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Donoghue v Stevenson
On the 26 August, 1928, May Donoghue and a friend were at a café in Glasgow (Scotland). Donoghue's companion ordered and paid for her drink. The cafe purchased the product from a distributor that -
Balfour v Balfour
Mr. Balfour and his wife went to England for a vacation, and his wife became ill and needed medical attention. They made an agreement that Mrs. Balfour was to remain behind in England when the -
R v Clarke
Crown offered a reward for information that would lead to the conviction of the murderer. Clarke was under suspicion of the murder by crown, and to reduce his own sentence, gave the information leading to -
Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
Mavis Baker, a Jamaican national, entered Canada on a visitor visa in August 1981. She stayed in Canada for 11 years, supporting herself illegally as a live-in domestic worker. She had four Canadian-born -
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Kerr v Baranow
The parties had been in a common law relationship for 26 years. Kerr was a secretary and Baranow was a longshoreman. Kerr had entered the relationship in a state of financial crisis; was just divorced -
Reference re Secession of Quebec
Following the close referendum result in the 1995 referendum, Government of Canada initiated a reference to the Supreme Court to question the legal issues surrounding unilateral secession. The Quebec government chose not to participate in -
R v Van der Peet
Dorothy Van der Peet, a member of the Stó:lō Nation, was charged for selling ten salmon that Charles Jimmy (her common-law husband) and his brother Steven had caught under their native food fishing -
R v Marshall (No. 1)
Marshall was caught fishing out of season and selling them for a profit and charged with violation of the Fisheries Act. He argued that he was trying to catch and sell the eels to support -
R v Sparrow
Sparrow was charged under the Fisheries Act for fishing with a drift net that was longer than was permitted with his Indian fishing license. Sparrow admitted the facts, but claimed that he had an existing -
Eldridge v British Columbia (Attorney General)
The appellants were Deaf persons who wished to have the use of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters with their doctors in hospitals covered by their health insurance. There had been a privately funded company that -
R v Gladstone
The appellants were charged under the Fisheries Act with the offence of offering to sell herring spawn on kelp caught under authority of an Indian fishing license. The license permitted the sale of 500lb; the -
R v Grant
At trial, Grant alleged violations of his rights under ss. 8, 9 and 10(b) of the Charter. The trial judge found no Charter breach and admitted the firearm. The Court of Appeal concluded that -
Pao On v Lau Yiu Long
Fu Chip Investment Co Ltd.(Fu Chip), a public company majority owned by Lau Yiu Long, wished to buy a building owned by Tsuen Wan Shing On Estate Co. Ltd.(Shing On), whose majority shareholder -
R v Daviault
Daviault, an alcoholic, delivered a bottle of brandy to a 65 year-old woman in a wheelchair. She had one drink and fell asleep. Daviault, who had already had seven or eight beers during the -
R v Lavallee
Lavallee and her common law partner Rust (the victim) had an abusive relationship, however she kept coming back. On the night of the killing, there was a party at their house. Rust hit her and -
Parker v South Eastern Railway Company
A blud left his sack in a cloak-room at Picadilly staayshon. There was a signpost onna wall yeah, and it was wri'en on the back of his ticke', that the company wouldn't -
Bracklow v Bracklow
The parties were married in December 1989 after living together for four years. During the first two years of their relationship, the appellant paid two‑thirds of the household expenses because she was earning more -
Gosselin v Quebec (Attorney General)
Under Quebec social assistance scheme, found in the Social Aid Act, and accompanying regulations between 1984 and 1989, the base amount of money payable to claimants under the age of 30 was 1/3 of -
Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co. Ltd.
Several "borstal boys" (young offenders between fifteen and twenty) were under the supervision of three officers when they were working on an island. The officers went to sleep and left them to their work. Seven -
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.
The Carbolic Smoke Ball Company made a product called the "smoke ball" which claimed to be a cure for influenza and a number of other diseases. The Company published advertisements claiming that it would pay -
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd.
Thornton parked his car in the Shoe Lane parking lot while he was at a musical performance. He received a ticket from an automatic machine. On the ticket was printed the time of issue, and -
Airedale National Health Service Trust v Bland
Bland was injured in the Hillsborough Field soccer crisis when he was 17 1/2 years old, and has been in a persistent vegetative state ever since, with no signs of ever leaving that state -
Dobson v Dobson
Cynthia Dobson was a pregnant woman. While in the 27th week of pregnancy she was driving her car when her negligent actions caused a car accident. The fetus was permanently injured, and was born prematurely -
R v Oakes
Conviction overturned at ONCA, then Crown's appeal of ONCA's decision In doing the analysis of the second part, Dickson states: First, the measures adopted must be carefully designed to achieve the objective in
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