Key Court/Tribunal Cases
Impaired Driving/Boating
Alcohol Advertising
Crimes related to alcohol:
Employee Drug Testing
Fetal Rights
Alcohol Controls and Liability:
For additional cases see also: Online Databases - Legislative
Impaired Driving/Boating
Breathalyzers:
(a) R. v. Bernshaw, Supreme Court of Canada, 1995
Intoxication defence:
(a) R. v. Penno, Supreme Court of Canada, 1990
(b) Tham Van Nguyen v. Trung Quang Le, BC Supreme Court, 1997
(c) R. v. Orbanski, R. v. Elias, Supreme Court of Canada, 2005
(d) R. v. Boucher, Supreme Court of Canada, 2005
(e) R. v. Woods, Supreme Court of Canada, 2005
Social Host Responsibility:
(a) Childes vs. Desormeaux, Supreme Court of Canada, 2006
Impaired Driving Causing Death:
(a) R. v. Rhyason, Supreme Court of Canada, 2007
Alcohol Advertising
(a) Association of Canadian Distillers v. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, Federal Court of Canada, 1995- weblink unavailable
Crimes Related to Alcohol
Air Rage:
United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit, No. 99-1120, Gregory Langadinos, Plaintiff, Appellant, v American Airlines, Inc, Defendant, Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts [Hon. Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Judge] Before Lipez, Circuit Judge, Coffin and Campbell, Senior Circuit Judges.
Sexual Assault:
"Honest but mistaken belief in consent" defence:
(a) R. v. Esau, Supreme Court, 1997
Automatism defence:
(a) R. v. Daviault, Supreme Court, 1994
Homicide:
Forming intent to murder/drunkenness defence:
(a) R v. Robinson, Supreme Court, 1996
(b) R. v. McMaster, Supreme Court of Canada, 1996
Drunkenness defence:
(a) R. v. Lemky, Supreme Court of Canada, 1996
(b) R. v. Seymour, Supreme Court of Canada, 1996
(c) R. v. Daley, Supreme Court of Canada, 2007
Use of Excessive Force:
(a) Gilles Tardif v. Leonard David Wiebe, Bradley Michael Poburn and Byng Hotel (1987) Ltd., BC Supreme Court, 1996
(b) Ekblad v. Commonwealth Holiday Inns of Canada - web link unavailable
(c) Downey v. 502377 Ontario Ltd.- web link unavailable
(d) Brown v. Wilson - web link unavailable
Employee Drug Testing in the Workplace
(a) Drug testing: Walker v. Imperial Oil Limited, 1998 ABQB 785, 1997
Fetal Rights/Substance Use and Parenting
(a) Winnipeg Child and Family Services (Northwest Area) v. G. (D.F.), 1997
(b) The Director of Child, Family and Community Service v. MLS, BC Supreme Court, 1997
Alcohol Controls and Liability
Alcohol Taxation
(a) Air Canada v. Ontario (Liquor Control Board), 1997
(b) Merlin's Cabaret Ltd. v. BC, BC Court of Appeal, 1996
Alcohol Liability - Provider/Occupier Liability
Provider:
(a) Jordan House Hotel v. Menow and Honsberger, Supreme Court of Canada, 1973 - web link unavailable
(b) Picka v. Porter and Royal Canadian Legion, 1980- web link unavailable
(c) Schmidt v. Sharpe and the Arlington House Hotel, 1983- web link unavailable
(d) Hague v. Billings, 1989- web link unavailable
(e) Stewart v. Pettie, Supreme Court of Canada, 1995
Occupier:
(a) Buehl v. Polar Star Enterprises Inc. - web link unavailable
(b) Mortimer v. Cameron - web link unavailable
(c) McGinty v. Cook - web link unavailable
(d) Stringer v. Ashley - web link unavailable
Alcohol & the Workplace:
(a) Jacobsen v. Nike Canada Ltd., BC Supreme Court, 1996
(b) Cie minière Québec Cartier v. Quebec, Quebec Labour Relations Arbitration Decision, 1995
(c) Labatt Brewing Company Limited And Interior Brewery Workers Local 308, BC Labour Relations Arbitration Panel
(d) Canadian Airlines International v. Canadian Airline Pilots Association, BC Court of Appeal, 1997
Social Hosting:
(a) Hunt v. Sutton Group Incentive Realty Inc. (Ontario Superior Court, January 2001, full text unavailable online) full text (Court of Appeal for Ontario, Aug. 14, 2002)
(b) Baumeister v. Drake - web link unavailable
(c) Stewart v. Pettie, Supreme Court of Canada, 1995
Allowing Intoxicated to Drive:
(a) Hall v. Hebert, Supreme Court of Canada, 1993
Sponsoring Potentially Dangerous Activities:
(a) Crocker v. Sundance Northwest Resorts Ltd., Supreme Court of Canada, 1988
Liquor Licensing Infractions:
(eg., service to minors, service to intoxicated, illegal alcohol)
(a) AGCO decision summary
(b) Coxson Holdings Ltd (d.b.a. Toro's Neighbourhood Pub) v. Minister of Labour and Consumer Services and General Manager, Liquor Control and Licensing Branch, BC Supreme Court, 1996
Alcohol Service- Transportation:
Air Canada v. Ontario (Liquor Control Board), 1997: February 17; 1997: June 26.
Canada Pacific Air Lines Ltd v. British Columbia, 1988: June 8, 9, 10; 1989: May 4.