Case information

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)
2019-06-03	Appeal closed
2019-04-23	Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties
2019-04-23	Judgment on appeal and notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
2019-04-18	Judgment on the appeal rendered, CJ Abe Mo Ka Ga Br Mar, The appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador, Number 201501H0025, 2017 NLCA 12, dated February 10, 2017, heard on May 25, 2018, is dismissed. Dismissed
2018-10-18	Notice of change of counsel, (Letter Form), Emily K. Moreau is now agent for the Intervener, Director of criminal and penal prosecutions of Québec.	Director of criminal and penal prosecutions of Québec
2018-06-07	Transcript received, 132 pages
2018-05-25	Judgment reserved OR rendered with reasons to follow
2018-05-25	Hearing of the appeal, 2018-05-25, CJ Abe Mo Ka Ga Br Mar Judgment reserved
2018-05-25	Intervener's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in courtroon (14 copies).	Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
2018-05-25	Appellant's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in courtroon (14 copies).	Sean Patrick Mills
2018-05-25	Respondent's condensed book, (Book Form), Submitted in courtroom (14 copies).	Her Majesty the Queen
2018-05-14	Notice of appearance, Jill R. Presser and Kate Robertson will be appearing. Ms. Presser will present oral arguments.	Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
2018-05-14	Appeal hearing scheduled, 2018-05-25, (EARLY START AT 9:00AM) Judgment reserved
2018-05-11	Notice of appearance, Ms Rachel Huntsman will be appearing and will present oral arguments.	Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
2018-05-11	Notice of appearance, Nick Devlin and Amber Pashuk will be appearing. Mr. Devlin will present oral arguments.	Director of Public Prosecutions
2018-05-11	Notice of appearance, Frank Addario and James Foy will be appearing. Mr. Addario will present oral arguments.	Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2018-05-10	Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
2018-05-10	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
2018-05-10	Notice of appearance, Susan Magotiaux and Katie Doherty will be appearing. Ms. Magotiaux will present oral arguments.	Attorney General of Ontario
2018-05-10	Notice of appearance, Nicolas E. Devlin will be appearing and will present oral arguments.	Director of Public Prosecutions
2018-05-10	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Attorney General of Alberta
2018-05-10	Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Attorney General of Alberta
2018-05-10	Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Attorney General of Ontario
2018-05-10	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Attorney General of Ontario
2018-05-10	Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Attorney General of British Columbia
2018-05-10	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Attorney General of British Columbia
2018-05-10	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Director of Public Prosecutions
2018-05-10	Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Criminal Lawyers' Association
2018-05-10	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Criminal Lawyers' Association
2018-05-10	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2018-05-10	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
2018-05-10	Intervener's book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Director of criminal and penal prosecutions of Québec
2018-05-10	Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), Form 23B	Director of criminal and penal prosecutions of Québec
2018-05-10	Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), Form 23A	Director of criminal and penal prosecutions of Québec
2018-05-10	Intervener's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-10	Director of criminal and penal prosecutions of Québec
2018-05-09	Notice of appearance, Gerald Chan and Annamaria Enenajor will be appearing. Mr. Chan will present oral arguments.	Criminal Lawyers' Association
2018-05-09	Appeal perfected for hearing
2018-05-08	Notice of appearance, Christine Rideout will be appearing. Ms. Rideout will present oral argument.	Attorney General of Alberta
2018-05-07	Notice of appearance, Rosellen Sullivan and Micheal Crystal will be appearing. Mr. Crystal and Ms. Sullivan will present oral arguments. Request for 2 reserved seats.	Sean Patrick Mills
2018-05-04	Notice of appearance, Lloyd M. Strickland and Sheldon B. Steeves will be appearing. Mr. Strickland will present oral arguments.	Her Majesty the Queen
2018-05-04	Certificate of counsel (attesting to record), (Letter Form)	Her Majesty the Queen
2018-05-04	Respondent's record, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-04	Her Majesty the Queen
2018-05-04	Respondent's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-05-04	Her Majesty the Queen
2018-05-02	Notice of appearance, Ann Ellefsen-Tremblay et Nicolas Abran will be appearing. Mr. Abran will present oral argument.	Director of criminal and penal prosecutions of Québec
2018-04-20	Notice of appearance, Mr. Daniel M. Scanlan will be appearing via videoconference and will present oral arguments.	Attorney General of British Columbia
2018-04-16	Order on motion for leave to intervene, BY JUSTICE ABELLA
2018-04-16	Decision on the motion for leave to intervene, Abe, REVISED April 17, 2018 UPON APPLICATIONS by the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Attorney General of Ontario, the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions of Québec, the Attorney General of British Columbia, the Attorney General of Alberta, the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Criminal Lawyers’ Association and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police for leave to intervene in the above appeal; AND THE MATERIAL FILED having been read; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: The motions for leave to intervene are granted and the said nine (9) interveners shall be entitled to each serve and file a factum not to exceed ten (10) pages in length on or before May 10, 2018. The said nine (9) interveners are each granted permission to present oral argument not exceeding five (5) minutes at the hearing of the appeal. The interveners are not entitled to raise new issues or to adduce further evidence or otherwise to supplement the record of the parties. Pursuant to Rule 59(1)(a) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, the interveners shall pay to the appellant and the respondent any additional disbursements occasioned to the them by their interventions. Granted
2018-04-16	Submission of motion for leave to intervene, Abe
2018-04-03	Notice of name, (Letter Form)	Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
2018-04-03	Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-04-03	Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
2018-04-03	Notice of name, (Letter Form)	Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2018-04-03	Motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2018-04-03	Canadian Civil Liberties Association
2018-04-03	Notice of name, (Letter Form)	Criminal Lawyers' Association
2018-04-03	Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), 23B	Criminal Lawyers' Association
2018-04-03	Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-04-03	Criminal Lawyers' Association
2018-04-03	Notice of name, (Letter Form)	Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
2018-04-03	Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-04-03	Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
2018-04-03	Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), fees missing-rec'd 2018/04/04, Completed on: 2018-04-05	Attorney General of Alberta
2018-04-03	Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-04-06	Attorney General of British Columbia
2018-04-03	Motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Notice of Name missing, Completed on: 2018-04-16	Director of Public Prosecutions
2018-03-29	Notice of name, (Letter Form)	Attorney General of Ontario
2018-03-29	Motion for leave to intervene, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-03-29	Attorney General of Ontario
2018-03-28	Notice of name, (Letter Form)	Director of criminal and penal prosecutions of Québec
2018-03-28	Motion for leave to intervene, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2018-03-29	Director of criminal and penal prosecutions of Québec
2018-03-12	Notice of hearing sent to parties
2018-03-09	Certificate of counsel (attesting to record), (Letter Form)	Sean Patrick Mills
2018-03-09	Appellant's record, (Book Form), (2 volumes), Completed on: 2018-03-09	Sean Patrick Mills
2018-03-09	Appellant's factum, (Book Form), Completed on: 2018-03-09	Sean Patrick Mills
2018-01-15	Order by, CJ, THE CHIEF JUSTICE: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. Any person wishing to intervene in this appeal under Rule 55 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada shall serve and file a motion for leave to intervene on or before April 3, 2018. 2. The appellant and respondent shall serve and file their responses, if any, to the motions for leave to intervene on or before April 10, 2018. 3. Replies to any responses to the motions for leave to intervene shall be served and filed on or before April 12, 2018. 4. Any interveners granted leave to intervene under Rule 59 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada shall serve and file their factum and book of authorities on or before May 10, 2018. Granted
2018-01-12	Notice of appeal, (Letter Form), Completed on: 2018-01-12	Sean Patrick Mills
2018-01-09	Letter advising the parties of tentative hearing date and filing deadlines (Leave granted)
2017-12-15	Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2017-12-15	Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2017-12-14	Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador - Court of Appeal, Number 201501H0025, 2017 NLCA 12, dated February 10, 2017, is granted. Granted
2017-05-23	All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2017-05-15	Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, (Book Form), will not be filing a reply, Completed on: 2017-05-15	Sean Patrick Mills
2017-05-10	Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form)	Her Majesty the Queen
2017-05-10	Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Completed on: 2017-05-10	Her Majesty the Queen
2017-04-11	Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal, FILE OPENED 2017/04/11
2017-04-10	Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), amended certificate required-rec'd 2017/04/12	Sean Patrick Mills
2017-04-10	Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), CA Order missing-rec'd 2017/04/11, Completed on: 2017-04-11	Sean Patrick Mills

Parties

Main parties

Main parties - Appellants

Name	Role	Status
Mills, Sean Patrick	Appellant	Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents

Name	Role	Status
Her Majesty the Queen	Respondent	Active

Other parties

Other parties

Name	Role	Status
Director of Public Prosecutions	Intervener	Active
Attorney General of Ontario	Intervener	Active
Director of criminal and penal prosecutions of Québec	Intervener	Active
Attorney General of British Columbia	Intervener	Active
Attorney General of Alberta	Intervener	Active
Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic	Intervener	Active
Canadian Civil Liberties Association	Intervener	Active
Criminal Lawyers' Association	Intervener	Active
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police	Intervener	Active

Counsel

Summary

Memorandums of argument on application for leave to appeal

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 filing 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.

If you have questions about a memorandum of argument or want to use a memorandum of argument, please contact the author of the memorandum of argument directly. Their name appears at the end of the memorandum of argument. The contact information for counsel is found in the “Counsel” tab of this page.

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Factums on appeal

The factums of the appellant, the respondent and the intervener will be posted here at least 2 weeks before the hearing 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 factums 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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