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22972

Robert David Hughes 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)
1992-09-02 Close file on Leave
1992-08-04 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties, Halifax (NS)
1992-08-04 Copy of formal judgment on leave being prepared, Gowling, Strathy & Henderson (Ottawa,ON)
1992-08-04 Copy of formal judgment on leave being prepared, Kenneth W.F. Fiske (Halifax,NS)
1992-07-31 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties, Nova Scotia (Halifax)
1992-07-30 Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, Public Prosecution Service (Appeals Branch) (Halifax,NS)
1992-07-30 Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, Gowling, Strathy & Henderson (Ottawa,ON)
1992-07-30 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, CJ McL Ia, The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed, no order as to costs
1992-07-30 Hearing of the application for leave to appeal, 1992-07-30, CJ McL Ia
1992-07-30 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, 1992-07-30, CJ McL Ia
1992-06-24 General proceeding, Memo from Claude E. Alain re: letter received June 17, 1992 from Stephen Grace indicating that the applicant has been released on full parole as of June 2, 1992, sent up to Justices La McL I.
1992-06-22 Correspondence received from, sent to Beament, Green, York, Manton from Claude E. Alain re: letter dated June 17, 1992 and the attached copy of Mr. D.R. Homan's letter of June 5, 1992 stating that the correspondence will be brought to the attention ot the panel of this Court dealing w
1992-06-08 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, CJ McL I
1992-06-08 General proceeding, to note chronologically listed table of contents distributed with leave material for adjudication.
1992-05-29 Order on miscellaneous motion
1992-05-27 Decision on the miscellaneous motion, for an order accepting the respondent's response as tendered containing, as appendecies, factum of the appellant and the respondent in the Court of Appeal., Reg
Granted, no order as to costs
1992-05-27 Hearing of miscellaneous motion, 1992-05-27, for an order accepting the respondent's response as tendered containing, as appendecies, factum of the appellant and the respondent in the Court of Appeal., Reg
1992-05-27 Submission of miscellaneous motion, 1992-05-27, for an order accepting the respondent's response as tendered containing, as appendecies, factum of the appellant and the respondent in the Court of Appeal., Reg
1992-05-25 Response to miscellaneous motion, for an Order accepting the respondent's response as filed Robert David Hughes
1992-05-25 Affidavit, for an Order accepting the response as filed; James A. Gumpert Her Majesty the Queen
1992-05-25 Notice of miscellaneous motion, for an Order accepting the response as filed Her Majesty the Queen
1992-05-11 Order on motion to extend the time to file and/or serve the leave application, to Apr/30/1992
1992-05-11 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, 5 copies (motion to accept in its present form requested), with service Her Majesty the Queen
1992-04-29 Application for leave to appeal, as index listed chronologically, Completed on: 1992-04-29
1992-04-29 General proceeding, table of contents listed chronologically Robert David Hughes
1992-04-29 Decision on motion to extend time to file and /or serve the leave application, to serve and file to Apr\30\1992, Ia
Granted, no order as to costs
1992-04-29 Hearing of motion to extend time to file and/ or serve the leave application, 1992-04-29, to serve and file to Apr\30\1992, Ia
1992-04-29 Submission of motion to extend time to file and/ or serve the leave application, 1992-04-29, to serve and file to Apr\30\1992, Ia
1992-04-28 Correspondence received from, sent to Gowling, Strathy & Henderson (Ottawa,ON) acknowledgng receipt of application for leve. Regret to advise that material is incomplete as it is not listed chronologically. Application will not be referred until it complies with the Court's requiremen
1992-04-24 Affidavit, to April 30/92; G. Michael Owen Robert David Hughes
1992-04-24 Motion to extend the time to file and or serve the application for leave to appeal, to April 30, 1992 Robert David Hughes
1992-04-24 $30.00 filing fee, receit #25367 Robert David Hughes
1992-04-24 Application for leave to appeal, 5 copies (table of contents not listed chronologically) (returned for corrections 28-04-92), with service, Incomplete Robert David Hughes

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
Hughes, Robert David Applicant Active

v.

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

Counsel

Party: Hughes, Robert David

Counsel
Name
G. Michael Owen
Contact information
101 - 5121 SACKVILLE ST
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia
B3J 1K1
Telephone: (902) 422-8307
FAX: (902) 425-5178
Agent
Name
Brian A. Crane, Q.C.
Contact information
Gowling, Strathy & Henderson
2600 - 160 Elgin St
Box 466 Stn A
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 8S3
Telephone: (613) 232-1781
FAX: (613) 563-9869

Party: Her Majesty the Queen

Counsel
Name
Kenneth W.F. Fiske, Q.C.
Contact information
Attorney General of Nova Scotia
5151 Terminal Rd
PO Box 7
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 2L6
Telephone: (902) 424-5450
FAX: (902) 424-0653

Summary

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Summary

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Lower court rulings

May 23, 1991
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Trial Division

Not available

Conviction: Assault causing bodily harm

December 10, 1991
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

S.C.C. No. 02556

Appeal allowed

Filed documents

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 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.

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Date modified: 2025-02-27