R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317
Judge | The Hon. Madam Justice Patricia Rowbotham,The Hon. Madam Justice Michelle Crighton,The Hon. Madam Justice Ritu Khullar |
Citation | 2019 ABCA 317 |
Docket Number | 1803-0072-A |
Court | Court of Appeal (Alberta) |
Date | 03 September 2019 |
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3 practice notes
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Tokio Marine & Nichido Insurance Company v Security National Insurance Company, 2020 ABCA 402
...regardless of whether a word or phrase appears to have a plain or unambiguous meaning: Geophysical Service at para 78; R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317 at para 19, 93 Alta LR (6th) 98. This is because legislative intent can be understood only by reading the language chosen by the legislature......
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R v McKnight, 2022 ABCA 251
...of the Criminal Code must be reviewed, as with any question of statutory interpretation, on a standard of correctness: R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317 at para 15. The issue of the provision’s proper scope and thus the applicability of the s 276 regime is a question of statutory inter......
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R v Truong, 2020 ABQB 337
...[170] More recently, however, the Court of Appeal has held that an unreasonable but honest belief was not good faith: R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317. The absence of good faith does not equate to bad faith. There is a “neutral zone” between them: R v Caron, 2011 BCCA 56 at paragraph [171] B......
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Tokio Marine & Nichido Insurance Company v Security National Insurance Company, 2020 ABCA 402
...regardless of whether a word or phrase appears to have a plain or unambiguous meaning: Geophysical Service at para 78; R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317 at para 19, 93 Alta LR (6th) 98. This is because legislative intent can be understood only by reading the language chosen by the legislature......
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R v McKnight, 2022 ABCA 251
...of the Criminal Code must be reviewed, as with any question of statutory interpretation, on a standard of correctness: R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317 at para 15. The issue of the provision’s proper scope and thus the applicability of the s 276 regime is a question of statutory inter......
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R v Truong, 2020 ABQB 337
...[170] More recently, however, the Court of Appeal has held that an unreasonable but honest belief was not good faith: R v Vaillancourt, 2019 ABCA 317. The absence of good faith does not equate to bad faith. There is a “neutral zone” between them: R v Caron, 2011 BCCA 56 at paragraph [171] B......