Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Judge | Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; McIntyre, William Rogers; Chouinard, Julien; Lamer, Antonio; Wilson, Bertha; Le Dain, Gerald Eric |
| Date | 17 December 1985 |
| Citation | [1985] 2 SCR 486,48 CR (3d) 289,24 DLR (4th) 536,48 CRC (3d) 289,69 BCLR 145,36 MVR 240,[1985] SCJ No 73 (QL),18 CRR 30,[1986] DLQ 90,63 NR 266,[1985] CarswellBC 398,JE 86-99,1985 CanLII 81 (SCC),[1986] 1 WWR 481,23 CCC (3d) 289,15 WCB 343 |
| Docket Number | 17590 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
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R. v. S.A. et al., 2014 ABCA 191
...the meaning of the concept of liberty. On the one hand, liberty does not mean unconstrained freedom; see Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act , [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486 (per Wilson J., at p. 524); R. v. Edwards Books and Art Ltd ., [1986] 2 S.C.R. 713 (per Dickson C.J., at pp. 785-86). Freedom of the indiv......
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...2010 QCCA 835; Perka v. The Queen, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 232; R. v. Grandin, 2001 BCCA 340, 95 B.C.L.R. (3d) 78; Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486; Placer Dome Canada Ltd. v. Ontario (Minister of Finance), 2006 SCC 20, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 715; Canadian National Railway Co. v. Canada (Att......
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...(1988), 25 O.A.C. 390; 40 C.C.C.(3d) 531 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 9]. Reference Re Section 94(2) of the Motor Vehicle Act (B.C.), [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486; 63 N.R. 266; 48 C.R.(3d) 289; 18 C.R.R. 30; [1986] 1 W.W.R. 481; 24 D.L.R.(4th) 536, refd to. [para. R. v. Therens, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 613; 59 N......
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...2 S.C.R. 1299; 21 N.R. 295; 85 D.L.R.(3d) 161, refd to. [para. 103]. Reference Re Section 94(2) of the Motor Vehicle Act (B.C.), [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486; 63 N.R. 266; [1986] 1 W.W.R. 481; 23 C.C.C.(3d) 289, refd to. [para. 104]. R. v. Vaillancourt, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 636; 81 N.R. 115; 10 Q.A.C. 16......
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R. v. S.A. et al., 2014 ABCA 191
...the meaning of the concept of liberty. On the one hand, liberty does not mean unconstrained freedom; see Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act , [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486 (per Wilson J., at p. 524); R. v. Edwards Books and Art Ltd ., [1986] 2 S.C.R. 713 (per Dickson C.J., at pp. 785-86). Freedom of the indiv......
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R. v. Khill,
...2010 QCCA 835; Perka v. The Queen, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 232; R. v. Grandin, 2001 BCCA 340, 95 B.C.L.R. (3d) 78; Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486; Placer Dome Canada Ltd. v. Ontario (Minister of Finance), 2006 SCC 20, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 715; Canadian National Railway Co. v. Canada (Att......
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R. v. Hebert, (1990) 110 N.R. 1 (SCC)
...(1988), 25 O.A.C. 390; 40 C.C.C.(3d) 531 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 9]. Reference Re Section 94(2) of the Motor Vehicle Act (B.C.), [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486; 63 N.R. 266; 48 C.R.(3d) 289; 18 C.R.R. 30; [1986] 1 W.W.R. 481; 24 D.L.R.(4th) 536, refd to. [para. R. v. Therens, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 613; 59 N......
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...2 S.C.R. 1299; 21 N.R. 295; 85 D.L.R.(3d) 161, refd to. [para. 103]. Reference Re Section 94(2) of the Motor Vehicle Act (B.C.), [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486; 63 N.R. 266; [1986] 1 W.W.R. 481; 23 C.C.C.(3d) 289, refd to. [para. 104]. R. v. Vaillancourt, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 636; 81 N.R. 115; 10 Q.A.C. 16......
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...2 S.C.R. 145, R. v. Big M Drug Mart, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 295, R. v. Big M Drug Mart, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 295, Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 486, Canada (Attorney General) v. Federation of Law Societies of Canada, 2015 SCC 7, Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, R. v. Nova......
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