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[1]        Ensuring access to justice is the greatest challenge to the rule of law in Canada today. Trials have become increasingly expensive and protracted. Most Canadians cannot afford to sue when they are wronged or defend themselves when they are sued, and cannot afford to go to trial. Without an effective and accessible means of enforcing rights, the rule of law is threatened. Without public

[1]        The Internet is an open door to knowledge, entertainment, communication — and exploitation.

[1]     The right to be tried by a jury of one’s peers is one of the cornerstones of our criminal justice system. It is enshrined in two provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms – the s. 11(d) right to a fair trial by an impartial tribunal and the s. 11(f) right to a trial by jury. Yet despite the importance of this right, this is the first time the Court has been called upon to...

[1] Litigants hope to have their legal issues resolved as equitably and expeditiously as possible by an authoritative adjudicator. Subject only to rights of review or appeal, they expect, in the interests of fairness, to be able to rely on the outcome as final and binding. What they do not expect is to have those same issues relitigated by a different adjudicator in a different forum at the...

[1] The plaintiffs in this action are Canadian farmers who borrowed money from the Farm Credit Corporation (hereinafter “F.C.C.”), subsequently fell into arrears on their payments, and were dissatisfied with the settlement options offered to them by the F.C.C. Although each plaintiff’s fact situation is different, they are generally alleging that they were treated unfairly and dealt with in an...

[1]           After a trial, Christopher Cathcart was convicted of two counts of unlawful confinement, contrary to s. 279(2) of the Criminal Code, two counts of attempted robbery, contrary to s. 344(1), and one count of breaching a bail undertaking, contrary to s. 145(3). He was acquitted on charges of dangerous driving and flight from police (R v Caisse (9 March 2018) Saskatoon, CRM 137/2018 (Sas

[1]           This appeal raises the question as to whether certain oil storage tanks and chemical storage tanks, owned by the respondent, Husky Energy Inc. [Husky], are subject to taxation pursuant to The Municipalities Act, SS 2005, c M-36.1 [Act].