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24994

Hickman Motors Limited v. Her Majesty the Queen

(Federal) (Civil) (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)
1997-12-08 Record returned to the Registrar of the Court of Appeal, (1 env. and 1 box) sent together with 24786
1997-08-14 Appeal closed
1997-07-09 Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties, F.C.A. (Ottawa, Ontario)
1997-07-09 Copy of formal judgment being prepared, A.G. Canada (Ottawa, ON)
1997-07-09 Copy of formal judgment being prepared, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (Ottawa, ON)
1997-06-27 Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties, A.G. Canada
1997-06-26 Judgment on the appeal rendered, LaF L'HD So Co McL Ia Ma, The appeal is allowed and the claimed deduction is allowed with costs throughout to the appellant, Sopinka, Cory and Iacobucci JJ. dissenting.
Allowed, no order as to costs
1997-06-19 Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
1996-11-19 General proceeding, transcripts received and distributed to the judges (72 pages)
1996-10-30 Hearing of the appeal, 1996-10-30, LaF L'HD So Co McL Ia Ma
Decision reserved
1996-10-24 Notice of hearing, With service Hickman Motors Limited
1996-10-23 Book of authorities, 12 copies, Completed on: 1996-10-23 Her Majesty the Queen
1996-10-23 Respondent's factum, 24 copies, with service, Completed on: 1996-10-23 Her Majesty the Queen
1996-10-16 Supplemental document, Case on Appeal; 24 copies, with service Hickman Motors Limited
1996-10-16 Order on miscellaneous motion, to add trial transcripts and abridge time to file respondent's factum
1996-10-15 Decision on miscellaneous motion, Ia, to add the trial transcripts & abridge time to file the respondent's factum. The motion is granted with respect to the addition to the case on appeal of the transcript of the trial; and the time for serving and filing the respondent's factum shall be up to and including October 23/96
Granted, no order as to costs
1996-10-15 Hearing of miscellaneous motion, 1996-10-15, Ia
1996-10-15 Submission of miscellaneous motion, 1996-10-15, Ia
1996-10-15 Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from Osler, Hoskin to A. Roland (fax copy) re: the respondent's factum will be filed no later than October 25, 1996
1996-10-11 $50.00 filing fee for notice of motion, receipt no. 32793 Hickman Motors Limited
1996-10-11 Affidavit, of James R. Chalker (2 copies0, with service Hickman Motors Limited
1996-10-11 Notice of miscellaneous motion, 1) to add transcripts of the trial to the case on appeal 2) to abridge the time period for the filing of the respondent's factum (2 copies ) $50.00 requested, with service, Completed on: 1996-10-11 Hickman Motors Limited
1996-10-11 Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from Andre LeBlanc to Registrar, letter dated Oct. 11, 96 (fax copy) re: consent to the addition of the transcript of the case on appeal and advising us that they will be ready to file the factum no later than Oct. 25, 1996
1996-09-17 Appeal hearing scheduled, 1996-10-30
Decision reserved
1996-09-03 Book of authorities, 10 copies, with service, Completed on: 1996-09-03 Hickman Motors Limited
1996-09-03 Appellant's factum, 24 copies, with service, Completed on: 1996-09-03 Hickman Motors Limited
1996-08-08 Appeal court record, 1 box (joint with Trial record)
1996-08-08 Trial court record, 1 box (joint with C/A record)
1996-08-08 Certified casebook Hickman Motors Limited
1996-08-06 Appeal perfected for hearing, Session beginning on 1996-09-30
1996-07-25 Case on appeal, 23 copies, with service Hickman Motors Limited
1996-05-08 $500 security deposit paid, receipt no. 2373 Hickman Motors Limited
1996-05-08 Notice of deposit of security, (1 copy), with service
1996-05-07 Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, sent to A.G. of Canada (Ottawa, ON) enclosing copy of Rule 32
1996-05-07 Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, sent to Chalker, Green & Rowe (St. John's, NF) enclosing copy of Rule 32 c.c. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
1996-05-07 Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (Ottawa, ON)
1996-05-07 Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, A.G. of Canada (Ottawa, ON)
1996-05-03 Order granting leave to appeal
1996-05-03 Notice of appeal, (1 copy)(service admitted on May 3/96), with service, Completed on: 1996-05-03 Hickman Motors Limited
1996-05-03 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, CJ G Ia, The application for leave to appeal is granted.
Granted, no order as to costs
1996-04-17 Correspondence received from, sent to Dept of Justice Canada (Ottawa, ON) to confirm telephone conversation with M. Larmour of Apr 16/96 re: intervention
1996-04-17 Correspondence received from, sent to Osler, Oskin & Harcourt (Ottawa, ON) to confirm telephone conversation with M. Larmour of Apr 16/96 re: intervention
1996-04-11 Correspondence received from, (by fax) from Osler; re: requesting a response to their letter of March 28/96 sent to CJ G I, Apr 15/96 (original filed Apr. 15/96) Hickman Motors Limited
1996-04-02 Correspondence received from, (by fax) from André LeBlanc; re: responding to the applicant's letter of March 28/96 sent to CJ G I, Apr 3/96 Her Majesty the Queen
1996-04-01 Correspondence received from, from Osler; re: leave to be reserved until the outcome of Mara Properties; parties may apply for intervener status in the Mara appeal (letter dated Mar. 28/96) sent to CJ G I, Apr 3/96 Hickman Motors Limited
1996-03-15 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, CJ G Ia
1996-03-14 Correspondence received from, from André LeBlanc; re: articles to be included in the response with consent of the applicant Her Majesty the Queen
1996-03-08 Correspondence received from, from Osler; re: related issues to that of Mara Properties scheduled for hearing on may 21/96 (fax copy) (original received on Mar 8/96) Hickman Motors Limited
1996-02-21 General proceeding, 5 copies of additional authority Hickman Motors Limited
1995-12-27 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, 5 copies., with service Hickman Motors Limited
1995-12-15 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, 5 copies, with service Her Majesty the Queen
1995-11-23 General proceeding, 5 copies of T.C. Order and 5 copies of C.A. Order Hickman Motors Limited
1995-11-20 Correspondence received from, sent to A.G. of Canada (Ottawa, ON) enclosing copy of letter dated Nov 20/95 sent to applicant
1995-11-20 Correspondence received from, sent to Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (Ottawa, ON) to acknowledge receipt of application for leave to appeal
1995-11-14 $50.00 filing fee, receipt no. 31054 Hickman Motors Limited
1995-11-14 Application for leave to appeal, 5 copies (formal orders of T.C. and A.C. missing and reasons of T.C. and A.C. not signed), with service, Completed on: 1995-11-23 Hickman Motors Limited

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
Hickman Motors Limited Applicant Active

v.

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

Counsel

Party: Hickman Motors Limited

Counsel
Name
James R. Chalker, Q.C.
Contact information
Chalker, Green & Rowe
PO BOX 5939 STN C
ST JOHN'S, Newfoundland & Labrador
A1C 5X4
Telephone: (709) 722-8735
Agent
Name
Michael L. Phelan
Contact information
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
Name
Roger E. Taylor
Contact information
Attorney General of Canada
222 Queen St
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H8
Telephone: (613) 957-4880
FAX: (613) 941-2233

Summary

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Lower court rulings

January 6, 1993
Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division

T-1582-89

see file

September 15, 1995
Federal Court of Appeal

A-57-93

appeal dismissed

Filed documents

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Date modified: 2025-05-13