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29053

Her Majesty the Queen v. Yu Wu

(Ontario) (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)
2004-06-09 Record returned to the Registrar of the Court of Appeal
2004-01-14 Appeal closed
2003-12-30 Judgment on appeal and notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
2003-12-18 Judgment on the appeal rendered, CJ G Ia Ma Ba Bi Arb LeB De, The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Ontario, Number C35987, dated December 12, 2001, heard on June 4, 2003 is allowed with costs in this Court to the respondent, and a stay is entered against any further collection procedures, Deschamps J. dissenting.
Allowed, with costs
2003-11-27 Correspondence received from, Peter DeFreitas dated 11/13/03 re: Quebec Court of Appeal judgment in R. v. Deng with consent of the respondent (sent to the Court 11/28/03) Her Majesty the Queen
2003-11-27 Supplemental document, copy of a Quebec Court of Appeal judgment in R. V. Deng (sent to the Court 11/27/03) Her Majesty the Queen
2003-06-11 Transcript received, (66 pages)
2003-06-04 Judgment reserved OR rendered with reasons to follow
2003-06-04 Hearing of the appeal, 2003-06-04, (V052), CJ G Ia Ma Ba Bi Arb LeB De
Judgment reserved
2003-06-04 Appellant's condensed book, (filed in Court) Her Majesty the Queen
2003-06-04 Acknowledgement and consent for video taping of proceedings, (by all parties)
2003-06-02 General proceeding, copy of the warrant of committal (form 21 of CC) Her Majesty the Queen
2003-05-30 Notice of appearance, for the Intervener Charter Committee on Poverty Issues ("CCPI")
2003-05-29 Notice of appearance, for the Respondent Yu Wu
2003-05-29 Order by, Ma, UPON APPLICATION by the Charter Committee on Poverty Issues for leave to intervene in the above appeal and pursuant to the order of May 8, 2003;

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT the said intervener is granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding fifteen (15) minutes in total at the hearing of the appeal.
Granted
2003-05-26 Book of authorities, Vol. I & II, Completed on: 2003-05-26 Charter Committee on Poverty Issues ("CCPI")
2003-05-26 Intervener's factum, Completed on: 2003-05-26 Charter Committee on Poverty Issues ("CCPI")
2003-05-15 Notice of appearance, of Her Majesty the Queen Her Majesty the Queen
2003-05-08 Order on motion for leave to intervene
2003-05-08 Decision on the motion for leave to intervene, Ma, The motion for an extension of time and for leave to intervene of the applicant Charter Committee on Poverty Issues are granted and the applicant shall be entitled to serve and file a factum not to exceed 20 pages in length.
The request to present oral argument is deferred to a date following receipt and consideration of the written arguments of the parties and the intervener.
The intervener shall not be entitled to adduce further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record of the parties.
Pursuant to Rule 59(1)(a) the intervener shall pay to the appellants and respondents any additional disbursements occasioned to the appellants and respondents by the intervention.
Granted
2003-05-07 Submission of motion for leave to intervene, Ma
2003-05-07 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from L. Greenspon dated May 6, 2003 (fax copy), Completed on: 2003-05-07 Yu Wu
2003-05-07 Response to the motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), from P. DeFreitas dated May 6, 2003 (fax copy), Completed on: 2003-05-07 Her Majesty the Queen
2003-05-02 Respondent's book of authorities, Completed on: 2003-05-02 Yu Wu
2003-05-02 Respondent's record, Completed on: 2003-05-02 Yu Wu
2003-05-02 Respondent's factum, (see order), Completed on: 2003-05-02 Yu Wu
2003-05-01 Motion to extend time, to file the motion to intervene to May 1, 2003) (joint), Completed on: 2003-05-01 Charter Committee on Poverty Issues ("CCPI")
2003-05-01 Motion for leave to intervene, (extension included), Completed on: 2003-05-01 Charter Committee on Poverty Issues ("CCPI")
2003-04-28 Decision on motion to extend time, to serve and file the respondent's factum to May 2/03, Reg
Granted
2003-04-28 Submission of motion to extend time, Reg
2003-04-24 Appeal court record, (1 padded envelope)
2003-04-17 Response to motion to extend time, (included in the motion), Completed on: 2003-04-17 Her Majesty the Queen
2003-04-17 Motion to extend time, to file respondent's material to May 2, 2003 (book form), Completed on: 2003-04-17 Yu Wu
2003-03-17 Notice of hearing sent to parties
2003-03-11 Appeal perfected for hearing, Session beginning on 2003-04-07
2003-03-11 Appeal hearing scheduled, 2003-06-04
Judgment reserved
2003-02-20 Appellant's book of authorities, Vol. I to IV, Completed on: 2003-02-20 Her Majesty the Queen
2003-02-20 Appellant's record, Completed on: 2003-03-14 Her Majesty the Queen
2003-02-20 Appellant's factum, Completed on: 2003-02-20 Her Majesty the Queen
2003-02-06 Decision on motion to extend time, to serve and file the appellant's factum, record and book of authorities to Feb. 21/03, Reg
Granted
2003-02-06 Submission of motion to extend time, Reg
2003-02-05 Response to motion to extend time, Completed on: 2003-02-05 Yu Wu
2003-02-05 Motion to extend time, to file the factum, record and authorities to Feb. 21, 2003, Completed on: 2003-02-05 Her Majesty the Queen
2002-11-18 Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, all parties; re: Filing timetable / Tentative hearing date (June 5/03)
2002-11-13 Notice of appeal, (enclosing Form 25B), Completed on: 2002-11-13 Her Majesty the Queen
2002-10-18 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2002-10-17 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 Ontario, Number C35987, dated December 12, 2001, is granted.
Granted
2002-09-30 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, CJ Ba De
2002-06-11 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, (Letter Form), from R. Frater dated June 12, 2002 re: will not be filing a reply, Completed on: 2002-06-11 Her Majesty the Queen
2002-05-31 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (see decision dated May 17/02) (new covers requested - style of cause / replaced June 4/02 with service), Completed on: 2002-05-31 Yu Wu
2002-05-17 Decision on motion to extend time, Reg, to serve and file the respondent's response to May 31, 2002.
Granted
2002-05-17 Submission of motion to extend time, Reg
2002-05-13 Response to motion to extend time, (1 copy), Completed on: 2002-05-13 Her Majesty the Queen
2002-05-07 Motion to extend time, to serve and file the response to May 31/02 (book form), Completed on: 2002-05-07 Yu Wu
2002-05-03 Correspondence received from, Lawrence Greenspon dated May 3, 2002 (fax copy) re: has been retained as counsel through Legal Aid; will be filing a motion for extension of time to file a response by next week (original received May 8, 2002) Yu Wu
2002-03-05 Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal
2002-02-08 Application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 2002-03-05 Her Majesty the Queen

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Her Majesty the Queen Appellant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Wu, Yu Respondent Active

Other parties

Other parties
Name Role Status
Charter Committee on Poverty Issues ("CCPI") Intervener Active

Counsel

Party: Her Majesty the Queen

Counsel
Names
Peter De Freitas
Marie Comiskey
Contact information
Attorney General of Canada
130 King Street West
Suite 3400, Box 36
Toronto, Ontario
M5X 1K6
Telephone: (416) 973-3749
FAX: (416) 973-8253
Email: Peter.DeFreitas@justice.gc.ca
Agent
Name
Robert J. Frater
Contact information
Attorney General of Canada
284 Wellington Street, Suite 2311
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H8
Telephone: (613) 957-4763
FAX: (613) 941-7865
Email: robert.frater@justice.gc.ca

Party: Wu, Yu

Counsel
Names
Lawrence Greenspon
Blair Crew
Trevor Brown
Contact information
Greenspon, Brown & Associates
1107 - 180 MacLaren Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 2N9
Telephone: (613) 232-9911
FAX: (613) 232-8229

Party: Charter Committee on Poverty Issues ("CCPI")

Counsel
Names
Vince Calderhead
Roger Burrill
Contact information
Nova Scotia Legal Aid
2830 Agricola Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3K 4E4
Telephone: (902) 420-3461
FAX: (902) 420-2873
Email: vincent.calderhead@nslegalaid.ca
Agent
Name
Marie-France Major
Contact information
Lang Michener
300 - 50 O'Connor Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 232-7171
FAX: (613) 231-3191
Email: mmajor@langmichener.ca

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Lower court rulings

March 9, 2000
Ontario Court of Justice


Conviction: possession of contraband tobacco contrary to s. 240(1) of the Excise Act; Sentence: fine of $9, 600 in default of which 75 days to be served as a conditional sentence

February 16, 2001
Ontario Superior Court of Justice

98-319

Appellant's summary conviction appeal against sentence dismissed

December 12, 2001
Court of Appeal for Ontario

C35987

Appellant's further appeal dismissed

Filed documents

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Date modified: 2025-05-13