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R v Clarke
Crown offered a reward for information that would lead to the conviction of the murderer. Clarke was aware of this reward. Clarke was under suspicion of the murder by crown, and to reduce his own -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd.
Facts: Boots Cash Chemists introduced a new method of purchasing drugs from their store- the drugs would be on display, shoppers would pick them from the shelves, and pay for them at the till. The -
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 -
Felthouse v Bindley
Felthouse negotiated to purchase a horse from his nephew. There was a mix-up with the price, as the uncle offered less than the nephew desired. The uncle gave a definite offer to the nephew -
Palsgraf v Long Island Railroad Co.
A man was getting on to a moving train owned by the Long Island Railroad Company. Seeming unsteady, two workers of the company tried to assist him onto the train and accidentally knocked his parcel -
Asylum Case (Colombia v Peru)
The Colombian government gave asylum to a Peruvian citizen, Haya de la Torre, in its embassy. It claimed it had a right to do this both under agreements between the states and in a local -
R (Ontario) v Ron Engineering & Construction (Eastern) Ltd.
Ron Engineering submitted a tender to build a project. They submitted as a tender deposit a certified cheque. The contractor’s employee filed the tender and discovered that their bid was much lower than the -
M.J.B. Enterprises Ltd. v Defence Construction (1951) Ltd.
Defence Construction tendered for construction bids according to 11 specific documents. There was an indicated privilege clause which stated "the lowest or any other tender shall not necessarily be accepted". One of the four bidders -
Harrison v Carswell
Carswell is picketing on a sidewalk outside of a shopping mall operated by Harrison. The sidewalk is private and owned by the shopping mall. She started picketing on a city sidewalk, but it was too -
Williams v Carwardine
Walter Carwardine was murdered between when he was last seen on March 24th 1831, and when his body was found on April 12, 1831. He was seen on the night that he was supposedly murdered -
Goldthorpe v Logan
Goldthorpe responded to Logan's newspaper ad which claimed "Results Guaranteed" to remove hair via electrolysis. Goldthorpe was met by a nurse, who told her face could be definitely "cleared" with no physical exam. Despite -
International News Service v Associated Press
The appellate court upheld an injunction against the appellant on grounds that the appellant’s actions constituted unfair competition in trade. Injunction upheld. -
McHale v Watson
McHale, Watson, and another young girl were playing tag. Watson was 12 years old at the time. At the end of the game, Watson threw a sharpened metal rod at a piece of wood and -
The Mayor of Bradford v Pickles
D owned land containing underground streams which fed C's waterworks. D began to sink shafts for the alleged purpose of draining certain beds on stone the effects of which were to seriously affect water -
Canadian Dyers Association Ltd. v Burton
In May of 1918, Canadian Dyers Association (CDA) wrote to Burton and asked for a quote of the lowest price for the property on 25 Hanna Avenue. Burton replied on June 6th stating a price -
Vaughan v Menlove
Menlove built a hay stack near the edge of his property with a "chimney" to prevent the risk of fire. He was repeatedly warned that it constituted a fire risk anyway, but said that he -
Woolmington v Director of Public Prosecutions
WOOLMINGTON V DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTION== Woolmington was a 21-year-old farmer from Castleton, Dorset. On November 22, 1934, three months after his poor marriage to 17-year-old Violet Kathleen Woolmington, his wife -
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 Kapp
Aboriginal bands were granted permission to fish one day in advance of the general Fraser River under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing License Registration. was a non-aboriginal fisherman who, along with several others, organized a -
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
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