Almost twenty-five years ago, Chief Justice Dickson famously proclaimed in Hunter v Southam, [1984] 2 SCR 145 [Hunter], that s. 8 of the Charter “protects people not places.” In so doing,...
Civil cases involving allegations of criminal or morally blameworthy conduct, such as sexual assault against minors, carry social stigma that go beyond other types of civil disputes. Until very recently,...
For financial management company Merrill Lynch, it seems the bad news just keeps on coming. It’s been a tumultuous couple of weeks for Merrill Lynch. Already battered and reeling from...
More than a year has passed since the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) dismissed the application David Banks, et al v Her Majesty the Queen, [2007] 156 CRR (2d) 376 (SCC) [Banks]...
