Tolofson v. Jensen; Lucas (Litigation Guardian of) v. Gagnon

Judgment Cited authorities (7) Cited in (771) Precedent Map Related
JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeLa Forest, Gérard V.; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C.
Citation[1994] 3 SCR 1022,1994 CanLII 44 (SCC),7 MVR (3d) 202,120 DLR (4th) 289,22 CCLT (2d) 173,51 BCAC 241,26 CCLI (2d) 1,[1994] ACS no 110,JE 95-61,100 BCLR (2d) 1,[1994] SCJ No 110 (QL),32 CPC (3d) 141,77 OAC 81,175 NSR (2d) 161,52 ACWS (3d) 40,175 NR 161,[1994] CarswellBC 1,[1995] 1 WWR 609
Date15 December 1994
Docket Number22980, 23445

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    ...R.J.Q. 58; Morguard Investments Ltd. v. De Savoye, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1077; Hunt v. T&N plc, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 289; Tolofson v. Jensen, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022; United States of America v. Harden, [1963] S.C.R. 366; Canada Post Corp. v. Lépine, 2009 SCC 16, [2009] 1 S.C.R. 549; Barer v. Knight ......
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    ...192 N.S.R.(2d) 236 ; 599 A.P.R. 236 ; 197 D.L.R.(4th) 644 ; 2001 NSCA 51 , refd to. [para. 24]. Tolofson v. Jensen and Tolofson, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022; 175 N.R. 161 ; 77 O.A.C. 81 ; 51 B.C.A.C. 241 ; 84 W.A.C. 241, refd to. [para. Angus v. Hart and Angus and Sun Alliance Insurance Co.,......
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    ...of Canada Ltd. et al. (2005), 195 O.A.C. 244; 74 O.R.(3d) 321 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 66]. Tolofson v. Jensen and Tolofson, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022; 175 N.R. 161; 77 O.A.C. 81; 51 B.C.A.C. 241; 84 W.A.C. 241, refd to. [para. 71]. Hercules Management Ltd. et al. v. Ernst & Young et al., [19......
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    ..., refd to. [para. 39]. United States of America v. Dion (1986), 476 U.S. 734 , refd to. [para. 39]. Tolofson v. Jensen and Tolofson, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022; 175 N.R. 161 ; 77 O.A.C. 81 ; 51 B.C.A.C. 241 ; 84 W.A.C. 241 , refd to. [para. R. v. Sparrow, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075 ; 111 N.R. 24......
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    ...v. Thompson, [1971] 1 All E.R. 694; [1971] A.C. 458; [1971] 2 W.L.R. 441 (P.C.), consd. [para. 35]. Tolofson v. Jensen and Tolofson, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022; 175 N.R. 161 ; 77 O.A.C. 81 ; 51 B.C.A.C. 241 ; 84 W.A.C. 241; [1995] 1 W.W.R. 609 ; 120 D.L.R.(4th) 289 ; 100 B.C.L.R.(2d) 1 ; 7......
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    ...[para. 18]. Citizens Insurance Co. of Canada v. Parsons (1881), 7 App. Cas. 96, refd to. [para. 23]. Tolofson v. Jensen and Tolofson, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022; 175 N.R. 161 ; 77 O.A.C. 81 ; 51 B.C.A.C. 241 ; 84 W.A.C. 241, refd to. [paras. 25, Douglas/Kwantlen Faculty Association v. Douglas ......
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    ...disputes determined in the forum whose substantive law is being applied. Nevsun cited the seminal Canadian case of Tolofson v. Jensen [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022, in which both La Forest J. for the majority and Major J. concurring, agreed that in general, the lex loci delicti should govern in tort......
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    ...392, The Schooner Exchange v. M'Faddon, 11 U.S. (7 Cranch) 116 (1812), Tolofson v. Jensen; Lucas (Litigation Guardian of) v. (Gagnon), [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022, Amchem Products Inc. v. British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Board), [1993] 1 S.C.R. 897, Chevron Corp. v. Yaiguaje, 2015 SCC 42, K......
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    ...121, 136 O.R. (3d) 654, R. v. Imperial Tobacco, 2011 SCC 42, [2011] 3 S.C.R. 45, Reasonable Prospect of Success, Tolofson v. Jensen, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022 Canadian Civil Liberties Association v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 ONCA 1038 Keywords: Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Judic......
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    ...consult a lawyer within that jurisdiction for advice and with respect to the relevant laws of that jurisdiction. 13 Tolofson v Jensen, [1994] 3 SCR 1022 14 Tolofson, at para 43. 15 Ibid. at para 50. 16 Wong, supra note 10. 17 Supra note 5. 18 In Hanlan, the exception was grounded in the con......
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    ...matters. 11 Morguard, supra note 1 at 1094. 12 Muscutt, supra note 7 at para. 56. 13 [1993] 4 S.C.R. 289 [Hunt]. 14 Ibid. at 325. 15 [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022 {Tolofson]. 16 Ibid. at 1049. fmc‐law.com 4 Writing for the Court of Appeal, Sharpe J.A. acknowledged in Muscutt that the real and substa......
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    ...M.J. No. 283 ........................................................................................... 189 Tolofson v. Jensen, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022, 120 D.L.R. (4th) 289, [1994] S.C.J. No. 110 ...................................................... 275, 300, 302, 310 Turner v. Telus Commun......
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    ...constitutional imperatives. See, for example, Morguard Investments Ltd. v. De Savoye, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 1077 and Tolofson v. Jensen, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 1022. 10 See, for example, CPA, above note 3, s. 24 and Cassano v. Toronto-Dominion Bank (2007), 87 O.R. (3d) 401 (C.A.). 11 See, for example, L......
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    ...of another jurisdiction, but it will always apply its own procedural law: Tolofson v Jensen; Lucas (Litigation Guardian of ) v Gagnon, [1994] 3 SCR 1022 at 1049. 138 Berry v Pulley, 2001 CarswellOnt 738 at paras 39–41. See also Holmes v London Life Insurance Co, 2000 CarswellOnt 3463 at par......
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    ...2 SCR 1181, 1989 CanLII 15 ............................. 25, 112, 113 Tolofson v Jensen; Lucas (Litigation Guardian of) v Gagnon , [1994] 3 SCR 1022, 1994 CanLII 44 ................ 297 Toronto Marlboro Major Junior A Hockey Club v Tonelli , 1979 CanLII 1969, 23 OR (2d) 193 (CA) .................
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