Smith v. Ontario (Attorney General)

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeSimmons,Tulloch,Brown
Citation2019 ONCA 651
Date12 August 2019
Docket NumberC65621; C65624

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11 practice notes
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books National Security Law. Second Edition Accountability
    • 5 Agosto 2021
    ...v Canada, 2009 FC 228 ................................................................... 111, 689 Smith v Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 651 ...............................647, 656 Sogi v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (2004), [2005] 3 FCR 517, 254 FTR 129, 2004 FC......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • 19 Septiembre 2024
    ...163 Ontario (AG) v Fraser , 2011 SCC 20 ........................................ 322, 405 Ontario (AG) , Smith v , 2019 ONCA 651 ......................................... 215 Orbanski , R v ; Elias , R v , 2005 SCC 37 ................................ 69-71, 302, 329 Ordonio , R v , 2019 ONS......
  • Arrest with a Warrant and Other Means of Compelling Appearance
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • 19 Septiembre 2024
    ...and issue process in a single transaction. 24 See R v Rak , 2020 ONC J 404 at para 27, af ’d 2023 ONSC 3272. 25 Smith v Ontario (AG) , 2019 ONCA 651 at para 89. 26 Regina v Southwick, Ex parte Gilbert Steel Ltd , 1967 CanLII 188 (ONCA). 27 R v Wilson , 2015 SKCA 58 at paras 22-32. See also ......
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 12 - 16, 2019)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 21 Agosto 2019
    ...beginning of the end of the summer. Enjoy what is left of it! Table of Contents Civil Decisions Smith v Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 651 Keywords: Torts, Solicitor's Negligence, Duty of Care, Anns/Cooper Test, Criminal Law, Crown Attorneys, Prosecutorial Immunity, Duty of Care, Pol......
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5 cases
  • A.C. v Attorney General of Ontario et Al
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • 10 Julio 2024
    ...at para. 114, 223 rev'd on another point Miazga v. Kvello Estate, 2009 SCC 51, [2009] 3 SCR 339. 17 Smith v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 651 18 Crown Attorneys Act, RSO 1990, c C.49 19 R. v. Brown, [1998] O.J. No. 4682 at paras. 36 and 37; R. v. Navaratnam, 2021 ONCJ 28 at para. 1......
  • Ouellette v May
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • 16 Septiembre 2025
    ...for misfeasance or negligence — simple or gross: Clark, paras 50–53 and 61; Clark CA, paras 53–54; Smith v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 651 para 108 Jurisprudence also demonstrates that the three exceptions to prosecutorial immunity are focused on the rights of the accused, rather......
  • Currie v. Greater Sudbury (Police Services Board)
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • 4 Septiembre 2019
    ...which protects a Crown Attorney from claims of negligence for acts committed pursuant to her duties: Smith v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 651, at paras. 96-98.  Given this immunity, it is plain and obvious that the allegation of negligence against the Crown based on the acts ......
  • R. v. Rak
    • Canada
    • Ontario Court of Justice General Division (Canada)
    • 10 Septiembre 2020
    ...altered by whether the formal act of the laying of the charges has occurred”:  Regan, at 345, 366; Smith v. Ontario, 2019 ONCA 651, at para. [18]        Smith v. Ontario is a recent decision from our Court of Appeal examining the separate, but ......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 12 - 16, 2019)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 21 Agosto 2019
    ...beginning of the end of the summer. Enjoy what is left of it! Table of Contents Civil Decisions Smith v Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 651 Keywords: Torts, Solicitor's Negligence, Duty of Care, Anns/Cooper Test, Criminal Law, Crown Attorneys, Prosecutorial Immunity, Duty of Care, Pol......
5 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books National Security Law. Second Edition Accountability
    • 5 Agosto 2021
    ...v Canada, 2009 FC 228 ................................................................... 111, 689 Smith v Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 651 ...............................647, 656 Sogi v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (2004), [2005] 3 FCR 517, 254 FTR 129, 2004 FC......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • 19 Septiembre 2024
    ...163 Ontario (AG) v Fraser , 2011 SCC 20 ........................................ 322, 405 Ontario (AG) , Smith v , 2019 ONCA 651 ......................................... 215 Orbanski , R v ; Elias , R v , 2005 SCC 37 ................................ 69-71, 302, 329 Ordonio , R v , 2019 ONS......
  • Arrest with a Warrant and Other Means of Compelling Appearance
    • Canada
    • Criminal Law Series Detention, Arrest and the Right to Counsel
    • 19 Septiembre 2024
    ...and issue process in a single transaction. 24 See R v Rak , 2020 ONC J 404 at para 27, af ’d 2023 ONSC 3272. 25 Smith v Ontario (AG) , 2019 ONCA 651 at para 89. 26 Regina v Southwick, Ex parte Gilbert Steel Ltd , 1967 CanLII 188 (ONCA). 27 R v Wilson , 2015 SKCA 58 at paras 22-32. See also ......
  • Prosecute
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books National Security Law. Second Edition Response
    • 5 Agosto 2021
    ...and prosecution.” 24 The relevant minister should be informed of operational matters raising 19 Smith v Ontario (Attorney General) , 2019 ONCA 651 at para 61. 20 Ibid at para 63, citing Law Reform Commission of Canada, “Controlling Criminal Prosecutions: The Attorney General and the Crown P......
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