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Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Law

Administrative Law

Employment and Labour Law

Civil Litigation - Plaintiff

Civil Litigation - Defendant

Real Estate Law

Corporate/Commercial Law

Family and Matrimonial Law

Gérard Le Dain

Since 1982

Background

Education

Born Gerald Eric Le Dain in Montreal, Quebec, on November 27, 1924, son of Eric George Bryant Le Dain and Antoinette Louise Whithard (SCC, Wikipedia).
Served overseas in the Second World War; enlisted in 1943 as an artilleryman with the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, returning to Canada in 1946 (SCC, Wikipedia).
B.C.L., McGill University (1949) — graduated winning the Gold Medal (SCC, McGill).
Pursued doctoral study in France at the University of Lyon, earning Docteur de l'Université (1950) (SCC, McGill).

Tenure

301decisions since 1982

At a glance

Appointed: 1982
On the bench: 8 yrs
Decisions: 301
Courts: SCC

Areas of law

Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Law167
Administrative Law62
Employment and Labour Law38
Civil Litigation - Plaintiff37

Sources

Supreme Court of Canada10
Wikipedia10
McGill University6
mqup.ca2
drugtimeline.ca1
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca1

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301

cases · 8 yrs · SCC

Trial

Motion

Costs

Appeal

Sentencing

301 total

George Taylor

6 cases1981–1989

William McIntyre

SCCUnanimous778 cases1980–1990

Gérard Le Dain

SCCUnanimous301 cases1982–1989

Bertha Wilson

SCCUnanimous674 cases1982–1991

SCCSupreme Court of CanadaMay 3, 1982

Supreme Court of Canada

Supreme Court of Canada

Leave to appeal refused.

This was a motion for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

The moving party sought leave against Saskatchewan et al.

The court dismissed the motion without reasons.

Leader Post Ltd. and Williams v. Loos et al. 1982 SCC mini 44

Applicant

Clayton C. Ruby

6

5

4

SE

Self-represented

4

Allan R. Hilton

3

3

3

3

D. M. M. Goldie

3

Colin K. Irving

3

3

Robert W. Côté

2

Maurice F. Bourque

2

Robert G. Richards

2

2

J. Edgar Sexton

2

2

2

Respondent

1

Howard F. Morton

1

S. David Frankel

7

5

4

Donald J. Avison

4

Michael R. Dambrot

4

Brian John Gover

4

David A. Fairgrieve

3

E. Robert A. Edwards

3

3

2

2

2

Jacques Letellier

2

2

2

Michael Nathan Bernstein

2

Irwin Koziebrocki

2

2

A. Kerr Twaddle

2

Experts in linked cases

Inspector McLean

Fire Inspector, Sudbury Fire Department

1

1

1

Paule Lamontagne

1

1

1

1

Mr. S. David Bryson, Q.C.

1

Mr. Arthur G. H. Fordham, Q.C.

1

orthopedic surgeon

1

Owen Garland Hooper

Chairman of the Alberta Motion Picture Censor Board

301

total cases

8 yrs

on bench

1

court

3.5

cases/mo

SCC301(100%)

appeal

297

motion

3

costs

1

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