The Illegality of Sex Work in Canada
For an overview of the legislative and judicial history of the case, please see the first installment of this contribution. In this second contribution, I...
The Illegality of Sex Work in Canada
In Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform v Attorney General, 2023 ONSC 5197 (“CASWLR”), Goldstein J of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (“OSCJ”)...
Appeal Watch: What is ‘Reasonable Self-Defence’?
Canada’s self-defence laws, which were recently reformed to provide greater clarity for that defence, have stirred up new uncertainty. In R v Hodgson, 2022 NUCA...
JHS vs Government of Saskatchewan
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is set to hear an appeal out of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (“SKCA”) on inmate discipline regimes...
How the Small Claims Court Handles Wrongful Termination Cases
Court Handles Wrongful Termination CasesMany people have to leave their jobs on a regular basis, but not all terminations are considered wrongful under the law....
Appeal Watch: the legality of multi-Crown class proceedings in Sandoz Canada Inc. v British Columbia
Last November, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) granted leave to Sanis Health Inc., Shoppers Drug Mart Inc., Sandoz Canada Inc. and McKesson Canada Corporation...
SCC to Revisit Vacation Torts and Jurisdiction
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”, or the “Court”) will revisit the question of when a contract formed in one province is sufficiently connected to...
Teachers, Math Tests, and Racism? OTCC v Ontario
In Ontario Teacher Candidates’ Council v Ontario (Education), 2023 ONCA 788 [OTCC], the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) overturned a Divisional Court decision deeming Ontario’s Math...
R v Greater Sudbury: Belt and Brace Yourself for this Decision
In R v Greater Sudbury (City) 2023 SCC 28, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) decided the “belt and braces” theory for workplace safety warrants...
Summary Dismissal in Criminal Law
In a rare unanimous judgement, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has ruled in R v Haevischer, 2023 SCC 11 (Haevischer) that only “manifestly frivolous”...