R. v. Martin, 2016 ONCA 840
[18] I also agree that reasons given by way of endorsement are mainly directed at giving the immediate parties an understanding of why the court disposed of the appeal as it did. Jurisprudential principles intended to be articulated for the first time take the form of written judgments. Care must be taken not to construe an endorsement as supporting broad principles that were not specifically addressed: see R. v. Singh, 2014 ONCA 293, 120 O.R. (3d) 76, at para. 12; R. v. Timminco Ltd., (2001), 2001 CanLII 3494 (ON CA), 54 O.R. (3d) 21, 42 C.R. (5th) 279 (C.A.), at paras. 35-36.
[19] That said, the weight to be given to an endorsement will vary widely. Sometimes the general principles of law have already been established by full written reasons in prior cases and it is only necessary for the Court to apply those principles to the case before it. Sometimes the jurisprudential heavy lifting in the particular case has been done by the court at first instance and there is little, if anything, for the appellate court to add apart from its agreement with that reasoning.
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