Judicial Biography: Justice Andromache Karakatsanis
Post 4/9 in ’s Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019) Justice Andromache Karakatsanis is the Supreme Court of Canada’s (“the Court” or “SCC”) fourth most senior justice and one of four...
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Judicial Biography: Justice Michael J. Moldaver
Post 3/9 in ’s Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019). If we were to ask what it is we expect from our criminal justice system there are four thoughts that come...
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Judicial Biography: Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella
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Judicial Biography: Chief Justice Richard Wagner
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Canadians can take pride in our relatively depoliticized and merit-based judicial appointment process and in the high calibre of judges who continue to make up our final court of appeal. Yet it would also be fallacious to assume that our top jurists do not approach their work with philosophies that have been shaped by their professional and judicial experiences.
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Appeal Watch: Fate of Federal Greenhouse Gas Legislation is Up in the Air
Author’s Note: The author wishes to thank Professor Bruce Ryder at Osgoode Hall Law School for supporting my research on this topic. How urgent is the need for coordinated national...
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Moore v Sweet: SCC Ruling May Place Insurers in Difficult Position
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Orphan Well Association v Grant Thornton Ltd: Constitutional Doctrines Applied to Cleaning Up Old Oil Wells
Introduction On January 31, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “the Court”) reached a decision on bankruptcy and insolvency law and the obligations owed by oil and gas...
Judicial Biography: Justice Andromache Karakatsanis
Post 4/9 in ’s Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019) Justice Andromache Karakatsanis is the Supreme Court of Canada’s (“the Court” or “SCC”) fourth most senior justice and one of four...
Judicial Biography: Justice Michael J. Moldaver
Post 3/9 in ’s Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019). If we were to ask what it is we expect from our criminal justice system there are four thoughts that come...
Judicial Biography: Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella
Post 2/9 in ’s Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019). Judges in my country have until they are seventy-five [before they must step down from the bench]. We are independent and...
Judicial Biography: Chief Justice Richard Wagner
Post 1/9 in ’s Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019). In this Guest Post, Student-at-Law Heather Donkers discusses the Chief Justice’s career as a member of the Quebec civil bar and...
