R. v. N.S.,

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; LeBel, Louis; Deschamps, Marie; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Rothstein, Marshall; Cromwell, Thomas Albert
Citation2012 SCC 72,[2012] 3 SCR 726,437 NR 344,290 CCC (3d) 404,104 WCB (2d) 824,98 CR (6th) 1,JE 2013-8,297 OAC 200,353 DLR (4th) 577,[2012] CarswellOnt 15763
Docket Number33989
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Date20 December 2012

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    ...Norman (1993), 16 O.R. (3d) 295; Faryna v. Chorny, [1952] 2 D.L.R. 354; R. v. B. (K.G.), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 740; R. v. N.S., 2012 SCC 72, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 726; R. v. J.A.A., 2011 SCC 17, [2011] 1 S.C.R. 628; R. v. Rhayel, 2015 ONCA 377, 324 C.C.C. (3d) 362; R. v. Pelletier (1995), 165 A.R. 138;......
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    ...Norman (1993), 16 O.R. (3d) 295; Faryna v. Chorny, [1952] 2 D.L.R. 354; R. v. B. (K.G.), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 740; R. v. N.S., 2012 SCC 72, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 726; R. v. J.A.A., 2011 SCC 17, [2011] 1 S.C.R. 628; R. v. Rhayel, 2015 ONCA 377, 324 C.C.C. (3d) 362; R. v. Pelletier (1995), 165 A.R. 138;......
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    ...Norman (1993), 16 O.R. (3d) 295; Faryna v. Chorny, [1952] 2 D.L.R. 354; R. v. B. (K.G.), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 740; R. v. N.S., 2012 SCC 72, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 726; R. v. J.A.A., 2011 SCC 17, [2011] 1 S.C.R. 628; R. v. Rhayel, 2015 ONCA 377, 324 C.C.C. (3d) 362; R. v. Pelletier (1995), 165 A.R. 138;......
  • Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation,
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    ...[2016] 3 C.N.L.R. 311; Campbell v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2000 BCSC 1123, 79 B.C.L.R. (3d) 122; R. v. N.S., 2012 SCC 72, [2012] 3 S.C.R. 726; R. v. Sharma, 2022 SCC 39; R. v. C.P., 2021 SCC 19, [2021] 1 S.C.R. 679; Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28, [2020] 3 S.C......
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