R v Lavallee
| R v Lavallee | |
|---|---|
| Hearing: October 31, 1989 Judgment: May 3, 1990 | |
| Full case name | Angelique Lyn Lavallee v Her Majesty The Queen |
| Citations | [1990] 1 S.C.R. 852 |
| Docket No. | 21022 |
| Prior history | On appeal from Court of Appeal for Manitoba |
| Ruling | Lavallee appeal allowed |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Brian Dickson Puisne Justices: Antonio Lamer, Bertha Wilson, Gérard La Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | Wilson, joined by Dickson, Lamer, L'Heureux-Dubé, Gonthier and McLachlin |
| Concurrence | Sopinka |
| La Forest and Cory took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
R v Lavallee, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 852 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada case on the legal recognition of battered woman syndrome. The judgment, written by Justice Bertha Wilson, is generally considered one of her most famous. The court held in favour of allowing battered woman syndrome to explain how the mental conditions for self-defence were present in this case, and Lavallee's acquittal was restored.