Supreme Court (Canada)
- R. v. D.F., 2024 SCC 14
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Société des casinos du Québec inc. v. Association des cadres de la Société des casinos du Québec, 2024 SCC 13
[1] These appeals address whether the statutory exclusion of managers from the labour relations regime of the Quebec Labour Code, CQLR, c. C-27, infringes the guarantee of freedom of association under s. 2(d) of the Canadian...
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Shot Both Sides v. Canada, 2024 SCC 12
[1] Treaties between the Crown and Indigenous peoples are fundamental to Canada’s history and constitutional landscape. The promises and obligations enshrined in these fundamental agreements reflect a lasting commitment to...
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Eurobank Ergasias S.A. v. Bombardier inc., 2024 SCC 11
[1] This appeal invites the Court to determine when, by reason of the fraud exception recognized in Canadian law, an issuing bank must refuse to honour a demand for payment under a letter of credit. The debate in this case...
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Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2024 SCC 10
[1] As a self‑governing Indigenous community in the Yukon, the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (or the VGFN ) has its own Constitution that provides for certain rights and freedoms for its citizens, rules for the...
- R. v. Boudreau, 2024 SCC 9
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Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, 2024 SCC 8
[1] This case deals with a court’s exercise of discretion as to whether to undertake judicial review on the merits in light of a limited statutory right of appeal.
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Yatar v TD Insurance Meloche Monnex,
Right of appeal. Denial of statutory accident benefits by insurer. Administrative decision. Judicial review
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R. v. Kruk, 2024 SCC 7
[1] These appeals in two sexual assault matters concern the standard for appellate intervention with respect to a trial judge’s credibility and reliability findings in a criminal trial and the appropriate role of common...
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R v Kruk,
Sexual assault trial. Reasonableness of a generalized expectation. Evidence for a finding of fact. Error of law
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R. v. Bykovets, 2024 SCC 6
[1] The Internet has shifted much of the human experience from physical spaces to cyberspace. It has grown to encompass public squares, libraries, markets, banks, theatres, and concert halls, becoming the most expansive cultural...
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R v Bykovets,
Expectation of privacy. Information with private third parties. Reasonable expectation. Matter of the search
- R. v. Hodgson,
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Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, 2024 SCC 5
[1] In an order in council made on December 18, 2019, the Government of Quebec gave the province’s Attorney General a mandate to challenge, through a reference to the Court of Appeal, the constitutionality of the Act...
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Reference re an Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families,
Constitutional validity of a law. Legislative restatement of the doctrine of federal paramountcy. Family services. National standards
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Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4
[1] Freedom of information (FOI) legislation strikes a balance between the public’s need to know and the confidentiality the executive requires to govern effectively. Both are crucial to the proper functioning of our...
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Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner),
Provincial legislation from general right of public access. Deliberative process. Freedom of information. Policy priorities
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R. v. Brunelle, 2024 SCC 3
[1] The courts have a duty to protect the integrity of the justice system by dissociating themselves from state conduct that constitutes an abuse of the judicial process. This type of abusive conduct may take all sorts of forms. In
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R v Brunelle,
Infringement of the specific right. Stay of proceedings. Abuse of process. Counsel without delay. Integrity of the justice system
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R v Vu,
Appeal from the judgment. New trial. Evidence on the wrong legal principles. Reasons of the majority
- R. v. Landry, 2024 SCC 2
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R v Landry,
Fraud conviction. Appeal dismissed. Criminal law. Right from judgment
- R. v. Vu, 2024 SCC 1
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R v Lawlor,
Mental health evidence in criminal matters. Jury charge. Appeal dismissed. New trial. Degree murder
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R v Lindsay,
Ground of appeal. Aggravated assault. Lawful arrest. Use of force
- R. v. Lawlor, 2023 SCC 34
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R. v. Lindsay, 2023 SCC 33
Ground of appeal. Lawful arrest. Use of force. Aggravated assault
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Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest v. Northwest Territories (Education, Culture and Employment), 2023 SCC 31
[1] A legal guarantee with unique features, s. 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms grants a defined category of Canadian citizens the right to have their children receive instruction in one of...
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Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest v Northwest Territories (Education, Culture and Employment),
Judicial review of discretionary administrative decisions. Language education program. Rights holders. Decision maker. Applications for admission
- R. v. B.E.M., 2023 SCC 32