Supreme Court of Canada
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Top legal cases in 2024
A retrospective look at some of the most significant judicial rulings in 2024. Continue reading
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Supreme Court will hear Quebec’s challenge to daycare access for asylum seekers
The nation’s highest court agreed to hear a challenge from the Quebec government that granted asylum seekers access to subsidized daycare spaces. Continue reading
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SCC to hear appeal over secret criminal trial
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from a slew of media organizations challenging confidentiality orders issued in a secret criminal trial, with no paper trail, that was held in Quebec. Continue reading
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SCC to hear challenge over Quebec’s ban on homegrown cannabis
The Supreme Court of Canada will examine the constitutionality of a provincial ban that forbids the growing of recreational cannabis for personal use. Continue reading
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The contract is king
The contract is king, especially when it involves sophisticated commercial parties who freely negotiated a non-consumer contract, ruled the SCC. Continue reading
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Landowner waited too long to challenge bylaw but can seek damages, rules Supreme Court
A property owner who challenged a municipal zoning bylaw he considered to be a disguised expropriation waited too long before taking legal action but can nevertheless still ask to be compensated for the loss in property value, ruled the Supreme Court of Canada. Continue reading
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Supreme Court holds rioters not solidarily liable for damages to police cars
Rioters who damaged police cars after a Montreal hockey game can only be held liable for the specific damage they caused personally. Continue reading
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Trials are not tea parties, holds Supreme Court of Canada
In a decision that is bound to spur much debate, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed a series of complaints against a lawyer who was found to have breached the rules of civil courtroom behaviour during his aggressive but successful defence of a man charged in the billion-dollar Bre-X mining fiasco. Continue reading
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Quebec appeal court to hear appeals in two Jordan cases
Nearly a year to the day when the Supreme Court of Canada issued its landmark Jordan ruling, the Quebec Court of Appeal announced that a five-judge panel will hear an appeal late this summer of a decision to stay a murder charge against a Sri Lankan refugee even though the accused has been deported back… Continue reading
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Telecom giants must pay millions following SCC’s refusal to hear appeals
Telecommunication giants Bell Mobility and Rogers Communications must pay millions of dollars to clients who paid excessive cancellation fees after the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear their appeals. Continue reading
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Bars lobbying prime minister over appointment of next chief justice
The tussle over the appointment of the new Chief Justice of the nation’s highest court has begun, with both the Bar of Montreal and the Canadian Bar Association penning letters in a bid to sway Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Continue reading
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