Canadian Bar Association

Bias and Baker

May 06, 2024
Sania Chaudhry

Critical Race Theory’s import 25 years later

Reasonable regulation

February 02, 2024
Joshua Ginsberg

Vavilov and judicial review of delegated legislation.

From Vavilov to unconscious bias, and does Justice Mahmud Jamal ever sleep?

February 01, 2023
Joseph Redman

A summary of a very successful in-person Administrative Law, Labour and Employment Law Conference in Ottawa.

Privileged politicians

January 24, 2023
Christopher Wirth and Alex Smith

Federal Court finds Ontario Premier Doug Ford immune from testifying at Emergencies Act inquiry.

Applying Gladue principles to professional misconduct cases

October 21, 2022
Christopher Wirth

In Law Society of Ontario v. McCullough, 2022 ONLSTH 63 (Law Society Tribunal Hearing Division), a panel of the Law Society’s Tribunal (the “Panel”) took into consideration, for the first time, a lawyer’s Indigenous background in determining the penalty to be imposed for professional misconduct involving misappropriation of trust funds.

The lessons of OK v. Highlands

May 30, 2022
Christopher Wirth and Alex Smith

British Columbia Court of Appeal applies correctness standard of review outside of recognized exceptions.

Delays in Administrative Proceedings: Law Society of Saskatchewan v. Peter V. Abrametz

April 19, 2022
Billeh Hamud

Delay in administrative proceedings under consideration in Law Society of Saskatchewan v. Peter V. Abrametz.

Federal Court dismisses motion for interlocutory injunction to suspend COVID-19 hotel stopover policy

May 17, 2021
Christopher Wirth and Alex Smith

In Spencer v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 FC 361, the Federal Court dismissed a motion which had sought an injunction suspending the Federal Government’s COVID-19 hotel stopover policy.

Ontario legal challenges to government COVID-19 pandemic restrictions (volume 2)

April 22, 2021
Christopher Wirth and Alex Smith

New cases suggest Courts are still deferring to the government.

Ontario Courts reject challenges to Ontario government’s COVID-19 pandemic restrictions

January 27, 2021
Christopher Wirth and Alex Smith

Up to now, the Courts have tended to defer to the government and have upheld the emergency legislation implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tracking Preferences

2020