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Canada’s top judge declares ‘in this country, the rule of law is non-negotiable’

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Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner told reporters that ‘when you see governments attacking the media, attacking the judges, attacking the lawyers, and universities, of course that means that there is a good chance that you are in front of a dictatorship, autocratic government. But there are many places in the world living through those events right now.’

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 @ 5:28 PM

Lawyers, as officers of the court, have a professional “responsibility and obligation” to defend the rule of law and the independence of the bar and judiciary against attacks, Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner said at his annual news conference in Ottawa. ... [read more]

Musings do not always give rise to enforceable promises, Ontario court says in dispute over farm

Friday, June 13, 2025 @ 4:02 PM

Ontario’s top court has overturned a decision that awarded damages to a man and his partner in a dispute over his parents’ farm, saying the judge in the case was wrong to raise the issue of proprietary estoppel. ... [read more]

Supreme Court to decide if Facebook broke privacy law in disclosing users’ data to third-party apps

Thursday, June 12, 2025 @ 5:11 PM

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear Facebook’s appeal from a lower court’s ruling that the platform shared users’ personal information with third-party applications on its platform, without providing adequate privacy safeguards or obtaining meaningful consent to disclose users’ personal data — in breach of the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). ... [read more]

B.C. Court of Appeal overturns development charge, finding municipality breached duty of fairness

Thursday, June 12, 2025 @ 4:48 PM

The B.C. Court of Appeal has overturned a chambers judge’s decision in a dispute over a municipal development charge, ruling the City of West Kelowna owed the developer a duty of procedural fairness. ... [read more]

N.B. legal aid needs to review eligibility criteria, formalize appeals process: auditor

Thursday, June 12, 2025 @ 4:01 PM

New Brunswick’s legal aid provider dropped the ball in failing to review its conditions for financial eligibility and for lacking a formal appeals process for those turned down, states a report from the province’s auditor general. ... [read more]