The Chaoulli decision was seen by many commentators as a significant blow to the future of public health care in Canada. Some of these criticisms were canvassed by Dean Monahan in his post in defence of the majority judgment. These fears were mainly premised upon the belief that the decision would lead provincial legislatures to [...]

As every personal injury lawyer working on contingency knows, the key to finding a good case is identifying a solvent party that can be affixed with liability. Lawyers will not take on a case even where the defendant’s negligence clearly caused injuries to the client if that defendant does not have insurance coverage or funds [...]

With all the commentary The Court has been compiling on the SCC’s work I thought it might be interesting to spend some time speculating on one of the upcoming decisions yet to be handed down. In Canadian Western Bank, et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta we have an interesting clash. [...]