Category Archives: Supreme Court of Canada

Supreme Court Renders Leave to Appeal Decisions in Several Alberta Cases

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

PDF version: Supreme Court Renders Leave to Appeal Decisions in Several Alberta Cases Cases Considered: R v Mack, 2012 ABCA 42, leave to appeal granted, April 11, 2013 (SCC); Métis Nation of Alberta Region 1 v Joint Review Panel, 2012 … Continue reading →

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Indalex: Priority of Provincial Deemed Trusts in a CCAA Restructuring

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

PDF version: Indalex: Priority of Provincial Deemed Trusts in a CCAA Restructuring Case Considered: Sun Indalex Finance, LLC et al. v United Steelworkers et al., 2013 SCC 6 Introduction On February 1, 2013, Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “Court”) … Continue reading →

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The Big Picture – Supreme Court of Canada Sheds Light on Transfer Pricing

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

PDF version: The Big Picture – Supreme Court of Canada Sheds Light on Transfer Pricing Decision commented on: Canada v GlaxoSmithKline Inc., 2012 SCC 52 Making Sense of Transfer Pricing Multinational corporate groups often have entities which are located in … Continue reading →

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Consciousness and Consent in Sexual Assault Cases

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

PDF version: Consciousness and Consent in Sexual Assault Cases Case considered: R. v. J.A., 2011 SCC 28 Can a person consent in advance to sexual activity that occurs while she is unconscious? A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada … Continue reading →

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Issue of Timing Arises Again: Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Quashes Decision of Information and Privacy Commissioner for Reasonable Apprehension of Bias

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

PDF version: Issue of Timing Arises Again: Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Quashes Decision of Information and Privacy Commissioner for Reasonable Apprehension of Bias  Case considered: Alberta Teachers’ Association v Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2011 ABQB 19 (“Wright“) Once … Continue reading →

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The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal’s Marriage Commissioners Decision – the never-ending fight for human rights of same-sex couples

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

PDF version: The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal’s Marriage Commissioners Decision – the never-ending fight for human rights of same-sex couples   Case and Legislation commented on: In the Matter of Marriage Commissioners Appointed under the Marriage Act, SS 1995, c M-4.1, 2001 SKCA … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Broadly Interprets s. 99(1) of the National Energy Board Act

Posted on February 18, 2011 by

PDF version: Supreme Court Broadly Interprets s. 99(1) of the National Energy Board Act  Case considered: Smith v Alliance Pipeline Ltd., 2011 SCC 7 In Smith v Alliance Pipeline Ltd., 2011 SCC 7 (Smith) all nine judges of the Supreme … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court hears Alberta Privacy Case

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Case considered: Information and Privacy Commissioner v. Alberta Teachers’ Association, an appeal from 2010 ABCA 26 Yesterday the Supreme Court of Canada heard the appeal in Information and Privacy Commissioner v. Alberta Teachers’ Association, an appeal from 2010 ABCA 26. For … Continue reading →

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Interim Costs and Access to Justice at the Supreme Court of Canada

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

PDF version: Interim Costs and Access to Justice at the Supreme Court of Canada  Case considered: R. v. Caron, 2011 SCC 5 The Supreme Court recently upheld the Alberta Court of Appeal decision in R. v. Caron, 2009 ABCA 34. … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court of Canada hears appeal in Alberta v. Elder Advocates of Alberta Society

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Case commented on: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta v. Elder Advocates of Alberta Society et al., 2009 ABCA 403, appeal heard January 27, 2011 On January 27, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada heard … Continue reading →

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