Legal Law

  Introduction In August 2025, the Supreme Court of Canada (the “Court” or the “Supreme Court”) declined to hear Raed…

  In Ontario (Attorney General) v. Working Families Coalition (Canada) Inc., 2025 SCC 5, [Working Families], the Supreme Court of…

  Introduction In Kohli v Thom, 2025 ONCA 200 [Kohli], the Court of Appeal for Ontario (the “Court”) tackled two…

  Introduction The Supreme Court of Canada’s (the “SCC” or the “Court”) decision in R v JW, 2025 SCC 16…

  In R v. Campbell, 2024 SCC 42 (“Campbell”), the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) weighed in on whether the…

  In the Acadian Society of New Brunswick v The Right Honorable Prime Minister of Canada, the Supreme Court of…

  Airline passengers in Canada recently scored an important win regarding consumer protection. In International Air Transportation Association v Canada…

By John NymanApril 1, 2025 In Earthco Soil Mixtures Inc v Pine Valley Enterprises Inc, 2024 SCC 20 [Earthco], the…

By Kyle SmythMarch 28, 2025 The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is set to hear the appeal of Nguyen c….

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has dismissed the appeal in Saskatchewan (Environment) v Métis Nation, 2025 SCC 4 [Métis…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) will soon hear the appeal of R v Chizanga, 2024 ONCA 545 [Chizanga], in…

Bell was denied favourable goods and services tax (“GST”) treatment of its purchase of electricity, which was determined to be…

In Quebec (Attorney General) v Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan, 2024 SCC 39 [PT], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or the “Court”)…

In R v McKee [41110], the Supreme Court (SCC) will decide whether a document in the possession of the Crown…

What gives way first — Parliament’s power to control its own process, or Parliamentarians’ right to speak freely without fear…

Solicitor-client privilege remains a fundamental right which is only displaced where absolutely necessary. The court in Sakab Saudi Holding Company…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has dismissed the appeal in R v Stevenson, 2024 SCC 41 [Stevenson], upholding a…

R v. Hanrahan, 2025 SCC 1 is a short oral decision —  a mere paragraph dismissing the Crown’s appeal against…

In Trillium Mutual Insurance Company v Emond, 2023 ONCA 729 [Trillium], the Court of Appeal for Ontario (“ONCA”) upheld a…

In Sanis Health Inc v British Columbia, 2024 SCC 40 [Sanis], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) upheld British Columbia’s…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is set to address critical questions regarding mortgage obligations which create issues of estoppel…

In many jurisdictions, the state has no right of appeal against the acquittal of an accused at trial. This is…

What is the causal line between attempted murder and aiding suicide? The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) will grapple with…

What standard of review applies when reviewing the vires of subordinate legislation? In the post-Vavilov era, this question has been…

Canadian privacy law hit Facebook hard in the Federal Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Privacy Commissioner of Canada v…

In York Region District School Board v Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, 2024 SCC 22 [YRDSB], the Supreme Court of…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has granted leave [41126] to appeal the Alberta Court of Appeal’s (“ABCA”) decision in…

In Canada (Commissioner of Competition) v Cineplex Inc., 2024 Comp Trib 5 [Cineplex], the Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) levied penalties of…

In R v Wolfe, 2024 SCC 34 [Wolfe], a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) ruled that driving…

In R v Carignan [41186], the Supreme Court of Canada (“Supreme Court”) will — for the first time — interpret…

Loyalty point programs demonstrate that, for GST/HST purposes, a payment can be received in its entirety as both a commercial…

In Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia, 2023 ONCA 476 [Ahluwalia], the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) granted a partial appeal and reduction…

In Canadian Frontline Nurses v Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FC 42 [CFN], the Federal Court (“FC”) considered an application for…

In Canada (Attorney General) v Power 2024 SCC 26 [Power], the Supreme Court held that the Crown can be held…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is set to hear an appeal out of the Quebec Court of Appeal (“QCCA”)…

In R v Hodgson, 2024 SCC 25 [Hodgson], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) unanimously rejected the Crown’s appeal of…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) in R v Charles, 2024 SCC 29 [Charles] has clarified the approach to using…

The Supreme Court has recognized that habeas corpus is “the strongest tool a prisoner has to ensure that the deprivation…

In Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), the Supreme Court of Canada clarified that disgorgement orders, but not administrative fines,…

Questions on tax jurisdiction currently cause headaches for many taxpayers attempting to resolve a tax issue. It can be difficult…

In Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4 [IPC], the Supreme Court of Canada (“the…

In R v Kruk, 2024 SCC 7 [Kruk], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) rejected the “rule against common-sense assumptions,”…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is set to review the patentability of dosage regimens for medical treatments. Last month,…

In R v Bouvette, 2023 BCCA 152 [Bouvette] the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (BCCA) set aside a guilty…

Earlier in February of 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) granted leave to hear the appeal of British Columbia…

In R v Bykovets, 2024 SCC 6 [Bykovets], a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) found that…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) will soon give direction to lower courts on how to assess the prejudicial and…

In Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2024 ONCA 101 [OECTA], the majority of the Ontario Court…

The Court of Appeal for Ontario (“ONCA”) has re-emphasised that capacity for rational decision-making has no place in the test…

In Mirza et al v the Law Society of Ontario 2023 ONSC 6727, [“Mirza“] the Ontario Superior Court of Justice…

In R v Wolfe, 2022 SKCA 132 [Wolfe], the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (“SKCA”) affirmed that part VIII.1 of the…

In R v Breault, 2023 SCC 9 [Breault], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) settled a long-running dispute regarding the…

In R v Abdullahi, 2023 SCC 19 [Abdullahi], Canada’s highest court made a 6-1 ruling that an Ontario trial judge…

In Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4 [Ontario], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”…

The Court of Appeal for Ontario (the “ONCA”) has provided an emphatic reminder regarding the importance of timely access to…

In Yatar v TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, 2004 SCC 8 [Yatar], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) unanimously ruled that…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is set to hear an appeal out of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (“SKCA”)…

In R v Bykovets, 2024 SCC 6, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) decided that Canadians have a reasonable expectation…

In Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v Manitoba, 2023 SCC 27 [CBC v Manitoba], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “the…

Content Warning: The facts of this case involve the mention of serious violence and sexual assault.   The Supreme Court…

For an overview of the judicial history of this case, please see the first installment of this contribution. In this…

On February 22, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”, or the “Court”) granted the Crown’s application for leave to…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) granted leave to appeal Pepa v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 FCA 102 (“Pepa…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has granted leave to appeal the long and complex case of R v Pan…

In R v Zacharias, 2023 SCC 30 [Zacharias], a divided Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or the “Court”) held that…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is set to hear an appeal out of the Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”)…

The Federal Court of Appeal (the “FCA”) resolved an “unusual question” about the Federal Court’s jurisdiction to raise a substantive…

For an overview of the legislative and judicial history of the case, please see the first installment of this contribution….

In Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform v Attorney General, 2023 ONSC 5197 (“CASWLR”), Goldstein J of the Ontario…

Canada’s self-defence laws, which were recently reformed to provide greater clarity for that defence, have stirred up new uncertainty. In…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is set to hear an appeal out of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan…

Last November, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) granted leave to Sanis Health Inc., Shoppers Drug Mart Inc., Sandoz Canada…

The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”, or the “Court”) will revisit the question of when a contract formed in one…

In Ontario Teacher Candidates’ Council v Ontario (Education), 2023 ONCA 788 [OTCC], the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) overturned a Divisional…

In R v Greater Sudbury (City) 2023 SCC 28, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) decided the “belt and braces”…

In a rare unanimous judgement, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has ruled in R v Haevischer, 2023 SCC 11…

Introduction The two presidents of a Québec-based insurance group betrayed an atmosphere of trust with the majority shareholders. In Ponce…

The Ontario Court of Appeal (the “ONCA”) has provided fresh guidance on the applicable standard of review for a lower…

In R v Hanan, 2023 SCC 12 [Hanan], the Supreme Court (“SCC”) found that transitional exceptional circumstances did not excuse…

In La Presse inc v Quebec, 2023 SCC 22 [La Presse], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) determined that publication…

Section 259(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada [Code] imposes a mandatory minimum; at sentencing, judges must apply a driving…

In Takuhikan c Procureur général du Québec, 2022 QCCA 1699, [Takuhikan], the Court of Appeal of Québec (“QCCA”) held that…

In Deans Knight Income Corp. v Canada, 2023 SCC 16, (“Deans Knight”) the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “the…