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Supreme Court of Canada opens door to liability for alleged human rights abuses abroad

On February 28, 2020, a five-justice majority of the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Canadian corporations can be sued in Canada for breaches of...

Unexplained delay dooms motion to extend time to perfect appeal

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has the discretion to extend the time periods to perfect an appeal. The test is described in Sopinka and Gelowitz on...

Alberta Court gives Cabinet 10 days to decide on oil sands project

The Court found an unjustified 19-month delay to be “abusive” and ordered Cabinet to decide within 10 days whether to approve Prosper Petroleum...

Court of Appeal panel reconstitutes itself as Divisional Court in exceptional case

In Bernard Property Maintenance v. Taylor, 2019 ONCA 830, a panel of the Court of Appeal for Ontario reconstituted itself as a panel of the...

Supreme Court of Canada reshapes standards of review for administrative appeals

In Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, the Supreme Court of Canada recently determined that the appellate standards of...

Supreme Court Majority alters framework for judicial reviews and statutory appeals

On December 19, 2019, the SCC issued its decisions in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov and Bell Canada v. Canada (Attorney...

Exxon wins first climate change disclosure securities fraud case

On December 10, the New York Supreme Court released its decision in the ExxonMobil securities fraud case. The New York Attorney General had alleged...

Alberta Court of Appeal finds Alberta local beer preferences unconstitutional

On December 2, 2019, the Alberta Court of Appeal issued a decision rendering unconstitutional portions of Alberta government mark-ups charged on the...