child’s demeanour, testimony and circumstances”: Office of the Children’s Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16 (CanLII) at para. 79. If the child is forming a view in a reasonable and independent manner, then the views must be considered as a significa......
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37 cases
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B.J.T. v. J.D., 2022 SCC 24
...SCC 48, [2000] 2 S.C.R 519; Beson v. Director of Child Welfare (Nfld.), [1982] 2 S.C.R. 716; Office of the Children’s Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 398; Thomson v. Thomson, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 551; White Burgess Langille Inman v. Abbott and Haliburton Co., 2015 SCC 23, [2015] 2 ......
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Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30
...Tribunal), [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1324; Crown Forest Industries Ltd. v. Canada, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 802; Office of the Children’s Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 398; Rahaman v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2002 FCA 89, [2002] 3 F.C. 537; R. v. Hape, 2007 SCC 26, [20......
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Entertainment Software Assoc. v. Society Composers, 2020 FCA 100
...[72] The respondents defend this approach, urging that we apply the Supreme Court’s decision in Office of the Children’s Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16, [2018] 1 S.C.R. 398. They submit that, for all practical purposes, Balev makes the Treaty binding in Canadian law. Thus, they submit, the Bo......
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Beairsto v. Cook, 2018 NSCA 90
...that Justice Hunt’s analysis was inconsistent with the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Office of the Children’s Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16. The new ground 2. the Appellant cites the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Office of the Children’s Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16 , w......
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7 firm's commentaries
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 8, 2022 ' August 12, 2022)
...Law Reform Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.12, section 46(2), Family Law Rules, O. Reg. 114/99, Office of the Children's Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16, Hammerschmidt v. Hammerschmidt, 2013 ONCA 227, Hughes v. Hughes, 2014 BCCA 196, Ojeikere v. Ojeikere, 2018 ONCA 372 Tega Homes (Attika) Inc. v. Spenc......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 13 ' 17, 2021)
...ONCA 79, E. (Mrs.) v. Eve, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 388, Canadian Western Bank v. Alberta, 2007 SCC 22, Office of the Children's Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16, McKee v. McKee, [1950] S.C.R. 700, rev'd [1951] 2 D.L.R. 657 (P.C.), R. v. S. (S.), [1990] 2 S.C.R. 254, References re Greenhouse Gas Polluti......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 13 ' 17, 2021)
...ONCA 79, E. (Mrs.) v. Eve, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 388, Canadian Western Bank v. Alberta, 2007 SCC 22, Office of the Children's Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16, McKee v. McKee, [1950] S.C.R. 700, rev'd [1951] 2 D.L.R. 657 (P.C.), R. v. S. (S.), [1990] 2 S.C.R. 254, References re Greenhouse Gas Polluti......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 3 February 7, 2020)
...the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Can. T. S. 1983 No. 35 (Hague Convention), Office of the Children's Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16, H.L. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005 SCC 25 , Salomon v. Matte‑Thompson, 2019 SCC 14 Thistle v. Schumilas, 2020 ONCA 88 Keywords: T......
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7 books & journal articles
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Sources of International Law
...and the “modern approach” to statutory interpretation in the Canadian domestic legal context, see Oice of the Children’s Lawyer v Balev , 2018 SCC 16 at para 32 [ Balev ], citing Ruth Sullivan, Statutory Interpretation (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2016) at 279. Chapter 2: Sources of International L......
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Divorce: Jurisdiction; Judgments; Foreign Divorces; Grounds for Divorce; Bars
...2017) at Chapter 7, Section B(7) “Ordinarily Resident”; see also English v McCurdy, 2021 BCCA 376 ; Haroon v Haroon, 2019 ONSC 779 . 2018 SCC 16. See also CCO v JJV, 2019 ABQB 461 , aff’d 2019 ABCA 396 ; OM v ED, 2019 ABCA 509 , discussed in Franks v Zalev, 35 This Week in Family Law, ......
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Parenting Arrangements After Divorce
...their views is a “matter of inference from the child’s demeanour, testimony and circumstances”: Office of the Children’s Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16 (CanLII) at para. 79. If the child is forming a view in a reasonable and independent manner, then the views must be considered as a significa......
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Table of Cases
...26 April 2012, appeal heard and judgment reserved 28 March 2013 ........................... 527 Oice of the Children’s Lawyer v Balev, 2018 SCC 16 .............................................................................. 92, 168 Parent v Singapore Airlines Ltd, [2003] JQ no 18068 (SC) ......
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