R. v. Kloubakov, 2025 SCC 25

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeWagner, Richard; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas; Jamal, Mahmud; O’Bonsawin, Michelle; Moreau, Mary
Citation2025 SCC 25
Date24 July 2025
Docket Number41017
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)

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6 practice notes
  • R v Kloubakov,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 24, 2025
    ...Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and Association for Reformed Political Action Canada Interveners 2025 SCC 25 Present: Wagner C.J. and Karakatsanis, Côté, Rowe, Martin, Kasirer, Jamal, O'Bonsawin and Moreau JJ. DOCKET: 41017 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Constitu......
  • McPherson v Global Growth Assets Inc.,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • September 12, 2025
    ...Revenue), 2025 SCC 13, at para. 42. 18 Rizzo, at para. 21; Piekut, at para. 42; R. v. Kim, 2025 ONCA 478, at para. 31; R. v. Kloubakov, 2025 SCC 25, at para. 19 Telus, at para. 32. 20 Piekut, at para. 43. 21 Piekut, at para. 45; Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2......
  • R v Carpan,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • October 10, 2025
    ...accepts that taking exploitative (parasitic) advantage of vulnerable people, even without fraud, can be criminal: compare R v Kloubakov, 2025 SCC 25 at paras 64, 70–77, 82–84, 88–103, 505 DLR (4th) 41 In our respectful view, Parliament intended a broad, not a narrow or technical, interpreta......
  • R v Ritchie,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 14, 2025
    ...stage, the claimant must show that this deprivation was not in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice: R. v. Kloubakov, 2025 SCC 25, at paras. 136–137; R. v. J.J., 2022 SCC 28, at para. 112 State interference with bodily integrity and serious state imposed psychological stres......
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  • R v Kloubakov,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 24, 2025
    ...Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and Association for Reformed Political Action Canada Interveners 2025 SCC 25 Present: Wagner C.J. and Karakatsanis, Côté, Rowe, Martin, Kasirer, Jamal, O'Bonsawin and Moreau JJ. DOCKET: 41017 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Constitu......
  • McPherson v Global Growth Assets Inc.,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • September 12, 2025
    ...Revenue), 2025 SCC 13, at para. 42. 18 Rizzo, at para. 21; Piekut, at para. 42; R. v. Kim, 2025 ONCA 478, at para. 31; R. v. Kloubakov, 2025 SCC 25, at para. 19 Telus, at para. 32. 20 Piekut, at para. 43. 21 Piekut, at para. 45; Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2......
  • R v Carpan,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • October 10, 2025
    ...accepts that taking exploitative (parasitic) advantage of vulnerable people, even without fraud, can be criminal: compare R v Kloubakov, 2025 SCC 25 at paras 64, 70–77, 82–84, 88–103, 505 DLR (4th) 41 In our respectful view, Parliament intended a broad, not a narrow or technical, interpreta......
  • The Canadian Transit Company v Canada (Attorney General),
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • October 27, 2025
    ...1, at para. 42. 11 Rizzo, at para. 21; Piekut, at para. 42; R. v. Kim, 2025 ONCA 478, 450 C.C.C. (3d) 441, at para. 31; R. v. Kloubakov, 2025 SCC 25, 505 D.L.R. (4th) 197, at para. 12 Telus, at para. 32. 13 Piekut, at para. 43. 14 Piekut, at para. 45; Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Imm......
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