R. v. McGregor

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeWagner, Richard; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm; Martin, Sheilah; Kasirer, Nicholas; Jamal, Mahmud
Citation2023 SCC 4
Date17 February 2023
Docket Number39543

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  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Power
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 19, 2024
    ...v. Société de transport de Montréal, 2019 SCC 59, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 335; Rice v. New Brunswick (1999), 235 N.B.R. (2d) 1; R. v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4; Plourde v. Wal‑Mart Canada Corp., 2009 SCC 54, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 465; R. v. Henry, 2005 SCC 76, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 609; R. v. Kirkpatrick, 2022 SCC ......
  • Pharmascience Inc. v. Janssen Inc.
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 17, 2026
    ...and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653; R. v. Kirkpatrick, 2022 SCC 33, [2022] 2 S.C.R. 480; R. v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4, [2023] 1 S.C.R. 198; Hospira Healthcare Corp. v. Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research, 2020 FCA 30; Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Co. v. Bayer Inc., 20......
  • R. v. Bykovets
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 1, 2024
    ...334, 199 C.C.C. (3d) 404; R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9, [2020] 1 S.C.R. 424; R. v. Find, 2001 SCC 32, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 863; R. v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4; R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39; R. v. Spence, 2005 SCC 71, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 458; In re The Board of Commerce Act, 1919, and The Combines and Fair Pri......
  • Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • March 28, 2024
    ...of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 3; Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217; R. v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4; R. v. Poulin, 2019 SCC 47, [2019] 3 S.C.R. 566; Quebec (Attorney General) v. 9147‑0732 Québec inc., 2020 SCC 32, [2020] 3 S.C.R. 426; R. v. ......
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  • International Air Transport Association v. Canada (Transportation Agency)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 4, 2024
    ...Ry. Co., 83 N.E. 1091 (Mass. 1908); Nelson v. Deutsche Lufthansa AG, C-581/10 and C-629/10, [2013] 1 C.M.L.R. 42 (p. 1191); R. v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4; Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 S.C.R. 653; R. v. Kirkpatrick, 2022 SCC 33; Yugraneft Co......
  • Sinclair v. Venezia Turismo
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 31, 2025
    ...Co. (1998), 36 O.R. (3d) 787; AG Armeno Mines and Minerals Inc. v. PT Pukuafu Indah, 2000 BCCA 405, 190 D.L.R. (4th) 173; R. v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4; Purple Echo Productions Inc. v. KCTS Television, 2008 BCCA 85, 76 B.C.L.R. (4th) 21; CE Design Ltd. v. Saskatchewan Mutual Insurance Co., 202......
  • Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest v. Northwest Territories (Education, Culture and Employment)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • December 8, 2023
    ...Société des Acadiens du Nouveau‑Brunswick Inc. v. Association of Parents for Fairness in Education, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 549; R. v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4; Attorney General (Que.) v. Cumming, [1978] 2 S.C.R. 605; R. v. Beaulac, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 768; Mazraani v. Industrial Alliance Insurance and Fin......
  • Quebec (Attorney General) v. Denis
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • July 10, 2026
    ...2702; Frank v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 1, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 3; R. v. Ferguson, 2008 SCC 6, [2008] 1 S.C.R. 96; R. v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4, [2023] 1 S.C.R. 198; Phillips v. Nova Scotia (Commission of Inquiry into the Westray Mine Tragedy), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 97. By Karakatsanis J. (di......
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4 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 10 ' 14, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 20, 2025
    ...and The Queen (No. 6) (1987), 31 C.C.C. (3d) 449 (Ont. C.A.), R. v. Grant, 2009 SCC 32, R. v. Beaver, 2022 SCC 54, R. v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4, R. v. McColman, 2023 SCC 8, R. v. Zacharias, 2023 SCC 30, P. (D.) v. Wagg, 71 O.R. (3d) 229 (C.A.), RWDSU v. Dolphin Delivery Ltd., [1986] 2 S.C.R. ......
  • Canadian Case Law Trending To Compel Production Of Data By Foreign Corporations To Canadian Law Enforcement
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 18, 2023
    ...Court recently decided not to revisit Hape's holding regarding the territorial scope of the Charter in the decision of R v McGregor, 2023 SCC 4'however, the Court did caution that Hape is "ripe for reconsideration" as it "departed from and overruled previous authority without full argument ......
  • R. V. Bhatti: Warranted Police Discretion Or Bound By The Warrant?
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • October 22, 2025
    ...at para.33, citingR. v. Lucas,2014 ONCA 561, at para.197. 8 Bhatti, at para.52. 9 Bhatti, at para.54, citing, among others,R. v. McGregor,2023 SCC 4;R. v. Campbell,2024 SCC 10 Bhatti, at para.65, a finding which Pomerance J.A. suggests is entitled to deference. 11 Bhatti, at para.81. 12 In ......
  • Supreme Court Of Canada Provides Guidance On The Role Of Interveners
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • February 28, 2023
    ...v. McGregor, 2023 SCC 4, the Supreme Court of Canada provided guidance on the role of interveners appearing before the Court. Interveners must not raise new issues or supplement the evidentiary record on appeal. Instead, their role is to make useful and different submissions on the issues b......
6 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Using International Law in Canadian Courts. Third Edition
    • January 10, 2024
    ..., 485 R v Marshall, [1999] 3 SCR 456 .........................................................................436 R v McGregor, 2023 SCC 4..........................................................358 , 361, 391, 468 R v Meikleham, (1906), 11 OLR 366 (Div Ct) ......................................
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Transnational and Cross-Border Criminal Law. Canadian Perspectives Part VI. Inter-State Cooperation and Enforcement
    • September 12, 2023
    ...363 R v McGregor, 2020 CMAC 8 ...................................................................................200 R v McGregor, 2023 SCC 4 ........................................................................................ 212 R v Moriarity, 2015 SCC 55 ...................................
  • The implementation and interpretation of treaties
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Using International Law in Canadian Courts. Third Edition
    • January 10, 2024
    ...violate Canada’s international 283 I cannot improve on the list of such commentary given by Karakatsanis and Martin JJ in R v McGregor , 2023 SCC 4 [ McGregor ] at para 66: K Roach, “ R. v. Hape Creates Charter-Free Zones for Canadian Oicials Abroad” (2007), 53 Criminal Law Quarterly 1 at 1......
  • The reception of international human rights law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Using International Law in Canadian Courts. Third Edition
    • January 10, 2024
    ...would not be inclined to accept that Canada’s international law obligations could truncate rights deined by the Charter”); R v McGregor , 2023 SCC 4 at para 68, Karakatsanis and Martin JJ concurring (“Rather than presuming conformity, in the Charter context we presume that the Charter ‘prov......
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