R. v. Summers (S.),
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Judge | McLachlin, C.J.C., LeBel, Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Karakatsanis and Wagner, JJ. |
| Citation | [2014] N.R. TBEd. AP.004,2014 SCC 26,[2014] SCJ No 26 (QL),AZ-51063416,[2014] ACS no 26,[2014] 1 SCR 575,371 DLR (4th) 581,456 NR 1,[2014] CarswellOnt 4479,308 CCC (3d) 471 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Date | 11 April 2014 |
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Table of Cases
...150 R v Suberu, 2009 SCC 33...................................................................................118 R v Summers, 2014 SCC 26 ......................................................382–83, 384, 385–86 R v Sutton, 2000 SCC 50.............................................................
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...at paras 37–39. 34 See, for example, Canadian National Railway Co v Canada (Attorney General) , 2014 SCC 40 at paras 44–47; R v Summers , 2014 SCC 26 at paras 6 and 54. Reliance on Extrinsic Aids 271 • how specifically the issue before the court is addressed: when the responsible minister a......
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...sets of charges, there is a dynamic such that each impacts the ability to 82 Wust, supra note 81 at paras 1, 7, 9, 46. 83 R v Summers, 2014 SCC 26 at para 22. 84 Ibid at paras 23-27. See also Chapter 12, Post-Sentencing Issues. 85 Summers, supra note 83 at para 28. 86 Ibid at para 71. 87 Ib......
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