R v Généreux
| R v Généreux | |
|---|---|
| Hearing: June 5, 1991 Judgment: February 13, 1992 | |
| Full case name | Michel Généreux v Her Majesty The Queen |
| Citations | [1992] 1 S.C.R. 259 |
| Prior history | Appeal from the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada |
| Ruling | Appeal allowed, new trial ordered |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer Puisne Justices: Gérard La Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, William Stevenson, Frank Iacobucci | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | Lamer, joined by Sopinka, Gonthier, Cory and Iacobucci |
| Concurrence | Stevenson, joined by La Forest and McLachlin |
| Dissent | L'Heureux‑Dubé |
| Laws applied | |
| R v Wigglesworth, [1987] 2 S.C.R. 541; Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143 | |
R v Généreux, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 259 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court ruled that the military court martial system must comply with the constitutional requirements for judicial independence under section 11(d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.