Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners

As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted.

Appeals

Criminal Law: DUI Evidence
R. v. Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35 (41153), R. v. Larocque, 2025 SCC 36 (41155)

Qualified technician’s certificate proves alcohol standard “certified by an analyst”.

Prisons: Transfers; Habeas Corpus
Dorsey v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 38 (41132)

Inmate security reclassifications = liberty restriction; habeas corpus available.

Oral Judgment

R. v. W.W., 2025 SCC 37 (41730)

Original acquittal reversed by both C.A. and S.C.C.

Leave to Appeal Granted

Class Actions: Multi-Jurisdictional
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., et al. v. Cheung, et al., 2024 BCCA 236 (41451)

Multi-jurisdiction class action issues in alleged price-fixing.