As the leading voice for our profession, the CBA is committed to making a difference for Canadians and the rule of law in Canada.
This includes preparing court interventions, which are the culmination of teamwork and advocacy efforts.
The CBA occasionally applies to intervene in appellate level court cases that raise issues of compelling public interest or special significance to the legal profession. Our standard practice is to intervene only at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Our interventions bring our perspective to the issues before the court. Counsel act for the CBA on a pro bono basis. Intervention requests must be made in accordance with the CBA Intervention Regulation.
Review the latest interventions
- British Columbia's Legal Professions Act
- Access to Justice Interventions
- Conflicts of Interest and Duty of Loyalty – Strother v. 3464920 Canada Inc; CN v. McKercher LLP and Wallace
- Hate Speech Provisions in Human Rights Legislation – Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. Whatcott
- Investigative Hearings – Application under Criminal Code s. 83.28
- Language Rights in the Courts – Mazraani; AB v NWT (Education)
- Mandatory Minimum Sentences – R. v. Nur and R. v. Lloyd
- Solicitor-Client Privilege Interventions
- Lavallee, Rackel & Heintz v. Canada (Attorney General); White, Ottenheimer & Baker v. Canada (Attorney General); R. v. Fink, [2002] 3 SCR 209, 2002 SCC 61 (CanLII)
- Maranda v. Richer, [2003] 3 SCR 193, 2003 SCC 67 (CanLII)
- Foster Wheeler Power Co. v. Société intermunicipale de gestion et d'élimination des déchets (SIGED) inc., [2004] 1 SCR 456, 2004 SCC 18 (CanLII)
- Celanese Canada Inc. v. Murray Demolition Corp., [2006] 2 S.C.R. 189, 2006 SCC 36 (CanLII)
- Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health, [2008] 2 SCR 574, 2008 SCC 44 (CanLII)
- Ontario (Public Safety and Security) v. Criminal Lawyers' Association, [2010] 1 SCR 815, 2010 SCC 23 (CanLII)
- FLSC v. AG Canada (proceeds of crime)
- Canada (National Revenue) v. Thompson, [2016] 1 SCR 381, 2016 SCC 21 (CanLII)
- Canada (Attorney General) v. Chambre des notaires du Québec, [2016] 1 SCR 336, 2016 SCC 20 (CanLII)
- Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, [2016] 2 SCR 555, 2016 SCC 53 (CanLII)
- Lizotte v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2016 SCC 52, [2016] 2 S.C.R. 521 (CanLII)
- Iggillis Holdings Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue), 2018 FCA 51 (CanLII)
- Standard of Review – Bell Canada, NFL, Vavilov
- State Immunity – Kazemi v. Islamic Republic of Iran
