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27477

Her Majesty the Queen v. John R. Singleton

(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)
2001-11-23 Bill of costs, (DO NOT TAX), Completed on: 2001-11-23 John R. Singleton
2001-11-01 Record returned to the Registrar of the Court of Appeal
2001-10-05 Appeal closed
2001-10-05 Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties
2001-10-03 Copy of formal judgment being prepared
2001-10-01 Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
2001-09-28 Judgment on the appeal rendered, G Ia Ma Ba Bi Arb LeB, The appeal is dismissed with costs to the respondent throughout, Bastarache and LeBel JJ. dissenting.
Dismissed, costs in this Court and courts below
2001-04-02 Transcript received, and distributed to the justices (58 pages)
2001-03-19 Judgment reserved OR rendered with reasons to follow
2001-03-19 Hearing of the appeal, 2001-03-19, (V029), G Ia Ma Ba Bi Arb LeB
Judgment reserved
2001-03-19 Acknowledgement and consent for video taping of proceedings
2001-03-16 Book of authorities, (supplementary from Tax Review Board), Completed on: 2001-03-16 John R. Singleton
2001-03-12 Notice of appearance John R. Singleton
2001-03-08 Notice of appearance Her Majesty the Queen
2000-12-01 Appeal hearing scheduled, 2001-03-19
Judgment reserved
2000-11-27 Correspondence received, (by fax) G. Du Pont; re: March 19, 2001 for hearing date
2000-11-22 Correspondence received, (by fax) from G. Du Pont dated Nov. 21/00 re: hearing dates for both Singleton and Ludco (joint with 27320) (original received Nov. 27/00)
2000-11-20 Correspondence received from, (by fax) J. Saunders; re: hearing dates and should not be heard with Ludco 27320 John R. Singleton
2000-11-20 Correspondence received, (by fax) from G. Du Pont dated Nov. 17/00 re: hearing dates and to be heard with Ludco 27320 (original received Nov. 24/00)
2000-11-14 Appeal perfected for hearing, Session beginning on 2001-01-15
2000-11-09 Respondent's book of authorities, Completed on: 2000-11-09 John R. Singleton
2000-11-09 Respondent's record, Completed on: 2000-11-09 John R. Singleton
2000-11-09 Respondent's factum, Completed on: 2000-11-09 John R. Singleton
2000-09-18 Appellant's record, Completed on: 2000-09-18 Her Majesty the Queen
2000-09-18 Appellant's book of authorities, Completed on: 2000-09-18 Her Majesty the Queen
2000-09-18 Appellant's factum, Completed on: 2000-09-18 Her Majesty the Queen
2000-06-13 Trial court record, (1 accordeon envelope)
2000-06-06 Appeal court record, (1 accordeon envelope)
2000-05-23 Letter acknowledging receipt of notice of appeal
2000-05-17 Notice of appeal, Completed on: 2000-05-17 Her Majesty the Queen
2000-04-25 Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties
2000-04-20 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The application for leave to appeal is granted.
Granted, no order as to costs
2000-04-10 Supplemental document, 5 copies of Reply - Addendum (sent to panel 12/04/2000) Her Majesty the Queen
2000-04-04 General proceeding, Mr. Gibson will file supplementary material by Monday, Apr. 10 Her Majesty the Queen
2000-04-03 Supplemental document, 5 copies of Response - Addendum (sent to panel Apr. 4/2000) John R. Singleton
2000-03-13 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, CJ Ia Ma
2000-01-06 General proceeding, phone conversation with Don Gibson re: supplementary material will be filed by the end of January 2000. Her Majesty the Queen
1999-11-29 General proceeding, (M. Larmour advised both counsel by phone that they could file supplementary material dealing with the Shell decision (26596) Her Majesty the Queen
1999-11-18 Correspondence received from, D.G. Gibson dated Nov. 18/99 re: proposing to file a Supplementary Reply without motion and waiting for response from Respondent Her Majesty the Queen
1999-10-15 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, Completed on: 1999-10-15 Her Majesty the Queen
1999-10-08 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 1999-10-08 John R. Singleton
1999-09-20 Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal
1999-09-10 Application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 1999-09-10 Her Majesty the Queen

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
Her Majesty the Queen Appellant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Singleton, John R. Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Her Majesty the Queen

Counsel
Names
Donald G. Gibson
Deen C. Olsen
Contact information
Attorney General of Canada
1106 - 222 Queen Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H8
Telephone: (613) 957-4883
FAX: (613) 941-2293
Agent
Name
Graham R. Garton, Q.C.
Contact information
Attorney General of Canada
Exchange Tower
130 King Street West, Suite 3400
Toronto, Ontario
M5X 1K6
Telephone: (416) 952-6807
FAX: (416) 973-8253
Email: ggarton@justice.gc.ca

Party: Singleton, John R.

Counsel
Name
John H. Saunders
Contact information
Davis & Company
2800 - 666 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 2Z7
Telephone: (604) 687-9444
FAX: (604) 605-3521
Agent
Name
Gregory A. Tereposky
Contact information
Thomas & Partners
30 Metcalfe
Suite 360
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5L4
Telephone: (613) 232-7522
FAX: (613) 232-7525
Email: gtereposky@thomasandpartners.com

Summary

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Lower court rulings

September 3, 1996
Tax Court of Canada

95-536(IT)G

Dismissed with costs

June 11, 1999
Federal Court of Appeal

A-686-96

Appeal allowed; judgment Tax Court of Canada set aside

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: 2025-05-13