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
Constitutional Law/Courts: Review of Delegated Powers
Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2026 SCC 28 (41576)
Clarifications re courts’ jurisdiction as to legality of delegated power exercise.
Civil Litigation: Spoliation of Evidence
SS&C Technologies Canada Corp. v. Bank of New York Mellon Corp,2026 SCC 29 (41543)
Proven spoliation requires adverse inferences to fill evidentiary gap.
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