Skip to main content

Case information

Conduct a refined search of the Supreme Court of Canada database to obtain details on the status of a matter before the Court.


20309

Robert Dewar Lindsay v. Her Majesty the Queen

(Nova Scotia) (Criminal) (By Leave)

Docket

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

List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
1987-09-18 Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, Mr. Dunlop (Halifax,NS)
1987-09-18 Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, Mr. Lutes (Halifax,NS)
1987-09-18 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties, Mr. M. Smith (Halifax,NS)
1987-06-04 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, La W LaF
Dismissed, no order as to costs
1987-04-06 Hearing of the application for leave to appeal, 1987-04-06, La W LaF
Decision reserved
1987-04-06 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, 1987-04-06, La W LaF
Decision reserved
1987-03-19 Order on motion to extend the time to file and/or serve the leave application
1987-03-17 Decision on motion to extend time to file and /or serve the leave application, (Time extended to Apr 06/87), LeD
Granted, no order as to costs
1987-03-17 Hearing of motion to extend time to file and/ or serve the leave application, 1987-03-17, (Time extended to Apr 06/87), LeD
1987-03-17 Submission of motion to extend time to file and/ or serve the leave application, 1987-03-17, (Time extended to Apr 06/87), LeD
1987-03-17 Response to the motion to extend the time to file and / or serve the leave application Her Majesty the Queen
1987-03-17 Affidavit Robert Dewar Lindsay
1987-03-17 Motion to extend the time to file and or serve the application for leave to appeal Robert Dewar Lindsay
1987-03-16 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, 5 copies, with service Her Majesty the Queen
1987-03-02 General proceeding, to note 5 copies of annex "A" to motion book Robert Dewar Lindsay
1987-03-02 Application for leave to appeal, 5 copies, with service, Completed on: 1987-03-02 Robert Dewar Lindsay

Parties

Please note that in the case of closed files, the “Status” column reflects the status of the parties at the time of the proceedings. For more information about the proceedings and about the dates when the file was open, please consult the docket of the case in question.

Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Lindsay, Robert Dewar Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Her Majesty the Queen Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Lindsay, Robert Dewar

Counsel
W. Dale Dunlop
Walker, Dunlop
5670 SPRING GARDEN RD
PO BOX 3366 (S)
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia
B3J 3J1
Telephone: (902) 423-8121
Agent
Michael L. Phelan
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
1500 - 50 O'Connor St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 235-7234
FAX: (613) 235-2867

Party: Her Majesty the Queen

Counsel
Robert E. Lutes, Q.C.
Attorney General of Nova Scotia
5151 TERMINAL RD 3RD FL
PO BOX 7
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia
B3J 2L6
Telephone: (902) 424-8995
FAX: (902) 424-0653
Agent
Stephen J. Grace
Neville, Hall & Selkirk
222 Somerset St W
3rd Fl
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 2G3
Telephone: (613) 237-7092
FAX: (613) 237-1156

Summary

Keywords

None.

Summary

Case summaries are prepared by the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada (Law Branch). Please note that summaries are not provided to the Judges of the Court. They are placed on the Court file and website for information purposes only.

None.

Lower court rulings

November 29, 1985
County Court of Nova Scotia

9278 & 9302

Conviction: fraud and attempted fraud

December 29, 1986
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

61442

Appeal against sentence allowed, cross-appeal against conviction dismissed

Memorandums of argument on application for leave to appeal

The memorandums of argument on an application for leave to appeal will be posted here 30 days after leave to appeal has been granted unless they contain personal information, information that is subject to a publication ban, or any other information that is not part of the public record. You may also obtain copies of the memorandum by filing out the Request for Court records form or by contacting the Court’s Records Centre either by email at records-dossiers@scc-csc.ca or by telephone at 613‑996‑7933 or at 1‑888‑551‑1185.

If you have questions about a memorandum of argument or want to use a memorandum of argument, please contact the author of the memorandum of argument directly. Their name appears at the end of the memorandum of argument. The contact information for counsel is found in the “Counsel” tab of this page.

Downloadable PDFs

Not available

Factums on appeal

The factums of the appellant, the respondent and the intervener will be posted here at least 2 weeks before the hearing unless they contain personal information, information that is subject to a publication ban, or any other information that is not part of the public record. You may also obtain copies of factums by filling out the Request for Court records form or by contacting the Court’s Records Centre either by email at records-dossiers@scc-csc.ca or by telephone at 613‑996‑7933 or at 1‑888‑551‑1185.

If you have questions about a factum or want permission to use a factum, please contact the author of the factum directly. Their contact information appears on the first page of each factum.

Downloadable PDFs

Not available

Webcasts

Not available.

Date modified: 2025-02-27