Bell Canada: Applying the Vavilov Framework to Super Bowl Ads
The Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League (“NFL”) in the United States, is watched by around 100 million viewers every year. For over 40 years, the...
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Book Review: Truth be Told by former Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law by Beverley McLachlin Simon & Schuster, 373 pages, $39.99 The days of a Supreme Court Justice are long. Filled with...
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Resolute v Ontario: Corporations no longer indemnified from provincial order to remediate mercury contamination
In the context of environmental land and water contamination, tribunals and courts have the difficult role of ensuring the appropriate parties are held liable for remediation without completely discouraging brownfield...
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Fraser v Canada: RCMP Employees, Mothers and the Question of Adverse Effect Discrimination
In Fraser v Canada (Attorney General), 2018 FCA 223 [Fraser], the facts of the case began when a group of women — all RCMP officers and mothers — decided to...
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R v James: When do warrants become stale?
Warrants play a key role in protecting the civil liberties of Canadians. In Hunter v. Southam, [1984] 2 SCR 145 the Supreme Court established that warrantless searches are presumptively unreasonable...
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R v Stillman: Military Members Have No Right to Jury Trials, SCC Finds
In R v Stillman, 2019 SCC 40, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) decided that allowing members of the Armed Forces to be tried by a military tribunal without access...
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Preventative Justice and Keeping the Peace: R v Penunsi Clarifies Rules around Arrest and Bail in Peace Bond Proceedings
Under most provisions of the Criminal Code, an individual comes under the purview of the criminal justice system when they are charged with a criminal offence that is alleged to...
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AG of Ontario v Jamie Clark: The Scope of Crown Immunity to Reach the SCC
“It would not serve the criminal justice system well for busy Crown attorneys to worry about being dragged into court to fight off the grievances of disgruntled police officers,” stated...
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Canada Post Corp v Canadian Union of Postal Workers: Workplace safety diluted for federal employees
Workplace safety regulations often apply to the space where the employee works, but many workers perform their duties across multiple locations; sometimes out in the public or on private property....
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David Matthews v Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd: Can terminated employees reel in big bonuses during their notice period?
David Matthews was a skilled food scientist who, the courts have found, was forced out of his job at Ocean Nutrition and entitled to 15-months notice. During that notice period,...
Bell Canada: Applying the Vavilov Framework to Super Bowl Ads
The Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League (“NFL”) in the United States, is watched by around 100 million viewers every year. For over 40 years, the...
Book Review: Truth be Told by former Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law by Beverley McLachlin Simon & Schuster, 373 pages, $39.99 The days of a Supreme Court Justice are long. Filled with...
Resolute v Ontario: Corporations no longer indemnified from provincial order to remediate mercury contamination
In the context of environmental land and water contamination, tribunals and courts have the difficult role of ensuring the appropriate parties are held liable for remediation without completely discouraging brownfield...
Fraser v Canada: RCMP Employees, Mothers and the Question of Adverse Effect Discrimination
In Fraser v Canada (Attorney General), 2018 FCA 223 [Fraser], the facts of the case began when a group of women — all RCMP officers and mothers — decided to...
