Taxpayers try to characterize their expenses, gains, and losses in a way that benefits them. Thus, the characterization of expenses, gains, or losses as on account income or capital has...
The question of overlapping jurisdiction between a human rights tribunal and a labour arbitrator on a complaint of discrimination is set to reach the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”), following...
In R v Jordan, 2016 SCC 27 [Jordan], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “the Court”) addressed the culture of complacency towards delays in the criminal justice system. These...
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) recently heard oral arguments on the appeal between Atlantic Lottery Corporation Inc., et al. v Douglas Babstock, et al, 2018 NLCA 71. This class...
In February, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) granted leave for two appeals, Attorney General of Canada v Corporation of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (SCC Case Number 38574), and...
In Yared v Karam, 2019 SCC 62 (Yared), the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “Court”) grappled with conflicting rights and obligations at the intersection of trusts and family patrimony...
In a jury trial, s. 634(1) of the Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46 formerly permitted both the accused and the Crown to challenge a limited number of jurors peremptorily (without providing...
In one of its final acts of 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) granted leave to appeal to a legal dispute over the binding of a pre-incorporation agreement. In...
In RS v PR, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified the conditions for international lis pendens under the Civil Code of Quebec, as well as the scope of discretion to deny a stay even when the conditions are met.
R v RV, 2019 ONCA 664 [RV], a recent appellate decision, discusses the complicated question of how courts should respond when a jury delivers inconsistent verdicts. The Crown, dissatisfied with...
Taxpayers try to characterize their expenses, gains, and losses in a way that benefits them. Thus, the characterization of expenses, gains, or losses as on account income or capital has...
The question of overlapping jurisdiction between a human rights tribunal and a labour arbitrator on a complaint of discrimination is set to reach the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”), following...
In R v Jordan, 2016 SCC 27 [Jordan], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “the Court”) addressed the culture of complacency towards delays in the criminal justice system. These...
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) recently heard oral arguments on the appeal between Atlantic Lottery Corporation Inc., et al. v Douglas Babstock, et al, 2018 NLCA 71. This class...
