R. v. Rousselle

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Citation2025 SCC 35
Docket Number41153
Date14 November 2025

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11 practice notes
  • R. v. Froehlich
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • June 12, 2026
    ...ordinary sense alone, as attention must also be given to the context and purpose of the statute (at paras 44-45). [15] In R v Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35, Rowe and Moreau JJ. for the majority of the Supreme Court considered the interplay between the modern approach and other principles of statut......
  • R. v. Larocque
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 14, 2025
    ...of the alcohol standard, it could not rely on the presumption of accuracy. Cases Cited By Rowe and Moreau JJ. Applied: R. v. Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35; considered: R. v. Vigneault, 2024 QCCA 793; referred to: R. v. Goldson, 2021 ABCA 193 , 406 C.C.C. (3d) 84 ; R. v. MacDonald, 2022 YKCA 7 ,......
  • Coban v. Allstate Insurance Company
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 31, 2026
    ...and a statutory interpretation analysis is incomplete without considering the context, purpose and relevant legal norms”: R. v. Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35, at para. 183; R. v. Alex, 2017 SCC 37, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 967, at para. 31; La Presse inc. v. Québec, 2023 SCC 22, at para......
  • R. v. Indrakumar
    • Canada
    • Ontario Court of Justice General Division (Canada)
    • May 7, 2026
    ...system blanks, which indicated there was no alcohol in the chamber. [90]        In R. v. Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35, at paras. 13, 25-26, the Supreme Court majority took judicial notice of the fact that if a system blank produces an unacceptable result, “the a......
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11 cases
  • R. v. Froehlich
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • June 12, 2026
    ...ordinary sense alone, as attention must also be given to the context and purpose of the statute (at paras 44-45). [15] In R v Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35, Rowe and Moreau JJ. for the majority of the Supreme Court considered the interplay between the modern approach and other principles of statut......
  • R. v. Larocque
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • November 14, 2025
    ...of the alcohol standard, it could not rely on the presumption of accuracy. Cases Cited By Rowe and Moreau JJ. Applied: R. v. Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35; considered: R. v. Vigneault, 2024 QCCA 793; referred to: R. v. Goldson, 2021 ABCA 193 , 406 C.C.C. (3d) 84 ; R. v. MacDonald, 2022 YKCA 7 ,......
  • Coban v. Allstate Insurance Company
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • March 31, 2026
    ...and a statutory interpretation analysis is incomplete without considering the context, purpose and relevant legal norms”: R. v. Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35, at para. 183; R. v. Alex, 2017 SCC 37, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 967, at para. 31; La Presse inc. v. Québec, 2023 SCC 22, at para......
  • R. v. Indrakumar
    • Canada
    • Ontario Court of Justice General Division (Canada)
    • May 7, 2026
    ...system blanks, which indicated there was no alcohol in the chamber. [90]        In R. v. Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35, at paras. 13, 25-26, the Supreme Court majority took judicial notice of the fact that if a system blank produces an unacceptable result, “the a......
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