The Supreme Court of Canada has instructed that, "[t]he primary interpretive principle is that when the language of the policy is unambiguous, the court should give effect to clear language, reading the contract as a whole.
This post describes the procedures a person seeking access to records under freedom of information laws must follow in each jurisdiction in Canada.
Interesting case from Newfoundland in which the defendant claims infringement of his fair trial rights because courthouse was named after personal plaintiff.
R. c. McRae | 2013 CarswellQue 11604 | Supreme Court of Canada
This motion highlights the relative sanctity of a consent order.
Recent decision which permitted a mother to bring her son on a temporary visit to a Hague Convention signatory
In Apple v. Samsung, the United States Court of Appeals clarified and applied the causal nexus requirement in a situation involving irreparable harm.
Doncaster v. Field | 2013 CarswellNS 990 | Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
Court of appeal allows fresh evidence of deportation consequences in appeal of sentence.
Overall, [the appealant]'s testimony — its unsupported nature, its inconsistencies — along with his frequent evasiveness, vagueness and deflections — leaves me entirely uninclined to accept any material portion of [the appealant]'s testimony that is not corroborated.
Majority of Court of Appeal holds police search of text messages in cell phone may violate message sender’s reasonable expectation of privacy.
This post summarizes a Newfoundland case in which the Court had to determine whether the parties had been validly married.