News & Analysis as of

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Canada

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

La Cour suprême du Canada confirme certains droits collectifs autochtones protégés par la Charte

Le 28 mars 2024, la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a rendu sa décision tant attendue dans l’affaire Dickson c. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, au cours de laquelle elle s’est penchée sur deux questions nouvelles et donc...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Quilting Canada’s Patchwork Rights: Supreme Court of Canada Confirms Indigenous Collective Rights Protected by Charter

On March 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its long-awaited decision in Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, in which it addressed two novel and previously unresolved questions: (i) the extent to which...more

International Lawyers Network

Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Rehabilitation Proceedings in Canada (Updated)

This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of bankruptcy, insolvency and rehabilitation in the requisite jurisdictions. It is meant as an introduction to these market places and does not offer specific legal advice. This...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 14th Annual Law of Policing Conference - November 7th - 8th, Surrey, BC, Canada

A dynamic look at how policing is progressing in Canada. From the national rollout of Body Worn Cameras and the implementation of DEMS to support it, from amendments to provincial Police Act and firearms legislations to the...more

International Lawyers Network

Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Rehabilitation Proceedings in Canada (Updated)

This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of bankruptcy, insolvency and rehabilitation in the requisite jurisdictions. It is meant as an introduction to these market places and does not offer specific legal advice. This...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Extending the Time to Opt Out of a Class Action? Ontario Court of Appeal Provides Guidance on Applicable Test

Stikeman Elliott LLP on

In Johnson v. Ontario, the Ontario Court of Appeal (the “Court”) allowed for the extension of time within which the appellant could opt out of a class action. In doing so, the Court provided welcome appellate guidance on the...more

Littler

Ontario, Canada Arbitrator Decides Mandatory Vaccination Policy Does Not Infringe Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Littler on

In The Toronto District School Board and CUPE, Local 4400 (Re: PR734 COVID-19 Vaccine Procedure) (TDSB and CUPE), Arbitrator William Kaplan upheld the Toronto District School Board’s (TDSB) mandatory COVID-19 vaccination...more

Bennett Jones LLP

New Stuff in Climate Change Class Actions

Bennett Jones LLP on

"You’re asking us to do a lot of new stuff, aren’t you?" Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Juliana v. United States, June 4, 2019. It has been a busy month for climate change...more

International Lawyers Network

Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: What Canadian: Quebec Companies Need To Know

Quebec has long been considered the California of the East and a pioneer in adopting some of the most far-reaching obligations with respect to harassment in the workplace in its widest form, as well recourses and remediation...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Climate Change Litigation Comes to Canada

Bennett Jones LLP on

On November 27, 2018, a class action lawsuit was filed in Québec seeking relief against the federal government on the basis of its alleged inaction on climate change. The action, commenced by a group called ENvironnement...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Corporations are People Too! Ontario Court Confirms that Corporations Have a Right to a Speedy Trial

Bennett Jones LLP on

Corporate defendants have the right to a speedy trial, without requiring them to prove actual prejudice to their fair trial rights. In R v Stephensons Rental Services, a March 2017 decision of the Ontario Court of Justice,...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Court of Appeal Upholds Law Society of Upper Canada’s Decision to Not Accredit Proposed Law School

Religious freedom versus equality rights: how do we balance competing rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter)? The Ontario Court of Appeal (Court) shed light on the issue last week when it upheld...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Legal Advisers’ Files Are Not Archives for Tax Authorities, SCC Rules

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released two decisions last week regarding the power of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to demand production of information and documents, including accounting records, from lawyers and...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Dropping the Dime: Risks of Giving Evidence to Canadian Securities Regulators

Canadian securities regulators often cooperate with their counterparts abroad due to the increasingly global nature of securities regulation. Canadian securities regulators have entered into several agreements or memoranda of...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Ontario Court Finds Cellphone Tower “Metadata” is Private

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Court) recently ruled in R. v. Rogers Communications that broad cellphone “tower dump” production orders are unconstitutional as unreasonable seizures under section 8 of the Charter of...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Supreme Court Affirms Constitutionality of Administrative Monetary Penalty

In its decision in Guindon v. Canada (Guindon), released earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) considered the constitutionality of an administrative monetary penalty, or “AMP” provision. The SCC’s decision,...more

16 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide