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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)
1999-09-07	Appeal closed
1999-08-24	Record returned to the Registrar of the Court of Appeal
1999-06-28	Formal judgment sent to the registrar of the court of appeal and all parties
1999-06-28	Copy of formal judgment being prepared
1999-06-21	Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
1999-06-18	Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
1999-06-18	Notice of deposit of judgment sent to all parties
1999-06-17	Judgment on the appeal rendered, CJ L'HD G Co McL Ia Ma Ba Bi, The appeal is dismissed and the constitutional questions are answered as follows: (see long) Dismissed, no order as to costs
1999-05-06	Supplemental factum, as per letter from the Court dated April 15/99 (24 copies) joint with 25751 / 25856 sent to CJ L'HD G Co McL I Ma Ba Bi, May 7/99, Completed on: 1999-05-06	Attorney General of British Columbia
1999-05-06	Supplemental factum, as per letter from the Court dated April 15/99 (24 copies) joint with 25751 / 25856 / 26320 sent to CJ L'HD G Co McL I Ma Ba Bi, May 7/99, Completed on: 1999-05-06	Attorney General for Ontario
1999-05-05	Supplemental factum, as per letter from the Court dated April 15/99 (24 copies) joint with 25751/25856/26320 sent to CJ L'HD G Co McL I Ma Ba Bi, May 7/99, Completed on: 1999-05-05	Attorney General of Canada
1999-04-15	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, all parties agents re: additional submissions limited to 10 pages to be filed within 20 days (SENT BY FAX)
1999-03-02	Correspondence received from, (Letter Form), A. Pollak to Registrar, letter dated Feb. 22, 1999 re: Mr. Bese appeared before the B.C. Review Board on Feb.4, 1999 and was granted an absolute discharge effective Feb. 12, 1999, sent to CJ L'HD G Co McL I Ma Ba Bi, March 4/99	Gordon Wayne Bese
1998-07-06	General proceeding, transcipts received and distributed to the justices (212 pages, vol. I & II)(joint with 25751 -25856-26320)
1998-06-16	General proceeding, 12 copies of CONDENSED BOOK given in court (joint with 25751-856)	Attorney General of British Columbia
1998-06-15	Decision on motion to extend time, to file the factum to June 1, 1998, Reg Granted, no order as to costs
1998-06-15	Submission of motion to extend time, Reg
1998-06-15	Hearing of the appeal, 1998-06-15, CJ L'HD G Co McL Ia Ma Ba Bi Decision reserved
1998-06-15	Order on motion to extend time, to file their factum
1998-06-15	Decision on motion to extend time, to file their factum to June 1/98, Reg Granted, no order as to costs
1998-06-15	Hearing of motion to extend time, 1998-06-15, to file their factum to June 1/98, Reg
1998-06-15	Submission of motion to extend time, 1998-06-15, to file their factum to June 1/98, Reg
1998-06-12	Book of authorities, 12 copies (joint with 25751-856-26320), Completed on: 1998-06-12	Attorney General for Ontario
1998-06-11	Decision on motion to extend time, to file their factum to May 22/98, Reg Granted, no order as to costs
1998-06-11	Hearing of motion to extend time, 1998-06-11, to file their factum to May 22/98, Reg
1998-06-11	Submission of motion to extend time, 1998-06-11, to file their factum to May 22/98, Reg
1998-06-11	Response to the motion for additional time to present oral argument, (Osler, Hoskin) - 30 minutes for A.G. Canada, Completed on: 1998-06-11	Gordon Wayne Bese
1998-06-11	Decision on motion for additional time to present oral argument, permitting 30 minutes for oral argument and for two counsel to address the Court, CJ Granted, no order as to costs
1998-06-11	Hearing of motion for additional time to present oral argument, 1998-06-11, permitting 30 minutes for oral argument and for two counsel to address the Court, CJ
1998-06-11	Submission of motion for additional time to present oral argument, 1998-06-11, permitting 30 minutes for oral argument and for two counsel to address the Court, CJ
1998-06-10	Response to the motion for additional time to present oral argument, of 30 minutes for A.G. Canada (Burke-Robertson) (joint with 25751, 25856), Completed on: 1998-06-10	Director - Forensic Psychiatric Institute
1998-06-10	Affidavit, of Kenneth Yule - 2 copies, with service	Attorney General of Canada
1998-06-10	Motion for additional time to present oral argument, (30 minutes) (joint with 25751-25856), with service, Completed on: 1998-06-10	Attorney General of Canada
1998-06-10	Notice of appearance, of Pierre Lapointe at the hearing of the appeal	Attorney General of Quebec
1998-06-10	Affidavit, to file the intervener's factum to June 1, 1998 (Pierre Lapointe) (joint with 25751-25856), with service	Attorney General of Quebec
1998-06-10	Motion to extend time, to file the intervener's factum to June 1, 1998 (joint with 25751, 25856), with service, Completed on: 1998-06-10	Attorney General of Quebec
1998-06-08	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, (by fax) dated June 8/98 from David Mossop joint with a letter dated June 4/98 from Mr. Groberman
1998-06-05	Decision on motion to extend time, to file their factum to May 29/98, Reg Granted, no order as to costs
1998-06-05	Hearing of motion to extend time, 1998-06-05, to file their factum to May 29/98, Reg
1998-06-05	Submission of motion to extend time, 1998-06-05, to file their factum to May 29/98, Reg
1998-06-05	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, (by fax) dated June 5/87 from kenneth J. Yule re: speaking time at the hearing of the appeal (joint with 25751-856-26320)
1998-06-03	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, dated June 3/98 from David Mossop re: time frame for the hearing of the appeal(joint with 25751-856-26320)
1998-06-03	Motion to extend time, to file the factum to May 22, 1998 (joint), with service, Completed on: 1998-06-03	Attorney General for Ontario
1998-06-03	Response to motion to extend time, to file the A. G. Canada's factum to May 29, 1998 (Osler, Hoskin) (joint with consent of the Respondent, Director), Completed on: 1998-06-03	Gordon Wayne Bese
1998-06-02	Proof of service, of factum (admitted on June 1\98) (joint with 25751-25856)
1998-06-01	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, to A. Roland, letter dated May 29, 1998 (fax copy) re: proposal schedule (joint with 25751, 26320, 25856)
1998-06-01	Intervener's factum, 24 copies (joint with 25751-856)(extension of time requested), Completed on: 1998-06-01	Attorney General of Quebec
1998-05-29	Affidavit, to file the intervener's factum (of George G. Dolhai), with service	Attorney General of Canada
1998-05-29	Motion to extend time, to file the intervener's factum to May 29/98, with service, Completed on: 1998-05-29	Attorney General of Canada
1998-05-29	Intervener's factum, 24 copies (joint with 25751-856-26320), with service, Completed on: 1998-05-29	Attorney General of Canada
1998-05-27	Notice of withdrawal	Attorney General of Manitoba
1998-05-22	Order on motion to extend time, to file their Record
1998-05-22	Order on motion to extend time, to file their Factum
1998-05-22	Intervener's factum, 24 copies (joint with 25751-25856)(extension of time requested), with service, Completed on: 1998-05-22	Attorney General for Ontario
1998-05-21	Proof of service, of the Case on Appeal, appelant's factum and authorities upon the intervener Canadian Mental Health Association
1998-05-13	Decision on motion to file a lengthy factum, of 30 pages, Co Granted, no order as to costs
1998-05-13	Submission of motion to file a lengthy factum, Co
1998-05-13	Order on motion for leave to intervene, for Cory J.'s Order see file (joint with 25856, 25751, 26320)
1998-05-13	Decision on the motion for leave to intervene, Co, 1. Factum is not to exceed 20 pages and the oral argument is not to exceed 10 minutes. 2. There will be only one factum filed and that in the Lepage appeal. 3. There will be no fresh evidence filed or contained in the factum or oral submission. 4. Every effort must be made to avoid repetition of matters or issues raised in other factums filed in these proceedings Granted, no order as to costs
1998-05-13	Hearing of motion for leave to intervene, 1998-05-13, Co
1998-05-13	Submission of motion for leave to intervene, 1998-05-13, Co
1998-05-05	Decision on motion to extend time, to file their record to Apr. 21/98, Reg Granted, no order as to costs
1998-05-05	Hearing of motion to extend time, 1998-05-05, to file their record to Apr. 21/98, Reg
1998-05-05	Submission of motion to extend time, 1998-05-05, to file their record to Apr. 21/98, Reg
1998-05-01	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from H. Groberman, letter dated April 20, 1998 (fax copy) re: response to the motion to intervene by CMHA (joint with 25856, 25751)
1998-04-30	Book of authorities, 10 copies of vol. I & II (joint with 25751-25856), with service, Completed on: 1998-04-30	Attorney General of British Columbia
1998-04-28	Motion to file a lengthy factum, of 30 pages (joint with 25856, 26320, 25751), with service, Completed on: 1998-04-28	Canadian Mental Health Association
1998-04-28	Motion to extend time, to file the motion to intervene (joint with 25856, 26320, 25751) - book form, with service, Completed on: 1998-04-28	Canadian Mental Health Association
1998-04-28	Affidavit, of E. J. Pennington (joint with 25856, 26320, 25751) - book form, with service	Canadian Mental Health Association
1998-04-28	Motion for leave to intervene, (joint motion) - 2 copies - book form (joint with 25856, 26320, 25751), with service, Completed on: 1998-04-28	Canadian Mental Health Association
1998-04-27	Decision on motion to extend time, to file their factum to Apr. 17/98, Reg Granted, no order as to costs
1998-04-27	Hearing of motion to extend time, 1998-04-27, to file their factum to Apr. 17/98, Reg
1998-04-27	Submission of motion to extend time, 1998-04-27, to file their factum to Apr. 17/98, Reg
1998-04-22	Affidavit, to file the respondent's record (of Harvey M. Groberman), with service	Attorney General of British Columbia
1998-04-22	$50.00 filing fee for notice of motion, to extend time receipt #30479	Attorney General of British Columbia
1998-04-22	Motion to extend time, to file the respondent's record to April 21/98, with service, Completed on: 1998-04-22	Attorney General of British Columbia
1998-04-21	$50.00 filing fee for notice of motion, receipt 30469	Attorney General of British Columbia
1998-04-21	Respondent's record, 24 copies (joint with 25856), with service, Completed on: 1998-04-21	Attorney General of British Columbia
1998-04-20	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from A. Pollak to D. Beaulieu, letter dated April 17, 1998 (fax copy) re: requesting that these appeals (Winko) not be televised (joint with 25856); ALSO, the respondent (Director, Forensic) will not be filing a factum and will not be represented at the a
1998-04-17	Proof of service, of the factum (book form)
1998-04-17	Respondent's factum, 23 copies (extension of time requested), Completed on: 1998-04-17	Attorney General of British Columbia
1998-04-17	Affidavit, to file the respondent's factum (of Harvey M. Groberman), with service	Attorney General of British Columbia
1998-04-17	Motion to extend time, to file the respondent's factum to April 17/98, with service, Completed on: 1998-04-17	Attorney General of British Columbia
1998-04-15	Appeal hearing scheduled, 1998-06-15 Decision reserved
1998-04-03	Notice of hearing, With service	Gordon Wayne Bese
1998-03-12	Proof of service, of the case on appeal, appellant's factum and authorities
1998-03-05	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from Gowling re: will act as Agent for this intervener (joint with 25856)
1998-03-03	Decision on the motion for leave to intervene, Co, 1. The factum of the applicant is to be served and filed within 15 days after the respondent's factum has been filed; 2. The factum will not exceed 20 pages in length; 3. The oral submissions will not exceed 10 minutes; 4. The applicant must not seek to file any new evidence in this matter; 5. The applicant must confine his submissions to the issues raised in this appeal; 6. The submissions must not be repetitive of the submissions of the appellant or of the intervener Kenneth Samuel Cromie Granted, no order as to costs
1998-03-03	Hearing of motion for leave to intervene, 1998-03-03, Co
1998-03-03	Submission of motion for leave to intervene, 1998-03-03, Co
1998-03-03	Decision on motion to extend time, for leave to intervene, Co Granted, no order as to costs
1998-03-03	Hearing of motion to extend time, 1998-03-03, for leave to intervene, Co
1998-03-03	Submission of motion to extend time, 1998-03-03, for leave to intervene, Co
1998-03-02	Response to the motion for leave to intervene, by Kevin George Wainwright (letterform), Completed on: 1998-03-02	Gordon Wayne Bese
1998-02-23	General proceeding, (REPLY to the response by A.G. B.C. on motion to intervene) (letter form) (jont with 25856) (Henry Brown)	Kevin George Wainwright
1998-02-11	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, (by fax) dated Feb. 10/98 from Harvey Groberman to oppose the intervention of Kevin George Wainwright (joint with 25856)
1998-02-02	Appeal perfected for hearing, Session beginning on 1998-04-27
1998-01-29	$50.00 filing fee for notice of motion, receipt no. 30020	Kevin George Wainwright
1998-01-29	Affidavit, of Malcolm S. Jeffcock (5 copies - book form)	Kevin George Wainwright
1998-01-29	Motion for leave to intervene, (joint with motion to extend the time) (5 copies - book form), with service, Completed on: 1998-01-29	Kevin George Wainwright
1998-01-29	Motion to extend time, to file the motion to intervene (2 copies - book form), with service, Completed on: 1998-01-29	Kevin George Wainwright
1997-12-23	Appeal court record, (1 accordeon)
1997-12-08	Book of authorities, 10 copies of vol. I & II (joint with 25856), with service, Completed on: 1997-12-08	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-12-08	Appellant's factum, 24 copies (see order of Oct. 15/97), with service, Completed on: 1997-12-08	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-11-13	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, from A. Pollak to Registrar, letter dated Nov. 12, 1997 (fax copy) re: suggesting January date for hearing of this appeal (joint with 25751-25856)
1997-11-10	Order on motion to extend time, to file their Notice of Intervention
1997-11-10	Decision on motion to extend time, to file a notice of intention to intervene on behalf of the A.G. of Manitoba to Oct. 28/97, CJ Granted, no order as to costs
1997-11-10	Hearing of motion to extend time, 1997-11-10, to file a notice of intention to intervene on behalf of the A.G. of Manitoba to Oct. 28/97, CJ
1997-11-10	Submission of motion to extend time, 1997-11-10, to file a notice of intention to intervene on behalf of the A.G. of Manitoba to Oct. 28/97, CJ
1997-11-04	Proof of service, of the Case on Appeal upon the interveners
1997-11-03	$50.00 filing fee for notice of motion, receipt #28053	Attorney General of Manitoba
1997-11-03	Response to motion to extend time, to serve and file the Notice of Intervention of A.G. Manitoba (joint with respondent), Completed on: 1997-11-03	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-11-03	Affidavit, to serve and file the Notice of Intervention; Eduard J. Van Bemmel, with service	Attorney General of Manitoba
1997-11-03	Motion to extend time, to serve and file the Notice of Intervention, with service, Completed on: 1997-11-03	Attorney General of Manitoba
1997-10-28	Notice of intervention respecting a constitutional question, (extension of time requested), with service	Attorney General of Manitoba
1997-10-27	Notice of intervention respecting a constitutional question, With service	Attorney General of Quebec
1997-10-21	Notice of intervention respecting a constitutional question, With service	Attorney General for Ontario
1997-10-16	Order on motion to extend time, to file their factum
1997-10-15	Decision on motion to extend time, to file their factum to Dec. 8/97, Reg Granted, no order as to costs
1997-10-15	Hearing of motion to extend time, 1997-10-15, to file their factum to Dec. 8/97, Reg
1997-10-15	Submission of motion to extend time, 1997-10-15, to file their factum to Dec. 8/97, Reg
1997-10-09	Notice of intervention respecting a constitutional question, With service	Attorney General of Canada
1997-10-09	Response to motion to extend time, to serve and file the appellant's factum to Dec. 8\97 (joint with 25856), Completed on: 1997-10-09	Director - Forensic Psychiatric Institute
1997-10-09	$50.00 filing fee for notice of motion, receipt #34922	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-10-09	Response to motion to extend time, to serve and file the appellant's factum to Dec. 8\97 (joint with 25856), Completed on: 1997-10-09	Attorney General of British Columbia
1997-10-09	Affidavit, to serve and file the factum to dec. 8\97 (joint with 25856); Ann Pollak (original filed Oct. 24\97 ), with service	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-10-09	Motion to extend time, to serve and file the factum to Dec. 8\97 (joint with 25856), with service, Completed on: 1997-10-09	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-09-24	Notice of constitutional question(s), With service	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-09-23	Order on motion to state a constitutional question
1997-09-16	Decision on the motion to state a constitutional question, The motion to state Constitutional Questions is granted (for questions see file). Notices of intention to intervene are to be filed no later than Oct. 27/97, CJ Granted, no order as to costs
1997-09-16	Hearing of the motion to state a constitutional question, 1997-09-16, The motion to state Constitutional Questions is granted (for questions see file). Notices of intention to intervene are to be filed no later than Oct. 27/97, CJ
1997-09-16	Submission of motion to state a constitutional question, 1997-09-16, The motion to state Constitutional Questions is granted (for questions see file). Notices of intention to intervene are to be filed no later than Oct. 27/97, CJ
1997-09-08	Certified casebook	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-09-08	Case on appeal, 23 copies	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-08-18	Response to the motion to state a constitutional question, (Harvey Groberman) (fax copy), Completed on: 1997-08-18	Attorney General of British Columbia
1997-07-18	Response to the motion to state a constitutional question, (Burke-Robertson) (fax copy - letter form), Completed on: 1997-07-18	Director - Forensic Psychiatric Institute
1997-07-10	$50.00 filing fee for notice of motion, receipt #34468	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-07-10	Motion to state a constitutional question, 5 copies, with service, Completed on: 1997-07-10	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-06-13	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, sent to A.G. of B.C. enclosing copy of Rule 32
1997-06-13	Correspondence (sent by the Court) to, sent to Community Legal Assistance Society (Vancouver, BC) enclosing copy of Rule 32
1997-06-10	Order granting leave to appeal
1997-06-09	$10.00 fee for depositing security, receipt #34293	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-06-09	Notice of deposit of security, With service
1997-06-09	$500 security deposit paid, direction #2419	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-06-09	Notice of appeal, With service, Completed on: 1997-06-09	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-05-08	Decision on motion to extend time to file and /or serve the leave application, fictitious, CJ Co McL
1997-05-08	Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, CJ Co McL, The application for leave to appeal is granted. Granted, no order as to costs
1997-05-08	Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, Burke-Robertson
1997-05-08	Notice of deposit of judgment issued to all parties, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
1997-03-21	Submission of motion to extend time to file and/ or serve the leave application, CJ Co McL
1997-03-21	Correspondence received from, sent to Burke-Robertson enclosing copy of the letter dated March 21/97 sent to the Applicant
1997-03-21	Correspondence received from, sent to Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt to acknowledge receipt of material commencing a proceeding together with filing fee
1997-03-21	All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, CJ Co McL
1997-03-13	Correspondence received from, from Burke-Robertson, letter dated March 12, 1997 re: the Respondents do not intend to file a response with respect to leave application (TO BE SENT WITH THE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL) (joint with R02)	Director - Forensic Psychiatric Institute
1997-02-14	$50.00 filing fee, receipt no. 33568	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-02-14	Application for leave to appeal, 5 copies (SEE FILES 25751 AND 25856), with service, Completed on: 1997-02-14	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-02-14	Response to the motion to extend the time to file and / or serve the leave application, to Feb. 14, 1997 (A. Westmacott), with service, Completed on: 1997-02-14	Attorney General of British Columbia
1997-02-14	Response to the motion to extend the time to file and / or serve the leave application, to Feb. 14, 1997 (Mary Acheson), with service, Completed on: 1997-02-14	Director - Forensic Psychiatric Institute
1997-02-14	Affidavit, to Feb. 14, 1997 (Susan Efting), with service	Gordon Wayne Bese
1997-02-14	Motion to extend the time to file and or serve the application for leave to appeal, to Feb. 14, 1997 (5 copies) (included in the application for leave to appeal), with service, Completed on: 1997-02-14	Gordon Wayne Bese

Parties

Main parties

Main parties - Appellants

Name	Role	Status
Bese, Gordon Wayne	Applicant	Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents

Name	Role	Status
Director - Forensic Psychiatric Institute	Respondent	Active
Attorney General of British Columbia	Respondent	Active

Other parties

Other parties

Name	Role	Status
Attorney General of Canada	Intervener	Active
Attorney General for Ontario	Intervener	Active
Attorney General of Quebec	Intervener	Active
Wainwright, Kevin George	Intervener	Active
Canadian Mental Health Association	Intervener	Active

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