Supreme Court of Canada (Canadian Caselaw)

[1]                             The appellants, Emanuel Lozada and Victor Ramos, appeal as of right to this Court under s. 691(1)(a) of the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46. The majority of the Court of Appeal for Ontario dismissed their appeals from jury...

[1]                             How do zoning regulations and other land use restrictions affect the compensation due to owners of expropriated property? That is the question engaged by this appeal.

[1]                             In Canada, s. 530 of the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C‑46 (“Cr. C.”), guarantees to every accused the right to be tried in the official language of their choice. This is a fundamental right of vital importance.

[1]                              People from all walks of life who face criminal prosecution under Canadian law can draw comfort from the fact that they have a constitutional right to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal....

Judicial control over the administrative decisions. Military judges. Matter of constitutional law. Independent and impartial tribunal

Appeal from the judgment. Dismissed the appeal. Convictions for sexual interference. Sexual assault. Sufficient reasons. Error of failure by the trial

[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...

General collective labour relations regime. Freedom of association. Legislative exclusion. Substantial interference

[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...

Treaty rights. Constitutional applicability of limitations legislation. Breach of contract action. Declaratory relief

[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...

Demand guarantee. Arbitral award. Application for injunctive relief. Interim order. National bank

[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...

Feature of the constitutional protection of minority rights. Equal benefit of the law without discrimination. Provincial governments. Residency requirement

[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.

Right of appeal. Denial of statutory accident benefits by insurer. Administrative decision. Judicial review

[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 sense when...

Sexual assault trial. Reasonableness of a generalized expectation. Evidence for a finding of fact. Error of law

[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...

Expectation of privacy. Information with private third parties. Reasonable expectation. Matter of the search

[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...

Constitutional validity of a law. Legislative restatement of the doctrine of federal paramountcy. Family services. National standards

[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 democracy....

Provincial legislation from general right of public access. Deliberative process. Freedom of information. Policy priorities

[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

Infringement of the specific right. Stay of proceedings. Abuse of process. Counsel without delay. Integrity of the justice system

Appeal from the judgment. New trial. Evidence on the wrong legal principles. Reasons of the majority