| R v Saskatchewan Wheat Pool | |
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| Hearing: February 17, 1982 Judgment: February 8, 1983 | |
| Full case name | Her Majesty The Queen in the Right of Canada v Saskatchewan Wheat Pool |
| Citations | [1983] 1 S.C.R. 205 |
| Ruling | The Board's appeal was dismissed. |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Bora Laskin Puisne Justices: Roland Ritchie, Brian Dickson, Jean Beetz, Willard Estey, William McIntyre, Julien Chouinard, Antonio Lamer, Bertha Wilson | |
| Reasons given | |
| Unanimous reasons by | Dickson J. |
| Laskin C.J. and Wilson J. took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
R v Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, [1983] 1 S.C.R. 205 is a leading case of the Supreme Court of Canada on tort law. The Court rejected the tort of breach of statutory duty. The courts should only use breaches of a statute as evidence towards an established tort and should not be trying to determine whether the legislature intended to allow a private right of action.