August 11, 2026
The current debate over Israel and Palestine provides a particularly difficult test of whether we can maintain those distinctions when political passions run high.
August 11, 2026
Josef Rosenthal has joined Cochrane Sinclair as senior counsel in its Vancouver office.
August 11, 2026
Prosecutorial independence matters precisely because the power to prosecute is among the most consequential powers the state possesses.
August 10, 2026
A number of recent Ontario cases have brought me back to a constitutional principle that tends to receive little public attention until confidence in it begins to erode: prosecutorial independence.
August 10, 2026
Appeal by the appellant from an order striking his amended notice of civil claim on the basis that it disclosed no reasonable cause of action. The appellant, after experiencing delays in receiving medical treatment in British Columbia for Conn’s syndrome, obtained surgery in Florida and later sought reimbursement under provincial health legislation.
August 07, 2026
A constitutional challenge to Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions standards will carry on despite a decision by the province’s top court not to reopen the appeal that initially gave the case the go-ahead. The Ontario Court of Appeal’s Aug. 5 ruling in Mathur v. Ontario, 2026 ONCA 561 is the latest step in a long running legal dispute that dates back to 2019, when seven young Ontarians launched a challenge arguing the province’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets, and the plan to reach those targets, violated their rights under sections 7 and 15 of the Charter.
August 06, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a defamation action brought by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) over comments suggesting it supported terrorism and Hamas, finding that the defence of fair comment applied even though the statements were defamatory and substantially untrue.
August 06, 2026
Appeal by Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn Inc. (MTI) and Sierra Club Canada Foundation (Sierra Club) from judgment dismissing their application for judicial review of Minister of Environment and Climate Change’s (Minister’s) approval of Bay du Nord Development Project.
July 31, 2026
In a case spanning more than 25 years, the Federal Court of Appeal has agreed that the Federal Court does not have jurisdiction over issues relating to a First Nation band’s denial of membership to women who married out and their children, even though it had ruled on the merits in their favour.
July 30, 2026
Appeal by Democracy Watch from a decision of Federal Court of Appeal dismissing its application for judicial review. The Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner (the Commissioner) released a report concluding that then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had not contravened the Conflict of Interest Act (the COIA) when he participated in two funding decisions relating to the WE Charity.