Google v Equustek: Courts Still Don’t Understand the Internet
On December 6th, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) heard the case of Google v Equustek. The SCC is being tasked with defining the legal obligations of online intermediaries...
Category: International Law
Prosecuting Crime at Home Secures Respect for Human Rights
The Government of Canada is acutely aware of the cost of litigation. Those costs, along with the policy and legal implications of litigation, are now the subject matter of a...
Remedying Hypothetical Charter Breaches: Lessons from R v Appulonappa
The newest member in the illustrious “class of section seven” Charter jurisprudence is R v Appulonappa, 2015 SCC 59 [Appulonappa], a recent Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) ruling on the...
David beats Goliath? Not quite. Jurisdictional analyses in Chevron Corp v Yaiguaje
Introduction The effects of globalization are deep and far reaching – not least with respect to the Canadian legal framework. As cross-border litigation involving multinational corporations becomes increasingly prevalent, courts...
Foreign Sentences Served in Canada: Khadr v Edmonton Institution
Omar Khadr’s journey through this country’s various courts will continue in May when the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) holds a hearing for the appeal of Khadr v Edmonton Institution,...
Employment Law, Jurisdictional Immunity, and Access to Justice: Amaratunga v Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
In Amaratunga v Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, 2013 SCC 66, Justice LeBel, writing for a unanimous court, determined that an employee’s claim for wrongful dismissal against the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries...
