Pioneer Corp v Godfrey: SCC Gives Umbrella Purchasers an Umbrella from Indeterminate Liability

When it comes to class action plaintiffs, the Supreme Court giveth and the Supreme Court taketh away. The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “Court”) did their taking last April, in Telus Communications Inc v Wellman, 2019 SCC 19 [Wellman], when they ruled that business customers with arbitration clauses in their contracts are ineligible to […]

Setting the Scene: R v Le and the Importance of Context in s. 9 Analysis

Judicial Biography: Justice Russell Brown

Fleming v Ontario : Limiting Police Powers of Preventative Arrest

Genetic Non-Discrimination Act Reference: What’s the difference between a genetic test and a biopsy?

A Valid Arbitration Agreement is a Valid Arbitration Agreement

Consumers sign contracts to gain access to all kinds of goods and services, such as credit cards, cell-phone service, and internet. Increasingly, sellers and suppliers are putting arbitration clauses into these contracts, requiring buyers to resolve their disputes through arbitration. This is not necessarily because sellers are enamoured with the virtues of arbitration. Instead, they […]

OPC Reaffirms 2009 Consent Standard for Cross-Border Data Processing

Live at the SCC: The SCC Goes to Winnipeg!

Judicial Biography: Justice Clément Gascon

R v Omar - Using Social Context to Inform Arbitrary Detention Rules