Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc., 2006 SCC 52
Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
Judge | McLachlin, Beverley; Bastarache, Michel; LeBel, Louis; Deschamps, Marie; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Charron, Louise |
Citation | 2006 SCC 52,[2006] 2 SCR 612,218 OAC 339,EYB 2006-111169 R,[2006] SCJ No 52 (QL),52 CPR (4th) 321,273 DLR (4th) 663,354 NR 201 |
Docket Number | 30529 |
Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
Date | 17 November 2006 |
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Lymer (Re), 2018 ABQB 859
...contempt. This is a kind of criminal sentencing process, what Deschamps J in Pro Swing Inc v Elta Golf Inc, 2006 SCC 52 at paras 34-36, [2006] 2 SCR 612 identified as a “quasi-criminal” proceeding. The potential of incarceration or other sanctions available for criminal offences moves civil......
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...Board (B.C.), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 897; 150 N.R. 321; 23 B.C.A.C. 1; 39 W.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. 42]. Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc., [2006] 2 S.C.R. 612; 354 N.R. 201; 218 O.A.C. 339, refd to. [para. Castillo v. Castillo, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 870; 343 N.R. 144; 376 A.R. 224; 360 W.A.C. 224, refd ......
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Manitoba Métis Federation Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2013) 441 N.R. 209 (SCC)
...to. [para. 145]. Lindsay Petroleum Co. v. Hurd (1874), L.R. 5 P.C. 221, refd to. [paras. 146, 272]. Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc., [2006] 2 S.C.R. 612; 354 N.R. 201; 218 O.A.C. 339; 2006 SCC 52, refd to. [paras. 150, Ontario Hydro v. Labour Relations Board (Ont.) et al., [1993] 3 S.C.R. ......
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Thibodeau v. Air Canada, 2014 SCC 67
...Doucet‑Boudreau v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education), 2003 SCC 62, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 3; Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc., 2006 SCC 52, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 612. By Abella J. El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd. v. Tsui Yuan Tseng, 525 U.S. 155 (1999); Ehrlich v. American Airlines, Inc., 360 F.3d 366 (200......
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Lymer (Re), 2018 ABQB 859
...contempt. This is a kind of criminal sentencing process, what Deschamps J in Pro Swing Inc v Elta Golf Inc, 2006 SCC 52 at paras 34-36, [2006] 2 SCR 612 identified as a “quasi-criminal” proceeding. The potential of incarceration or other sanctions available for criminal offences moves civil......
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Van Breda v. Village Resorts Limited, 2010 ONCA 84
...Board (B.C.), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 897; 150 N.R. 321; 23 B.C.A.C. 1; 39 W.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. 42]. Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc., [2006] 2 S.C.R. 612; 354 N.R. 201; 218 O.A.C. 339, refd to. [para. Castillo v. Castillo, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 870; 343 N.R. 144; 376 A.R. 224; 360 W.A.C. 224, refd ......
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Manitoba Métis Federation Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), (2013) 441 N.R. 209 (SCC)
...to. [para. 145]. Lindsay Petroleum Co. v. Hurd (1874), L.R. 5 P.C. 221, refd to. [paras. 146, 272]. Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc., [2006] 2 S.C.R. 612; 354 N.R. 201; 218 O.A.C. 339; 2006 SCC 52, refd to. [paras. 150, Ontario Hydro v. Labour Relations Board (Ont.) et al., [1993] 3 S.C.R. ......
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Thibodeau v. Air Canada, 2014 SCC 67
...Doucet‑Boudreau v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education), 2003 SCC 62, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 3; Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc., 2006 SCC 52, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 612. By Abella J. El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd. v. Tsui Yuan Tseng, 525 U.S. 155 (1999); Ehrlich v. American Airlines, Inc., 360 F.3d 366 (200......
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...refused, [2008] S.C.C.A. No. 506., Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Torroni, 2009 ONCA 85, Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc., [2006] 2 S.C.R. 612, [2006] S.C.J. No. 52, Vidéotron Ltée v. Industries Microlec Produits Électroniques Inc., [1992] 2 S.C.R. 1065, [1992] S.C.J. No. 79, Chiang ......
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...refused, [2008] S.C.C.A. No. 506., Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Torroni, 2009 ONCA 85, Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc., [2006] 2 S.C.R. 612, [2006] S.C.J. No. 52, Vidéotron Ltée v. Industries Microlec Produits Électroniques Inc., [1992] 2 S.C.R. 1065, [1992] S.C.J. No. 79, Chiang ......
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Contempt of Court Proceedings
...“irst and foremost a declaration that a party has acted in deiance of a court order”: Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc. , 2006 SCC 52, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 612, at para. 35, cited in Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Torroni , 2009 ONCA 85, 94 O.R. (3d) 614, at para. 20. [31] The common law h......
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...C.P.R. (3d) 257, [1995] F.C.J. No. 1583 (T.D.) .................................. 247 Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc., 2006 SCC 52, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 612, 273 D.L.R. (4th) 663 ......................................... 181, 275, 284, 297–98, 303 Pro-C Ltd. v. Computer City Inc. (2000), 7 C.P.......
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...of Canada Ltd. (1974), 44 D.L.R. (3d) 443, [1974] M.J. No. 115 (Q.B.)......................... 331 Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc., [2006] 2 S.C.R. 612, 273 D.L.R. (4th) 663, 2006 SCC 52 ..........................34, 85, 152, 161, 173, 17 4, 175, 177, 178, 179, 180, 322 Proia v. Proia (200......
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