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Marie Deschamps Marie Deschamps, CC (born October 2, 1952) is a former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. She retired from the court on August 7, 2012. In September 2019, Deschamps was appointed as a member of the National Security and Intelligence R ...

during her tenure as puisne justice of the

Supreme Court of Canada The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; french: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the Supreme court, highest court in the Court system of Canada, judicial system of Canada. It comprises List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, nine justices, wh ...

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2011 SCC

/small> , valign=top , Broadcasting bans , – , ''Unanimous'' , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="00cd00", , align=left valign=top, ''Canadian Broadcasting Corp v Canada (AG)''
2011 SCC

/small> , valign=top , Whether measures of practice and directive issued by the Ministère de la Justice limiting filming, taking photographs and conducting interviews to predetermined locations and prohibiting broadcasting of official audio recordings of hearings infringes freedom of expression under s. 2(b) of the ''Charter'' — Whether a directive meets "prescribed by law" requirement of s. 1 of the ''Charter'' , – , ''Unanimous'' , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="00B2EE", , align=left valign=top, ''Smith v Alliance Pipeline Ltd''
2011 SCC

/small> , valign=top , Standard of review for Pipeline Arbitration Committee appointed pursuant to the ''National Energy Board Act'' , – , – , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="00cd00", , align=left valign=top, ''Bou Malhab v Diffusion Métromédia CMR inc''
2011 SCC

/small> , valign=top , Whether the representative plaintiff in a class action for defamation must prove that each group member suffered personal injury , – , McLachlin CJ and Binnie, LeBel, Charron and Rothstein JJ , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="red", , align=left valign=top, ''Seidel v TELUS Communications Inc''
2011 SCC 1

/small> , valign=top , Whether provincial legislation, stating that contractual agreements to waive or release rights, benefits or protects under the legislation area void, renders an arbitration clause in a standard form cell phone contract void , LeBel J , Abella and Charron JJ , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="00B2EE", , align=left valign=top, ''Ontario (AG) v Fraser''
2011 SCC 2

/small> , valign=top , Whether separate labour relations legislation governing agricultural workers in Ontario infringes freedom of association under s. 2(d) of the ''Charter'' by failing to establish a meaningful process of collective bargaining , – , – , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="00cd00", , align=left valign=top, ''i Trade Finance Inc v Bank of Montreal''
2011 SCC 2

/small> , valign=top , Role of personal property security legislation — Whether finance company has right to recover disputed funds on basis of advances made under mistake of fact, constructive trust or equitable lien — Whether pledge to bank creates a statutory enforceable security interest — Whether bank is a ''bona fide'' purchaser for value without notice , – , ''Unanimous'' , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="00cd00", , align=left valign=top, '' Canada Trustco Mortgage Co v Canada''
2011 SCC 3

/small> , valign=top , Whether a bank is liable to make payments to a tax debtor when receiving cheques payable to a tax debtor for deposit in an account held jointly by the tax debtor and a third party , – , Binnie, Rothstein and Cromwell JJ , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="red", , align=left valign=top, ''Dubé v Canada''
2011 SCC 3

/small> , 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'' , – , Rothstein J , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="00B2EE", , align=left valign=top, ''Bastien Estate v Canada''
2011 SCC 3

/small> , 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'' , – , Rothstein J , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="red", , align=left valign=top, ''R v Côté''
2011 SCC 4

/small> , 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'' , – , – , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="B23AEE", , align=left valign=top, ''Crookes v Newton''
2011 SCC 4

/small> , valign=top , Tort of libel and slander — Whether a hyperlink to an allegedly defamatory article in itself constitutes a publication , – , – , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="00cd00", , align=left valign=top, ''R v Whyte''
2011 SCC 4

/small> , valign=top , Whether conduct of police violated ss. 8 and 9 of the ''Charter'' , – , ''Unanimous'' (oral) , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="00cd00", , align=left valign=top, ''Quebec (AG) v Canada (Human Resources and Social Development)''
2011 SCC 6

/small> , valign=top , Whether provincial legislation providing that income replacement benefits received by injured worker be exempt from seizure is constitutionally inoperative in relation to garnishment scheme created by federal ''Employment Insurance Act'' — Whether federal Employment Insurance Commission, as an agent of the Crown, is protected by common law immunity such that the provincial legislation is inapplicable to the federal Crown , – , ''Unanimous'' , -

2012

Newfoundland and Labrador v AbitibiBowater Inc ''Newfoundland and Labrador v AbitibiBowater Inc'', 2012 SCC 67 is a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada dealing with whether an obligation incurred under regulatory action constitutes a claim under the ''Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act'', t ...

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2012 SCC 6

/small> , valign=top , Bankruptcy and insolvency and whether the federal ''Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act'' is ''ultra vires'' by permitting courts to determine whether an environmental order is a monetary claim , – , Fish, Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver and Karakatsanis JJ , -

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2013 SCC

/small> , valign=top , Discrimination based on marital status under s. 15(1) of the ''Charter'' , – , Cromwell and Karakatsanis JJ , - , bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=5 valign=top , , - , bgcolor="00cd00", , align=left valign=top, ''

Sun Indalex Finance, LLC v United Steelworkers , arising from the Ontario courts as ''Re Indalex Limited'', is a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada that deals with the question of priorities of claims in proceedings under the ''Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act'', and how they intersect ...

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2013 SCC

/small> , valign=top , Pensions and bankruptcy and insolvency , – , Moldaver J , - {{Supreme Court of Canada Supreme Court of Canada reasons by judge, Deschamps