The Complete Brief
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March 20, 2026
‘Strict enforcement’ arbitration clauses don’t limit jurisdiction to interpret
Applications to set aside international arbitral awards frequently reflect a familiar dynamic. As no appeal on the merits is available, applicants often recast complaints about the tribunal’s conclusions as jurisdictional error or procedural unfairness. Respondents, in turn, characterize such efforts as impermissible appeals in disguise. Courts are therefore tasked with maintaining a careful balance: exercising a limited supervisory role while preserving arbitration’s defining features of finality, efficiency and expert adjudication.
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March 20, 2026
Regulatory review vs. on-field decisions: CAF appeal board rules Senegal forfeited 2025 AFCON final
On Jan.18, 2026, Senegal seemingly triumphed over Morocco 1-0 in a tightly contested championship final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). However, nearly two months to the day after the match was played, Morocco has now been crowned champions and Senegal deemed to have forfeited the match following a decision from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) appeal board.
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March 20, 2026
POWERS OF SEARCH AND SEIZURE - Warrantless searches - Reasonable expectation of privacy - Motor vehicle
Appeal by the Crown from a judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal which set aside a conviction and entered an acquittal. The RCMP received a complaint of impaired driving against Singer. Officers identified a vehicle matching the description in the complaint parked in a residential driveway.
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March 20, 2026
MARITAL OR FAMILY PROPERTY - Practice and procedure
Appeal by the wife and the family company, 1225046 Ontario Inc. (122) from a partial determination of competing applications. The husband and the parties’ two adult sons asserted that 122 was incorporated in 1997 with the husband as sole shareholder and that in 2000 the wife and sons were each issued 1,000 common shares. The wife maintained that she and the husband had always been the only shareholders.
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March 20, 2026
Why Ontario is the epicentre of Canada’s remand issue
A recent CBC report noted that Ontario has announced plans for a new jail in Brockville and to add 1,436 new correctional beds by 2032. By any reasonable measure, Ontario should not be facing a jail overcrowding crisis. Crime rates are not surging out of control. Sentencing laws have not dramatically stiffened. Yet the province’s correctional facilities are often beyond safe capacity. The explanation lies not in who is being sentenced but in who is waiting.
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March 19, 2026
Competition Bureau publishes report to cut barriers for shared kitchens, food hubs
The Competition Bureau has published a report discussing how shared kitchens and food hubs can help small food producers enter the market and grow, making policy recommendations to help small businesses.
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March 19, 2026
Bree Jamieson-Holloway appointed chairperson of Canadian International Trade Tribunal
Bree Jamieson-Holloway has been appointed chairperson of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), the federal government has announced. Her term runs until Dec. 4, 2027.
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March 19, 2026
Five associates join Stikeman Elliott’s Montreal office
Stikeman Elliott has added five associates to its Montreal office.
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March 19, 2026
Court dismisses appeal of breached property sale for environmental contamination
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed a real estate appeal involving a purchase agreement dispute, upholding an order of more than $2 million against the appellant for breach of contract despite her claim that the property was environmentally contaminated.
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March 19, 2026
The real issue behind parental alienation claims: A response to Gary Joseph
Gary S. Joseph’s response to my opinion piece on Bill C-223 (“More on the politics of parental alienation”) describes my position as articulate. I appreciate the generous compliment. As someone who holds an MA in Advanced Language Skills, has a long career as a translator and speaks five languages fluently, I have had some practice.