Civil Litigation
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December 17, 2025
FCA upholds finding that ISC unreasonably denied Jordan’s Principle funding for mould remediation
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that set aside Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)’s refusal to fund mould remediation in the on-reserve home of two First Nations children, finding that the department’s reasons were insufficient and failed to meaningfully engage with the funding applicant’s submissions.
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December 17, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal resolves ‘jurisdictional dead end’ in labour dispute
Ontario’s top court has ruled that judges must maintain authority over claims involving entities not party to a collective agreement, but has emphasized that “proper respect” is owed to specialized tribunals and requires courts to consider staying parallel litigation if the dispute is before a labour arbitrator.
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December 17, 2025
SCC rejects latest bid to get intervener counsel into court; AGs & other interveners limited to Zoom
The Supreme Court of Canada is poised to hear argument from dozens of interveners in a groundbreaking case about the Charter’s “notwithstanding” clause and the “architecture” and “unwritten principles” of the Constitution, however, intervener counsel won’t be allowed to set foot in the top court’s iconic Ottawa courtroom.
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December 17, 2025
Court allows judicial review in federal procurement dispute over worker qualifications
The Federal Court of Appeal has allowed a judicial review application in a dispute over a procurement award for a bid, finding that the trade tribunal did not accurately review an allegation of workers not meeting criteria.
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December 17, 2025
Feds appoint 2 judges to Nova Scotia Supreme Court
The federal government has announced two judicial appointments to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, according to the Department of Justice.
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December 17, 2025
Experts warn reading of UNDRIP into B.C. law could cause major legal uncertainty
Legal experts are warning that a landmark B.C. Court of Appeal ruling requiring all provincial laws to be interpreted in line with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) has introduced an unprecedented level of legal uncertainty in the province.
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December 16, 2025
Court confirms patients are relevant consumers in prescription-drug trademark confusion analysis
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a trademark injunction against Samsung and Biogen over their BYOOVIZ biosimilar, ruling that patients are relevant consumers in assessing confusion with Novartis’s trademark in BEOVU, a drug used to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD).
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December 16, 2025
Atlantic premiers release report, recommendations on domestic homicide
Atlantic Canada’s premiers have collectively released a decades-long report on domestic homicides in the region — and hope that it will increase prevention. According to a Dec. 11 news release, the Council of Atlantic Premiers (CAP) — made up of leaders from Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and P.E.I. — has released Preventing Domestic Homicides in Atlantic Canada: Looking Back to See Our Way Forward.
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December 16, 2025
Ontario appoints 2 new judges
The federal government has appointed two new judges in Ontario, including one to the province’s top court, the Department of Justice has announced.
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December 16, 2025
Quebec courts welcome 4 new judicial appointments
The federal government has announced four judicial appointments in Quebec, including one to the Court of Appeal and three to the Superior Court, according to the Department of Justice.