Ottawa set for rematch in top court over judicial appointment
The Conservative government is facing a rematch in the Supreme Court of Canada after the unprecedented rejection last year of a judge it wished to appoint to the country’s highest court. At a hearing...
View ArticleSupreme Court to rule on Quebec’s bid to keep gun registry records
The Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to rule Friday morning on whether Quebec has the right to obtain records from the now-abolished federal long-gun registry or whether Ottawa can destroy the...
View ArticleQuebec says it will move ahead with its own long-gun registry
Quebec should be able to move forward with a provincial long-gun registry with few legal hurdles, experts suggest, even if it no longer has access to federal long-gun registry data dating back to 1995....
View ArticleRuling takes wider view on faith freedom
Lawyers predict the Supreme Court’s rejection of Quebec’s narrow formulation of religious freedom in education will reverberate in other cases, including perhaps Trinity Western University’s litigation...
View ArticleTop court splits 5-4 on gun registry issue
The Supreme Court’s refusal to compel Ottawa to preserve and transfer long gun registry data to Quebec doesn’t mean the principle of “co-operative federalism” is dead for future litigation arising out...
View Article10 revers de Stephen Harper à la Cour suprême
Depuis qu’il est au pouvoir, le gouvernement Harper a subi une série de défaites devant la Cour suprême. Prostitution, vie privée, Sénat, nomination des juges, peines minimales obligatoires. Autant de...
View ArticleLife Means Life unconstitutional, critics charge
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper wants to prevent certain “heinous” criminals, such as serial killers, from getting out of prison. The Conservatives have made their proposed Life Means Life...
View ArticleMarshall Rothstein muses on nine years in Canada’s Supreme Court
“Just don’t screw up.” That was rookie Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s advice to a nervous Marshall Rothstein before the federal judge made Canadian legal history as the first ever to face a public...
View Article6 rulings that point to Justice Marshall Rothstein’s thinking
January 2015 Mergers and competition Rothstein’s majority decision in a 6-1 ruling in Tervita Corp. v. Canada (Commissioner of Competition), a case about a merger of waste facilities in British...
View ArticleDaly praises Rothstein’s ability to tackle ‘heavy lifting’ at SCC
Supreme Court Justice Marshall Rothstein says he “struggled” with striking down Canada’s assisted suicide law this year as well as with other “difficult” cases the court confronted during his more than...
View ArticleIf you want to be a Senator, now is your chance (Canadian Bar Association,...
The Trudeau Government has unveiled its reform package for the upper chamber, complete with the criteria that prospective candidates must meet, and a commitment that Canadians will be able to nominate...
View ArticleAppellate judge frustrated with SCC for lack of guidance (Canadian Lawyer,...
An appellate-level judge has voiced his frustration with the Supreme Court of Canada for failing to provide sufficient guidance for judicial review in administrative law. Justice David Stratas’ paper...
View ArticleThe limits of open justice (Canadian Lawyer, April 4, 2016)
On the face of it, the Romanian-operated Globe24h.com web site looks innocuous. But at a recent gathering of administrative lawyers at the Ontario Bar Association, the general counsel for Canada’s...
View ArticleTWU: Where does the legal battle go next? (Canadian Bar Association, July 28,...
Another week, another court decision regarding Trinity Western University. The next stop, in all likelihood, is the Supreme Court. The Christian university, which has fought in recent years to have its...
View ArticleDr. Paul Daly: The Administrative Law Trilogy (, December 30, 2019)
This episode of Runnymede Radio features Dr. Paul Daly, a member of the Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) at the University of Ottawa, where he holds a University Research Chair in Administrative Law...
View ArticleCBC All in a Day, “Supreme Court rulings try to clarify administrative...
What do the children of Russian spies have in common with the ads Canadian broadcasters air during the Superbowl? They’re both at the heart of an attempt by the Supreme Court of Canada to clarify...
View ArticleNominations for Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential List 2020...
Each year Canadian Lawyer launches Top 25 Most Influential to determine who is having the biggest impact in the justice system and legal profession in Canada. A place on the list is a clear recognition...
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