Docket

37367

Wing Wha Wong v. Her Majesty the Queen

(British Columbia) (Criminal) (By Leave)

Judgments on applications for leave to appeal are rendered by the Court, but are not necessarily unanimous.

Proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2018-05-30 Appeal closed
2018-05-28 Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties
2018-05-28 Judgment on appeal and notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
2018-05-25 Judgment on the appeal rendered, CJ Abe Mo Wa Ga Br Row,
The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Vancouver), Number CA42489, 2016 BCCA 416, dated October 26, 2016, heard on November 10, 2017, is dismissed. McLachlin C.J. and Abella and Wagner JJ. dissent.
Dismissed
2017-11-24 Transcript received, 142 pages
2017-11-17 Supplemental document, (Letter Form), Revised Plea Comprehension Form, Completed on: 2017-11-17 Wing Wha Wong
2017-11-17 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Wishes to submit an additional document to the Court. Wing Wha Wong
2017-11-10 Judgment reserved OR rendered with reasons to follow
2017-11-10 Intervener's condensed book, (Letter Form), Questionnaire for Judicial Appointment African Canadian Legal Clinic
2017-11-10 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies) Canadian Council for Refugees
2017-11-10 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies) Association des avocats de la défense de Montréal
2017-11-10 Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies) Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers
2017-11-10 Respondent's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies) Her Majesty the Queen
2017-11-10 Appellant's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in Court (14 copies) Wing Wha Wong
2017-11-10 Hearing of the appeal, 2017-11-10, CJ Abe Mo Wa Ga Br Row
Judgment reserved
2017-11-09 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Nicholas St-Jacques, Lida Sara Nouraie and Philip Knerr will be present at the hearing. Mr. St-Jacques will present oral arguments. Association des avocats de la défense de Montréal
2017-11-07 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), Will be relying on the judgment of Tran v. Canada in their oral argument. Her Majesty the Queen
2017-11-07 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), G. Karen Papadopolous will be present at the hearing and will present oral arguments. Attorney General of Ontario
2017-11-06 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), 2 reserved seats requested Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic
2017-11-06 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Peter H. Edelmann and Erica Olmstead will be present at the hearing. Request to have articling student sit at counsel table. Wing Wha Wong
2017-10-31 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Ann Ellefson-Tremblay and Andrej Skoko will be present at the hearing. Ms. Ellefsen-Tremblay will present oral arguments. Director of criminal and penal prosecutions
2017-10-31 Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), 1 reserved seat requested. African Canadian Legal Clinic
2017-10-27 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Avvy Yao-Yao Go, Vincent Wan Shun Wong and Sukhpreet Sangha will be present at the hearing. Ms. Go will present oral arguments. Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic
2017-10-27 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Lobat Sadrehashemi and Lorne Waldman will be present at the hearing. Ms. Sadrehashemi will present oral arguments. Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers
2017-10-27 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Ronald C. Reimer and John Walker will be present for the hearing and will both present oral arguments. Her Majesty the Queen
2017-10-27 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Anil K. Kapoor and Ian B. Kasper will be present at the hearing. Mr. Kapoor will present oral arguments. Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2017-10-27 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), David A. Labrenz, Q.C. will be present at the hearing and will present oral arguments. Attorney General of Alberta
2017-10-26 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Erika Chozik and Cate Martell will be present at the hearing. Ms. Chozik will present oral arguments. Criminal Lawyers' Association of Ontario
2017-10-26 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Jared Will and Joshua Blum will be present at the hearing. Mr. Will will present oral arguments. Canadian Council for Refugees
2017-10-25 Notice of appearance, (Letter Form), Faisal Mirza and Dena M. Smith will be present at the hearing. Mr. Mirza will present oral arguments. African Canadian Legal Clinic
2017-09-27 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-27 Director of criminal and penal prosecutions
2017-09-27 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Service missing - Rec'd on 2017-10-04, Completed on: 2017-10-04 Director of criminal and penal prosecutions
2017-09-27 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-27 Attorney General of Ontario
2017-09-27 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-27 Attorney General of Ontario
2017-09-27 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-27 African Canadian Legal Clinic
2017-09-27 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-27 Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2017-09-27 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-27 Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2017-09-27 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-27 Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers
2017-09-27 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-27 Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers
2017-09-27 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-27 Canadian Council for Refugees
2017-09-27 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-27 Association des avocats de la défense de Montréal
2017-09-27 Certificate (on limitations to public access) Criminal Lawyers' Association of Ontario
2017-09-27 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-27 Criminal Lawyers' Association of Ontario
2017-09-27 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-27 Criminal Lawyers' Association of Ontario
2017-09-26 Correspondence received from, Pierre Landry dated 2017-09-26. Re: Pierre Landry and Sylvie Labbé will be acting as agent Association des avocats de la défense de Montréal
2017-09-26 Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-26 Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic
2017-09-26 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-26 Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic
2017-09-15 Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-09-15 Attorney General of Alberta
2017-09-12 Notice of hearing sent to parties, (REVISED)
2017-08-22 Appeal perfected for hearing
2017-08-21 Appeal hearing scheduled, 2017-11-10, (previously scheduled on November 29, 2017)
Judgment reserved
2017-08-18 Notice of hearing sent to parties
2017-08-18 Certificate of counsel (attesting to record), (Letter Form) Her Majesty the Queen
2017-08-18 Respondent's record, (Book Form), Proof of service missing (received 2017-08-21)., Completed on: 2017-08-21 Her Majesty the Queen
2017-08-18 Respondent's factum, (Book Form), Proof of service missing (received 2017-08-21)., Completed on: 2017-08-21 Her Majesty the Queen
2017-08-17 Order on motion for leave to intervene, by Justice Côté
2017-08-17 Decision on the motion for leave to intervene, Côt, UPON APPLICATIONS by the Attorney General of Ontario; the Attorney General of Alberta; the Director of criminal and penal prosecutions; the Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontario; the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers; the Association des avocats de la défense de Montréal; the Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic and the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (jointly); the Canadian Council for Refugees; the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the African Canadian Legal Clinic for leave to intervene in the above appeal;
AND THE MATERIAL FILED having been read;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
The appellant’s time to serve and file a response to the motions for leave to intervene is extended pursuant to Rule 6(1) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada.
The motions for leave to intervene are granted and the said ten (10) interveners or group of interveners shall be entitled to each serve and file a factum not to exceed ten (10) pages in length in this appeal on or before September 27, 2017.
The said interveners or groups of interveners are each granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding five (5) minutes at the hearing of the appeal.
The interveners are not entitled to raise new issues or to adduce further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record of the parties.
Pursuant to Rule 59(1)(a) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, the interveners shall pay to the appellant and respondent any additional disbursements occasioned to them by their interventions.
Granted
2017-08-17 Submission of motion for leave to intervene, (10 motions), Côt
2017-08-02 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2017-08-02 Wing Wha Wong
2017-07-31 Notice of name, (Letter Form) Canadian Council for Refugees
2017-07-27 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2017-07-27 Her Majesty the Queen
2017-07-26 Notice of name, (Letter Form) Association des avocats de la défense de Montréal
2017-07-21 Notice of name, (Letter Form) African Canadian Legal Clinic
2017-07-21 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-07-21 African Canadian Legal Clinic
2017-07-21 Notice of name, (Book Form) Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2017-07-21 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-07-21 Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2017-07-21 Motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Form 14 missing (received 2017-07-26)., Completed on: 2017-07-27, (Electronic version filed on 2017-07-26) Association des avocats de la défense de Montréal
2017-07-21 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Proof of service missing (received 2017-07-24)., Completed on: 2017-07-24 Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers
2017-07-21 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form) Criminal Lawyers' Association of Ontario
2017-07-21 Notice of name, (Letter Form) Criminal Lawyers' Association of Ontario
2017-07-21 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-07-21 Criminal Lawyers' Association of Ontario
2017-07-20 Notice of name, (Letter Form) Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic
2017-07-20 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), joint motion, Completed on: 2017-07-20 Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic
2017-07-20 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-07-20 Canadian Council for Refugees
2017-07-20 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-07-20 Attorney General of Ontario
2017-07-19 Notice of name, (Letter Form) Director of criminal and penal prosecutions
2017-07-19 Motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2017-07-19, (Electronic version filed on 2017-07-24) Director of criminal and penal prosecutions
2017-07-06 Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-07-06 Attorney General of Alberta
2017-06-23 Certificate of counsel (attesting to record) Wing Wha Wong
2017-06-23 Appellant's book of authorities, (Book Form), (2 volumes), 2 copies, Completed on: 2017-06-23 Wing Wha Wong
2017-06-23 Appellant's record, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-06-23 Wing Wha Wong
2017-06-23 Appellant's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-06-23 Wing Wha Wong
2017-04-28 Notice of appeal, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2017-04-28 Wing Wha Wong
2017-04-06 Letter advising the parties of tentative hearing date and filing deadlines (Leave granted)
2017-03-31 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2017-03-31 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2017-03-30 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Vancouver), Number CA42489, 2016 BCCA 416, dated October 26, 2016, is granted.
Granted
2017-02-27 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2017-02-16 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2017-02-16 Wing Wha Wong
2017-02-06 Certificate (on limitations to public access) Her Majesty the Queen
2017-02-06 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-02-06 Her Majesty the Queen
2016-12-23 Letter acknowledging receipt of an incomplete application for leave to appeal and without formal Court of Appeal order, File opened on 2016-12-23
2016-12-23 Certificate (on limitations to public access) Wing Wha Wong
2016-12-23 Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), C/A order missing-rec'd 2017/01/03, Completed on: 2017-01-04 Wing Wha Wong