Tagged: Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

The Anti-Deprivation Rule finds its way to the SCC in Chandos Construction Limited v Deloitte Restructuring Inc

Chandos Construction Ltd v Deloitte Restructuring Inc 2020 SCC 25 (“Chandos”) explores a number of issues but the main one addresses the anti-deprivation rule and whether its application requires an...

9254-9186 Quebec inc. v. Callidus Capital Corp. (“Bluberi”): Affirming Judicial Discretion and Litigation Funding in Insolvency

Introduction Insolvency judgements from Canada’s highest court are relatively rare. The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has decided only six since 2015. The most recent of these decisions, 9254-9186 Quebec...

Paramountcy Problems Part II – Narrowing “Federal Purpose” in Saskatchewan (Attorney General) v Lemare Lake Logging

In a series of recent decisions, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) sought to clarify the proper application of the constitutional paramountcy doctrine. Part I of this two-part series looked at...