Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Cromwell explained

This is a list of all the reasons written by Thomas Cromwell during his tenure as puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

2009

R v Strecko https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/6390/index.do, 2009 SCC 2, [2009] 1 S.C.R. 64
R v Middleton, 2009 SCC 21 (Dissent)
R v Van, 2009 SCC 22 (Dissent)
R v Godin, 2009 SCC 26 (Majority)
R v Layton, 2009 SCC 36, [2009] 2 S.C.R. 540 (Dissent)
Galambos v Perez, 2009 SCC 48, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 247 (Unanimous)
R v Burke, 2009 SCC 57, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 566 (Dissent)

2010

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2011

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	align=left valign=top	R v Miljevic 2011 SCC 8 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7920/index.do	valign=top	Whether trial judge erred in response to jury's questions	–	Abella, Charron and Rothstein JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Kerr v Baranow 2011 SCC 10 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7922/index.do	valign=top	Family law — Whether the monetary remedy for unjust enrichment is restricted to quantum meruit award — Whether evidence of joint family venture should be considered in conferring the remedy — Whether evidence of common intention should be considered in context of resulting trust	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	Dubé v Canada 2011 SCC 39 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7954/index.do	valign=top	Whether the interest earned on bank deposits by a status Indian is exempt from income taxation as personal property "situated on a reserve" under the Indian Act	–	McLachlin CJ and Binnie, Fish and Charron JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Bastien Estate v Canada 2011 SCC 38 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7953/index.do	valign=top	Whether the interest earned on bank deposits by a status Indian is exempt from income taxation as personal property "situated on a reserve" under the Indian Act	–	McLachlin CJ and Binnie, Fish and Charron JJ
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	align=left valign=top	R v JMH 2011 SCC 45 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7961/index.do	valign=top	Whether the trial judge's allegedly foaled assessment of the evidence constituted an error of law allowing the appellate review of the accused's acquittal	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	R v Côté 2011 SCC 46 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7962/index.do	valign=top	Standard of review of a trial judge's determination of what would bring the administration of justice into disrepute for the purpose of determining whether to exclude evidence under s. 24(2) of the Charter	–	McLachlin CJ and Binnie, LeBel, Fish, Abella, Charron and Rothstein JJ
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	align=left valign=top	R v Barros 2011 SCC 51 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7967/index.do	valign=top	Whether investigator hired by the defence is bound by informer privilege — Whether trial judge committed errors of law allowing appellate review of acquittals for offences of obstructing justice and extortion	–	–
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	align=left valign=top	British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Board) v Figliola 2011 SCC 52 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7968/index.do	valign=top	The appropriate scope of a human rights tribunal's discretion to determine whether the substance of a complaint has been "appropriately dealt with" when two bodies share jurisdiction over human rights	–	McLachlin CJ and Binnie and Fish JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v Canada (AG) 2011 SCC 53 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7969/index.do	valign=top	Whether standard of reasonableness applies to a human rights tribunal's decision to award costs, and whether the tribunal made a reviewable error in awarding costs to the complainant — Whether federal human rights tribunal has jurisdiction to award costs	LeBel J	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	R v Sarrazin 2011 SCC 54 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7970/index.do	valign=top	Whether the potential verdict of attempted murder should have been left with the jury by the trial judge	–	Deschamps and Rothstein JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v Alberta Teachers' Association 2011 SCC 61 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7979/index.do	valign=top	Whether a matter that was not raised at a tribunal may be judicially reviewed — Whether a tribunal's decision relating to the interpretation of its home statute or statutes closely connected to its functions is reviewable on a standard of reasonableness or correctness	–	–
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	align=left valign=top	RP v RC 2011 SCC 65 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7983/index.do	valign=top	Husband applying to terminate spousal support order on basis of his retirement and the market downturn, and whether the husband had established there had been a material change in circumstances since the original support order	–	McLachlin CJ
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	align=left valign=top	LMP v LS 2011 SCC 64 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7982/index.do	valign=top	The proper approach to an application for variation of spousal support order under section 17(4.1) of the Divorce Act where support terms of agreement have been incorporated into an order	–	–

2012

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11

Written opinions = 11

Oral opinions = 0

Unanimous decisions = 5

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	align=left valign=top	Merck Frosst Canada Ltd v Canada (Health) 2012 SCC 3 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7988/index.do	valign=top	Access to third-party information and notice requirements under the federal Access to Information Act	–	McLachlin CJ and Binnie, LeBel, Fish and Charron JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Richard v Time Inc 2012 SCC 8 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7994/index.do	valign=top	Consumer protection and false or misleading representations under the Quebec Consumer Protection Act	LeBel J	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	Halifax (Regional Municipality of) v Nova Scotia (Human Rights Commission) 2012 SCC 10 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7996/index.do	valign=top	Judicial review and standard of review of Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission decision	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	R v Roy 2012 SCC 26 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/8259/index.do	valign=top	Whether proof of actus reus without more can support inference that required objective mens rea element is present; Offence of dangerous operation of motor vehicle and whether accused's conduct displayed a marked departure from the standard of care	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	Annapolis County District School Board v Marshall 2012 SCC 27 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/9987/index.do	valign=top	Tort of negligence and contributory negligence	–	–
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	align=left valign=top	Halifax (Regional Municipality of) v Canada (Public Works and Government Services) 2012 SCC 29 [URL]	valign=top	Standard of review of Minister of Public Works and Government Services' discretion to determine "property value" for purposes of making payments in lieu of taxes	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	Canada (AG) v Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society 2012 SCC 45 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/10006/index.do	valign=top	Public interest group and individual working on behalf of sex workers initiating a constitutional challenge to prostitution provisions of the Criminal Code, and whether the public interest group and individual should be granted public interest standing	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	R v Boudreault 2012 SCC 56 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12636/index.do	valign=top	Offence of care or control of motor vehicle while impaired, and whether risk of danger is an essential element of care or control offences	–	–
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	align=left valign=top	R v St-Onge Lamoureaux 2012 SCC 57 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12655/index.do	valign=top	Constitutional challenge on the statutory amendments affecting evidence that can be adduced to rebut the presumption of accuracy	–	Rothstein J
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	align=left valign=top	R v Dineley 2012 SCC 58 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12656/index.do	valign=top	Whether amendments brought to Criminal Code during accused's trial limiting the evidence that may be adduced in defence to raise a doubt about the reliability of breathalyzer tests have retrospective effect to the time of the alleged offence	–	McLachlin CJ and Rothstein J
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	align=left valign=top	Reference re Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-167 and Broadcasting Order CRTC 2010-168 2012 SCC 68 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12767/index.do	valign=top	Whether the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has jurisdiction under the federal Broadcast Act to implement a policy empowering private local television stations to negotiate direct compensation for retransmission of signals by cable and satellite companies, as well as the right to prohibit such undertakings from retransmitting those signals if negotiations are unsuccessful	Abella J	Deschamps and Karakatsanis JJ

2013

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15

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Unanimous decisions = 6

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	align=left valign=top	R v Ryan 2013 SCC 3 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12807/index.do	valign=top	Criminal defence of duress	LeBel J	McLachlin CJ and Deschamps, Abella, Rothstein, Moldaver and Karakatsanis JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Sun Indalex Finance, LLC v United Steelworkers 2013 SCC 6 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12844/index.do	valign=top	Pensions and bankruptcy and insolvency	–	McLachlin CJ and Rothstein J
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	align=left valign=top	R v Named Person B 2013 SCC 9 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12864/index.do	valign=top	Informer privilege and evidence	–	Rothstein J
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	align=left valign=top	Antrim Truck Centre Ltd v Ontario (Transportation) 2013 SCC 13 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12887/index.do	valign=top	Compensation for expropriation and the tort of nuisance	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	R v TELUS Communications Co 2013 SCC 16 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12936/index.do	valign=top	Whether the general warrant power under s. 487.01 of the Criminal Code can authorize prospective production of future text messages from telecommunications service provider's database	–	McLachlin CJ
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	align=left valign=top	Penner v Niagara (Regional Police Services Board) 2013 SCC 19 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12962/index.do	valign=top	Issue estoppel administrative tribunal proceedings and civil proceedings	Karakatsanis J	McLachlin CJ and Fish J
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	align=left valign=top	R v WH 2013 SCC 22 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/12993/index.do	valign=top	Reasonableness of trial verdict	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	R v ADH 2013 SCC 28 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13051/index.do	valign=top	Whether the mens rea for the offence of child abandonment under s. 214 of the Criminal Code is subjective or objective	–	McLachlin CJ and Fish, Abella and Karakatsanis JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Envision Credit Union v Canada 2013 SCC 48 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13263/index.do	valign=top	Taxation – Amalgamating credit unions seeking to avoid flow-through of certain tax attributes to double claim capital cost allowance and reset preferred rate amount	–	–
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	align=left valign=top	R v Vu 2013 SCC 60 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13327/index.do	valign=top	Unreasonable search and seizure and exclusion of evidence under ss. 8 and 24(2) of the Charter	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 401 2013 SCC 62 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13334/index.do	valign=top	Whether legislation restricting the collection, use and disclosure of personal information under the Personal Information Protection Act violates expressive rights under s. (b) of the Charter	Abella J	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	R v McRae 2013 SCC 68 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13371/index.do	valign=top	Offence of uttering threats	Karakatsanis J	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	AIC Ltd v Fischer 2013 SCC 69 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13377/index.do	valign=top	Civil procedure – Certification of class actions	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	IBM Canada Ltd v Waterman 2013 SCC 70 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13378/index.do	valign=top	Employment law – Whether pension benefits should be deducted from damages for wrongful dismissal	–	LeBel, Fish, Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Wood v Schaeffer 2013 SCC 71 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13388/index.do	valign=top	Whether police officers have right to consult with counsel before making notes on an incident; Whether police officers are entitled to basic legal advice as to the nature of rights and obligations in connection with an incident	LeBel J	Fish J

2014

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Oral opinions = 4

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	align=left valign=top	AI Enterprises Ltd v Bram Enterprises Ltd 2014 SCC 12 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13445/index.do	valign=top	Tort of unlawful interference with economic relations	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	Bernard v Canada (AG) 2014 SCC 13 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13461/index.do	valign=top	Judicial review of labour arbitration decisions	Abella J	LeBel, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ
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	align=left valign=top	R v Hutchinson 2014 SCC 19 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13511/index.do	valign=top	Offence of sexual assault and consent	McLachlin CJ	Rothstein and Wagner JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Reference Re Supreme Court Act, ss 5 and 6 2014 SCC 21 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13544/index.do	valign=top	Eligibility requirements to the Supreme Court of Canada	McLachlin CJ and LeBel, Abella, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ	–
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	align=left valign=top	Peracomo Inc v TELUS Communications Co 2014 SCC 29 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13612/index.do	valign=top	Maritime law and tort liability	–	McLachlin CJ and Rothstein and Karakatsanis JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner) 2014 SCC 31 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13613/index.do	valign=top	Access to information and exemptions under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act	Wagner J	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v Harkat 2014 SCC 37 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13643/index.do	valign=top	Constitutionality of the security certificate scheme of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act under s. 7 of the Charter	Abella J	–
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	align=left valign=top	R v Spencer 2014 SCC 43 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14233/index.do	valign=top	Privacy and unreasonable search and seizure under s. 8 of the Charter	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	R v Sipos 2014 SCC 47 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14273/index.do	valign=top	Long-term offender designations	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	R v Hart 2014 SCC 52 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14301/index.do	valign=top	Admissibility of "Mr. Big" confessions	–	–
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	align=left valign=top	Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia v British Columbia (AG) 2014 SCC 59 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14375/index.do	valign=top	Access to justice and the constitutionality of hearing fees under ss. 92(14) and 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867	–	–
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	align=left valign=top	R v Conception 2014 SCC 60 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14376/index.do	valign=top	Mental disorders and dispositions by a court or review board	Rothstein J	LeBel, Abella and Gascon JJ
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	align=left valign=top	R v Mohamed 2014 SCC 63 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14385/index.do	valign=top	Search and seizure and right to counsel under ss. 8 and 10(b) of the Charter	–	Unanimous (oral)
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	align=left valign=top	R v Bouchard 2014 SCC 64 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14400/index.do	valign=top	Appropriateness of jury charge on defence of provocation	–	Unanimous (oral)
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	align=left valign=top	R v Lepine 2014 SCC 65 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14401/index.do	valign=top	Appropriateness of jury charge	–	Unanimous (oral)
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	align=left valign=top	Thibodeau v Air Canada 2014 SCC 67 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14418/index.do	valign=top	Breach of language rights during international flight and conflicting legislation	–	McLachlin CJ and LeBel, Rothstein and Karakatsanis JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Bhasin v Hrynew 2014 SCC 71 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14438/index.do	valign=top	Contractual duty of good faith and honest performance	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	R v Fearon 2014 SCC 77 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14502/index.do	valign=top	Unreasonable search and seizure and search incident to arrest under s. 8 of the Charter	–	McLachlin CJ and Moldaver and Wagner JJ
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	align=left valign=top	R v MacLeod 2014 SCC 76 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14503/index.do	valign=top	Appropriate charge to jury on offences of second degree murder and manslaughter	–	Unanimous (oral)

2015

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Written opinions = 13

Oral opinions = 0

Unanimous decisions = 4

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	align=left valign=top	Canada (AG) v Federation of Law Societies of Canada 2015 SCC 7 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14639/index.do	valign=top	Whether Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, as it applies to the legal profession, infringes the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure and the right not to be deprived of liberty otherwise in accordance with principles of fundamental justice under ss. 8 and 7 of the Charter, respectively	–	LeBel, Abella, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Potter v New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission 2015 SCC 10 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14677/index.do	valign=top	Whether administrative suspension constitutes a unilateral act amounting to a breach of contract via constructive dismissal; Whether pension benefits should be deducted from damages for wrongful dismissal	–	McLachlin CJ
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	align=left valign=top	Quebec (AG) v Canada (AG) 2015 SCC 14 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14713/index.do	valign=top	Whether federal legislation abolishing the long-gun registry also containing provision requiring the destruction of long-gun registration data is ultra vires the criminal law power of Parliament under s. 91(27) of the Constitution Act, 1867	Karakatsanis J	McLachlin CJ and Rothstein and Moldaver JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Carey v Laiken 2015 SCC 17 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15289/index.do	valign=top	Whether an intent to interfere with the administration of justice is required to prove civil contempt of court	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	White Burgess Langille Inman v Abbott and Haliburton Co 2015 SCC 23 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15328/index.do	valign=top	Expert opinion evidence, independence and impartiality and whether the elements of an expert's duty to the court go to admissibility of evidence rather than simply its weight	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	R v Kokopenace 2015 SCC 28 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15373/index.do	valign=top	Appropriate legal test for representativeness on jury roll; Jury representativeness under ss. 11(d) and (f) and 15 of the Charter	–	McLachlin CJ
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	align=left valign=top	Strickland v Canada (AG) 2015 SCC 37 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15438/index.do	valign=top	Whether provincial superior courts have jurisdiction to address validity of federal child support guidelines	–	McLachlin CJ and Rothstein, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Gascon and Côté JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Guindon v Canada 2015 SCC 41 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15478/index.do	valign=top	Whether proceedings under s. 163.2 of the Income Tax Act imposing monetary penalties on every person who makes a false statement that could be used by another person for purposes under that Act are criminal in nature or lead to the imposition of true penal consequences; Whether an individual assessed for same penalties is a person "charged with an offence" within the meaning of s. 11 of the Charter	Rothstein J	Moldaver and Gascon JJ
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	align=left valign=top	R v Moriarty 2015 SCC 55 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15628/index.do	valign=top	Whether provisions under the National Defence Act permitting federal offences to be prosecuted within the military justice system in relation to everyone subject to Code of Service Discipline, regardless of the circumstances in which offences were committed, are broader than necessary to achieve their purpose, in violation of s. 7 of the Charter	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	Caron v Alberta 2015 SCC 56 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15629/index.do	valign=top	Whether provincial Languages Act is ultra vires or inoperative insofar that by requiring provincial laws and regulates to be enacted, printed and published in English only, it abrogates the constitutional duty owed by Alberta to enact, print and publish its laws and regulations in both English and French in Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory Order (1870)	Karakatsanis J	McLachlin CJ and Rothstein, Moldaver and Gascon JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v Green 2015 SCC 60 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15653/index.do	valign=top	Limitation period of class actions	–	–
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	align=left valign=top	MM v United States of America 2015 SCC 62 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15666/index.do	valign=top	Whether extradition judge applied the correct principles in relation to double criminality and to own role in assessing the reliability and sufficiency of evidence; Whether extradition judge should consider evidence about possible defences and other exculpating circumstances in deciding whether to commit for extradition; Whether Minister of Justice gave appropriate consideration to the defence of necessity available under Canadian law but not available under the law of the requesting state; Whether Minister of Justice's decision to surrender for extradition was reasonable	–	McLachlin CJ and Moldaver and Wagner JJ
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	align=left valign=top	R v Riesberry 2015 SCC 65 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15682/index.do	valign=top	Whether a horse race constituted a "game" for the purposes of offence of cheating at pay	–	Unanimous

2016

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6

Majority or Plurality

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3

Concurrence

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0

Other

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1

Dissent

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2

Concurrence/dissent

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Total =

12

Written opinions = 11

Oral opinions = 1

Unanimous decisions = 3

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	align=left valign=top	Carter v Canada (AG) 2016 SCC 4 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15696/index.do	valign=top	Motion seeking an order extending the suspension of the declaration of constitutional invalidity issued in Carter v Canada (AG), 2015 SCC 5	McLachlin CJ and Moldaver and Brown JJ	–
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	align=left valign=top	R v Gagnon 2016 SCC 6 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15750/index.do	valign=top	Arbitrary detention and exclusion of evidence	–	Unanimous (oral)
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	align=left valign=top	R v Borowiec 2016 SCC 11 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15824/index.do	valign=top	Offence of infanticide	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	R v DLW 2016 SCC 22 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15991/index.do	valign=top	Offence of bestiality	–	McLachlin CJ and Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté and Brown JJ
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	align=left valign=top	R v Williamson 2016 SCC 28 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/16060/index.do	valign=top	Right to be tried within a reasonable time under s. 11 of the Charter	–	Wagner and Gascon JJ
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	align=left valign=top	R v Jordan 2016 SCC 27 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/16057/index.do	valign=top	Right to be tried within a reasonable time under s. 11 of the Charter	–	McLachlin CJ and Wagner and Gascon JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Wilson v Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd 2016 SCC 29 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/16062/index.do	valign=top	Unjust dismissal of non-unionized employees under the Canada Labour Code	–	–
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	align=left valign=top	R v Villaroman 2016 SCC 33 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/16078/index.do	valign=top	Whether trial judge erred in his analysis of circumstantial evidence by requiring that an inference supporting a conclusion other than guilt be based on evidence rather than on a lack of evidence	–	Unanimous
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	align=left valign=top	Ledcor Construction Ltd v Northbridge Indemnity Insurance Co 2016 SCC 37 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/16121/index.do	valign=top	Property insurance and contract interpretation	–	–
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	align=left valign=top	Endean v British Columbia 2016 SCC 42 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/16189/index.do	valign=top	Jurisdiction of class actions	–	McLachlin CJ and Abella, Moldaver, Gascon, Côté and Brown JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Mennillo v Intramodal inc 2016 SCC 51 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/16247/index.do	valign=top	Reasonable expectations of shareholders	–	Abella, Karakatsanis, Wagner, Gascon and Brown JJ
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	align=left valign=top	Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v University of Calgary 2016 SCC 53 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/16251/index.do	valign=top	Privacy, production of documents and solicitor–client privilege	–	–

2017

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1

Majority or Plurality

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0

Concurrence

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0

Other

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0

Dissent

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0

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1

Written opinions = 1

Oral opinions = 0

Unanimous decisions = 0

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	align=left valign=top	Ernst v Alberta Energy Regulator 2017 SCC 1 https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/16325/index.do	valign=top	Freedom of expression and Charter damages	–	Karakatsanis, Wagner and Gascon JJ

Note: This table is complete up until April 3, 2013

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