R. v. Varennes
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Neutral Citation | 2025 SCC 22 |
| Citation | 2025 SCC 22 |
| Docket Number | 40662 |
| Date | 11 July 2025 |
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10 practice notes
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R. v. Wilson
...R. v. Anderson, 2014 SCC 41, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 167; Krieger v. Law Society of Alberta, 2002 SCC 65, [2002] 3 S.C.R. 372; R. v. Varennes, 2025 SCC 22; ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. v. Alberta (Energy and Utilities Board), 2006 SCC 4, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 140; R. v. Khill, 2021 SCC 37, [2021] 2 S.C.R.......
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McCormack v. Evans
...Nixon, 2011 SCC 34, [2011] 2 S.C.R. 566, at para. 20; R. v. Anderson, 2014 SCC 41, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 167, at para. 40; and R. v. Varennes, 2025 SCC 22, 449 C.C.C. (3d) 427, at para. 48. This discretion allows for decisions to be made in the public interest, based, not only on legal principles......
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R. v. Martinez
...intervene to prevent any abuse of process, even if doing so interferes with a decision of core prosecutorial discretion: R v Varennes, 2025 SCC 22 at paras 52-55. This may occur even in the absence of any perceived state misconduct: Varennes at para 54. Per Babos, “[r]epeatedly prosecuting ......
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R. v. Burke
...for an abuse of process: R. v. Beare, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 387, at p. 411; Krieger, at para. 46; Anderson, at para. 40; R. v. Varennes, 2025 SCC 22, 504 D.L.R. (4th) 583, at para. 45. No abuse of process application was brought; no evidentiary foundation was offered to displace the presumption o......
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5 cases
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McCormack v. Evans
...Nixon, 2011 SCC 34, [2011] 2 S.C.R. 566, at para. 20; R. v. Anderson, 2014 SCC 41, [2014] 2 S.C.R. 167, at para. 40; and R. v. Varennes, 2025 SCC 22, 449 C.C.C. (3d) 427, at para. 48. This discretion allows for decisions to be made in the public interest, based, not only on legal principles......
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R. v. Martinez
...intervene to prevent any abuse of process, even if doing so interferes with a decision of core prosecutorial discretion: R v Varennes, 2025 SCC 22 at paras 52-55. This may occur even in the absence of any perceived state misconduct: Varennes at para 54. Per Babos, “[r]epeatedly prosecuting ......
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R. v. Burke
...for an abuse of process: R. v. Beare, [1988] 2 S.C.R. 387, at p. 411; Krieger, at para. 46; Anderson, at para. 40; R. v. Varennes, 2025 SCC 22, 504 D.L.R. (4th) 583, at para. 45. No abuse of process application was brought; no evidentiary foundation was offered to displace the presumption o......
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R. v. Knoll
...SCR 863 at 958-59 (SCC); R v Meltzer, 1989 CanLII 68, [1989] 1 SCR 1764 at 1773 (SCC); R v Awashish, 2018 SCC 45 at para 10; R v Varennes, 2025 SCC 22 at para 32; R v T.S., 1993 CanLII 9134, 109 Sask R 96 at paras 12-15; (CA) R v Yates, 2023 SKCA 47 at para 40; R v Verma, 2016 BCCA 30......
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