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Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Beverley McLachlin

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The following is a list of Supreme Court of Canada opinions written by Beverley McLachlin during her tenure on the Court.

Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin on November 20, 2007

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Bracklow v Bracklow [1999] 1 S.C.R. 420

Novak v Bond [1999] 1 S.C.R. 808

Corbiere v Canada (Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs) [1999] 2 S.C.R. 203

R v G (B) [1999] 2 S.C.R. 475

Winko v British Columbia (Forensic Psychiatric Institute) [1999] 2 S.C.R. 625

R v LePage [1999] 2 S.C.R. 744

Orlowski v British Columbia (Forensic Psychiatric Institute) [1999] 2 S.C.R. 733

Jacobi v Griffiths [1999] 2 S.C.R. 570

Bese v British Columbia (Forensic Psychiatric Institute) [1999] 2 S.C.R. 722

Bazley v Curry [1999] 2 S.C.R. 534

Dobson (Litigation Guardian of) v Dobson [1999] 2 S.C.R. 753	None	L'Heureux-Dube J.

British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v British Columbia Government Employees' Union [1999] 3 S.C.R. 3

R v Marshall [1999] 3 S.C.R. 456

Shell Canada Ltd v Canada [1999] 3 S.C.R. 622

Royal Bank of Canada v W Got Associates Electric Ltd [1999] 3 S.C.R. 408

R v F (WJ) [1999] 3 S.C.R. 569

R v Mills [1999] 3 S.C.R. 668

British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles) v British Columbia (Council of Human Rights) [1999] 3 S.C.R. 868

	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	Kovach v British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Board) [2000] 1 S.C.R. 55; 2000 SCC 3

	Lindsay v Saskatchewan (Workers' Compensation Board) [2000] 1 S.C.R. 59; 2000 SCC 4

	R v RNS [2000] 1 S.C.R. 149; 2000 SCC 7

	Ajax (Town of) v CAW, Local 222 [2000] 1 S.C.R. 538; 2000 SCC 23

	Non-Marine Underwriters, Lloyd's of London v Scalera [2000] 1 S.C.R. 551; 2000 SCC 24

	Sansalone v Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co [2000] 1 S.C.R. 627; 2000 SCC 25

	R v ARB [2000] 1 S.C.R. 781; 2000 SCC 30

	Reference Re Gruenke [2000] 1 S.C.R. 836; 2000 SCC 32

	R v Starr [2000] 2 S.C.R. 144; 2000 SCC 40

	R v DD [2000] 2 S.C.R. 275; 2000 SCC 43

	R v MO [2000] 2 S.C.R. 594; 2000 SCC 49

	R v Sutton [2000] 2 S.C.R. 595; 2000 SCC 50

	Musqueam Indian Band v Glass [2000] 2 S.C.R. 633; 2000 SCC 52

	R v Simard [2000] 2 S.C.R. 911; 2000 SCC 61

	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	R v Sharpe [2001] 1 S.C.R. 45; 2001 SCC 2 ^{[permanent dead link]}

	R v Deane [2001] 1 S.C.R. 279; 2001 SCC 5

	R v Parent [2001] 1 S.C.R. 761; 2001 SCC 30

	R v Find [2001] 1 S.C.R. 863; 2001 SCC 32

	Mitchell v MNR [2001] 1 S.C.R. 911; 2001 SCC 33

	Western Canadian Shopping Centres Inc v Dutton [2001] 2 S.C.R. 534; 2001 SCC 46

	Ocean Port Hotel Ltd v British Columbia (General Manager, Liquor Control and Licensing Branch) [2001] 2 S.C.R. 781; 2001 SCC 52

	R v Russell [2001] 2 S.C.R. 804; 2001 SCC 53

	R v Arcuri [2001] 2 S.C.R. 828; 2001 SCC 54

	R v Mankwe [2001] 3 S.C.R. 3; 2001 SCC 63

	Hollick v Toronto (City of) [2001] 3 S.C.R. 158; 2001 SCC 68

	Rumley v British Columbia [2001] 3 S.C.R. 184; 2001 SCC 69

	R v Scott [2001] 3 S.C.R. 425; 2001 SCC 73

	Cooper v Hobart [2001] 3 S.C.R. 537; 2001 SCC 79

	Edwards v Law Society of Upper Canada [2001] 3 S.C.R. 562; 2001 SCC 80

	R v 974649 Ontario Inc [2001] 3 S.C.R. 575; 2001 SCC 81

	R v Hynes [2001] 3 S.C.R. 623; 2001 SCC 82

	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 558 v Pepsi-Cola Canada Beverages (West) Ltd [2002] 1 S.C.R. 156; 2002 SCC 8

	Krangle (Guardian ad litem of) v Brisco [2002] 1 S.C.R. 205; 2002 SCC 9

	Ward v Canada (AG) [2002] 1 S.C.R. 569; 2002 SCC 17

	Lavoie v Canada [2002] 1 S.C.R. 769; 2002 SCC 23

	R v Cinous [2002] 2 S.C.R. 3; 2002 SCC 29

	R v Perciballi [2002] 2 S.C.R. 761; 2002 SCC 51 ^{[permanent dead link]}

	Babcock v Canada (AG) [2002] 3 S.C.R. 3; 2002 SCC 57

	Canam Enterprises Inc v Coles [2002] 3 S.C.R. 307; 2002 SCC 63

	R v Hall [2002] 3 S.C.R. 309; 2002 SCC 64 ^{[permanent dead link]}

	B v Ontario (Human Rights Commission) [2002] 3 S.C.R. 403; 2002 SCC 66

	Sauvé v Canada (Chief Electoral Officer) [2002] 3 S.C.R. 519; 2002 SCC 68

	Quebec (AG) v Laroche [2002] 3 S.C.R. 708; 2002 SCC 72

	Gosselin v Quebec (AG) [2002] 4 S.C.R. 429; 2002 SCC 84

	Chamberlain v Surrey School District No 36 [2002] 4 S.C.R. 710; 2002 SCC 86

	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	R v Wise [2003] 1 S.C.R. 3; 2003 SCC 1

	R v Pelletier [2003] 1 S.C.R. 4; 2003 SCC 2

	R v Harriott [2003] 1 S.C.R. 39; 2003 SCC 5

	Reference Re Earth Future Lottery [2003] 1 S.C.R. 123; 2003 SCC 10

	Martin v American International Assurance Life Co [2003] 1 S.C.R. 158; 2003 SCC 16

	Dr Q v College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia [2003] 1 S.C.R. 226; 2003 SCC 19

	KP Pacific Holdings Ltd v Guardian Insurance Co of Canada [2003] 1 S.C.R. 433; 2003 SCC 25

	Churchland v Gore Mutual Insurance Co [2003] 1 S.C.R. 445; 2003 SCC 26

	Starson v Swayze [2003] 1 S.C.R. 722; 2003 SCC 32

	Bell Canada v Canadian Telephone Employees Association [2003] 1 S.C.R. 884; 2003 SCC 36

	Wewaykum Indian Band v Canada [2003] 2 S.C.R. 259; 2003 SCC 45

	KLB v British Columbia [2003] 2 S.C.R. 403; 2003 SCC 51

	EDG v Hammer [2003] 2 S.C.R. 459; 2003 SCC 52

	MB v British Columbia [2003] 2 S.C.R. 477; 2003 SCC 53

	R v Phillips [2003] 2 S.C.R. 623; 2003 SCC 57

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	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v Canada (AG) [2004] 1 S.C.R. 76, 2004 SCC 4

	CCH Canadian Ltd v Law Society of Upper Canada [2004] 1 S.C.R. 39, 2004 SCC 13 ^{[permanent dead link]}

	R v Cheddesingh [2004] 1 S.C.R. 433; 2004 SCC 16

	John Doe v Bennett [2004] 1 S.C.R. 436; 2004 SCC 17

	Nutribec Ltée v Quebec (Commission d'appel en matière de lésions professionnelles) [2004] 1 S.C.R. 824; 2004

	Harper v Canada (AG) [2004] 1 S.C.R. 827; 2004 SCC 33

	Monsanto Canada Inc v Schmeiser [2004] 1 S.C.R. 902, 2004 SCC 34

	Quebec (Commission des droits de la pesonne et des droits de la jeunesse) v Quebec (AG) [2004] 2 S.C.R. 185; 2004 SCC 39

	Quebec (AG) v Quebec (Human Rights Tribunal) [2004] 2 S.C.R. 223; 2004 SCC 40

	R v Rémillard [2004] 2 S.C.R. 246; 2004 SCC 41

	Congrégation des témoins de Jéhovah de St-Jérôme-Lafontaine v Lafontaine (Village of) [2004] 2 S.C.R. 650; 2004 SCC 48

	R v Raponi [2004] 3 S.C.R. 35; 2004 SCC 50

	R v Saunders [2004] 3 S.C.R. 505; 2004 SCC 70

	R v Smith [2004] 3 S.C.R. 507; 2004 SCC 71

	R v Zurowski [2004] 3 S.C.R. 509; 2004 SCC 72

	Haida Nation v British Columbia (Minister of Forests) [2004] 3 S.C.R. 511; 2004 SCC 73

	Taku River Tlingit First Nation v British Columbia (Project Assessment Director) [2004] 3 S.C.R. 550; 2004 SCC 74

	Auton (Guardian ad litem of) v British Columbia (AG) [2004] 3 S.C.R. 657; 2004 SCC 78

	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority v British Columbia (Environmental Appeal Board) [2005] 1 S.C.R. 3; 2005 SCC 1

	R v Mapara [2005] 1 S.C.R. 358; 2005 SCC 23

	Chaoulli v Quebec (AG) [2005] 1 S.C.R. 791; 2005 SCC 35

	Mugesera v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) [2005] 2 S.C.R. 100; 2005 SCC 40

	R v Marshall; R v Bernard [2005] 2 S.C.R. 220 ^{[permanent dead link]}

	Medovarski v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration); Esteban v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) [2005] 2 S.C.R. 539; 2005 SCC 51

	Canada Trustco Mortgage Co v Canada [2005] 2 S.C.R. 601; 2005 SCC 54

	Mathew v Canada [2005] 2 S.C.R. 643; 2005 SCC 55

	Blackwater v Plint [2005] 3 S.C.R. 3; 2005 SCC 58

	Montréal (City of) v 2952-1366 Québec Inc [2005] 3 S.C.R. 141; 2005 SCC 62

	R v Escobar-Benavidez [2005] 3 S.C.R. 386; 2005 SCC 68

	R v MacKay [2005] 3 S.C.R. 607; 2005 SCC 75

	R v Labaye [2005] 3 S.C.R. 728; 2005 SCC 80

	R v Kouri [2005] 3 S.C.R. 789; 2005 SCC 81

	Marche v Halifax Insurance Co [2005] 1 S.C.R. 47; 2005 SCC ^{[permanent dead link]}

Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
Young v Bella [2006] 1 S.C.R. 108; 2006 SCC 3	Duty of care for reporting child abuse	Binnie J.	Unanimous

Canadian Pacific Railway Co v Vancouver (City of) 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 5	Validity of municipal by-laws	None	Unanimous

Childs v Desormeaux 2006 SCC 18	Social host liability	None	Unanimous

Fidler v Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada 2006 SCC 30	Breach of contract; mental distress	Abella J.	Unanimous

R v Boulanger 2006 SCC 32	Breach of trust by public officers	None	Unanimous

United States of America v Ferras; United States of America v Latty 2006 SCC 33	Extradition	None	Unanimous

United Mexican States v Ortega; United States of America v Fiessel 2006 SCC 34	Extradition	None	Unanimous

Pro Swing Inc v Elta Golf Inc 2006 SCC 52	Conflict of laws; Enforce non-monetary judgments	None	Bastarache and Charron JJ.

McDiarmid Lumber Ltd v God's Lake First Nation, 2006 SCC 58 2006 SCC 58	Aboriginal rights; seizure	None	Bastarache, LeBel, Deschamps, Charron and Rothstein JJ.

R v Morris 2006 SCC 59	Aboriginal treaty rights	Fish J.	Bastarache J.

Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
Quebec (AG) v A 2013 SCC 5	Discrimination based on marital status under s. 15(1) of the Charter	–	–

R v Blacklaws 2013 SCC 8	Criminal law procedure and applications to sever counts	–	Unanimous (oral)

Manitoba Metis Federation Inc v Canada (AG) 2013 SCC 14	Aboriginal law and the honour of the Crown	Karakatsanis J	LeBel, Fish, Abella and Cromwell JJ

R v MacIntosh 2013 SCC 23	Right to be tried within a reasonable time under s. 11(b) of the Charter	–	Unanimous (oral)

R v GM 2013 SCC 24	Fresh evidence of ineffective assistance from counsel at trial	–	Unanimous (oral)

Cojocaru v British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Centre 2013 SCC 30	Tort of negligence, consent to healthcare and failure to inform	–	Unanimous

Canadian National Railway Co v McKercher LLP 2013 SCC 39	Legal ethics – the duty of loyalty and avoiding conflicts of interest	–	Unanimous

Régie des rentes du Québec v Canada Bread Company Ltd 2013 SCC 46	Judicial review of Régie des rentes du Québec's decision under the Supplemental Pensions Plan Act partially terminating the pension plans of two divisions closed by the employer	–	Fish J

Cuthbertson v Rasouli 2013 SCC 53	Health law – Consent to withdrawal of treatment; whether withdrawal constitutes "treatment" under Ontario Health Care Consent Act	–	LeBel, Fish, Rothstein and Cromwell JJ

R v Pappas 2013 SCC 56	Defence of provocation	–	Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver and Wagner JJ

R v Cairney 2013 SCC 55	Defence of provocation	–	Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver and Wagner JJ

Canada (AG) v Bedford 2013 SCC 72	Constitutionality of prohibitions on bawdy-houses, living on avails of prostitution and communicating in public for purposes of prostitution under the Criminal Code under s. 7 of the Charter	–	Unanimous

Cinar Corp v Robinson 2013 SCC 73	Intellectual property and copyright infringement	–	Unanimous

Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
Mounted Police Association of Ontario v Canada (AG) 2015 SCC 1	Right to collective bargaining under s. 2(d) of the Charter; Whether impugned legislation excluding RCMP members from public services labour relations regime substantially interferes with the right to a meaningful process of collective bargaining	LeBel J	Abella, Cromwell, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ

Meredith v Canada (AG) 2015 SCC 2	Whether the statutory limit on wages increases in the public sector under the Expenditure Restraint Act infringes claimants' rights to a meaningful process of collective bargaining under s. 2(d) of the Charter	LeBel J	Cromwell, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ

Canada (AG) v Federation of Law Societies of Canada 2015 SCC 7	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	Moldaver J	–

R v Perrone 2015 SCC 8	Whether the trial judge appropriately considered the credibility and reliability of a witness' testimony	–	Unanimous (oral)

Loyola High School v Quebec (AG) 2015 SCC 12	Proper approach to judicial review of discretionary administrative decisions engaging Charter protections; Whether decision of Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports requiring a proposed alternative program being entirely secular in approach is reasonable given the statutory objectives of the program and s. 2(a) of the Charter, and whether the decision limits freedom of religion under s. 3 of the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms	Moldaver J	Rothstein J

R v Sanghera 2015 SCC 13	Right to be tried within a reasonable time under s. 11(b) of the Charter in light of a five-month delay caused by direct indictment	–	Abella, Rothstein, Moldaver and Gascon JJ (oral)

R v Nur 2015 SCC 15	Constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences on grounds of cruel and unusual punishment under s. 12 of the Charter	–	LeBel, Abella, Cromwell, Karakatsanis and Gascon JJ

Sanofi-Aventis v Apotex Inc 2015 SCC 20	Intellectual property and patents	–	Unanimous (oral)

Henry v British Columbia (AG) 2015 SCC 24	Wrongful conviction of claimant; Civil action alleging breach of Charter rights resulting from Crown counsel's wrongful non-disclose of relevant information; Whether s. 24(1) authorizes courts to award damages against Crown for wrongful non-disclosure, and the level of fault claimant must establish to meet liability threshold for awarding s. 24(1) damages	Karakatsanis J	–

Bowden Institution v Khadr 2015 SCC 26	Application for habeas corpus for placement in provincial correctional facility under International Transfer of Offenders Act	–	Unanimous (oral)

Goodwin v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles) 2015 SCC 46	Whether an automatic roadside prohibition scheme enacted under s. 92(13) of the Constitution Act, 1867 is ultra vires provincial authority as being exclusively within federal government's criminal law power under s. 91(27) of the Constitution Act, 1867; Whether same automatic roadside prohibition regime creates an offence within the meaning of s. 11 of the Charter and infringes the presumption of innocence under s. 11(d) of same; Whether same automatic roadside prohibition scheme infringes the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure under s. 8 of the Charter	–	–

R v Neville 2015 SCC 49	Whether trial judge's failure to clarify intent question raised by jury resulted in an error of law	–	Unanimous (oral)

R v Singh Riar 2015 SCC 50	Whether trial judge errors in mischaracterizing the accused's defence and in assessing the accused's evidence and credibility deprived the accused of a fair trial and caused a miscarriage of justice	–	Unanimous (oral)

R v Appulonappa 2015 SCC 59	Whether the offence of organizing, inducing aiding or abetting persons coming into Canada without valid documentation is overbroad under s. 7 of the Charter	–	Unanimous

B010 v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) 2015 SCC 58	Requisite grounds to render a person inadmissible to apply for refugee status for having engaged in people smuggling; What limits may be inferred from provision under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act rendering persons inadmissible on grounds of organized criminality	–	Unanimous

Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
Ernst v Alberta Energy Regulator 2017 SCC 1	Freedom of expression and Charter damages	Moldaver and Brown JJ	Côté J

R v Clark 2017 SCC 3	Constitutional law – Search and seizure	–	Unanimous (oral)

R v Bédard 2017 SCC 4	Criminal law – Defence of officially induced error	–	Unanimous (oral)

R v Natewayes 2017 SCC 5	Offence of breaking and entering and manslaughter	–	Unanimous (oral)

British Columbia Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v British Columbia (AG) 2017 SCC 6	Constitutional law – Freedom of expression	–	Unanimous

R v Bingley 2017 SCC 12	Expert opinion evidence	–	Abella, Moldaver, Côté and Brown JJ

R v SB 2017 SCC 16	Powers of appellate courts	–	Unanimous (oral)

Stewart v Elk Valley Coal Corp 2017 SCC 30	Discrimination based on mental and physical disability	–	Abella, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown and Rowe JJ

Douez v Facebook, Inc 2017 SCC 33	Private intentional law – Jurisdiction	Côté J	Moldaver J

Ktunaxa Nation v British Columbia (Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations) 2017 SCC 54	Freedom of religion	Rowe J	Abella, Karakatsanis, Wagner, Gascon and Brown JJ

R v Marakah 2017 SCC 59	Constitutional law – Admissibility of evidence derived from unreasonable search and seizure	–	Abella, Karakatsanis and Gascon JJ

Cowper-Smith v Morgan 2017 SCC 61	Wills and estates and defence of proprietary estoppel	–	Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Wagner, Gascon and Rowe JJ

British Columbia (Human Rights Tribunal) v Schrenk 2017 SCC 62	Discrimination on basis of employment	–	Côté and Brown JJ

Deloitte & Touche v Livent Inc (Receiver of) 2017 SCC 63	Tort of negligence; duty of care and negligent misrepresentation by auditor	–	Wagner and Côté JJ