Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. La version française suit.

For this last week, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:

1. Peters v Atchooay, 2022 ABCA 347 (CanLII)

[65] But regardless of onus, each parent is expected to make full disclosure and bring forward the best available evidence supporting their position on the appropriate Guidelines income for themselves and the other parent. The Guidelines require full disclosure throughout, while s 7.4 of the Divorce . . . [more]

Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. La version française suit.

For this last week, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:

1. R. v. Ndhlovu, 2022 SCC 38 (CanLII)

[1] Parliament and courts have increasingly recognized the grave harms which flow from the wide variety of sexual offences prohibited in the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46. Over the years, the substantive elements of some sexual offences have been modified: consent is now . . . [more]

Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. La version française suit.

For this last week, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:

1. R. v. Tessier, 2022 SCC 35 (CanLII)

[141] In what follows, we refer to the standard police caution as a warning to differentiate it from the Charter cautions that police provide to fulfill their informational duties under ss. 10(a) and 10(b) of the Charter. While this Court referred to “warning[s]” and . . . [more]

Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. La version française suit.

For this last week, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:

1. R v Royal, 2022 ABCA 330 (CanLII)

[12] Accordingly, when the Crown took charge of the matter at that point, the matter should have been brought to a superior court judge, not to another provincial court judge. The decision in Doz, brief as it was, had not expired by 2022. It is . . . [more]

Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. La version française suit.

For this last week, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:

1. R. v. Hardy, 2022 BCPC 189 (CanLII)

[5] Interestingly, a review of the Meads decision shows that over 50 percent of the cases referred to are in fact detaxer cases. Only about six or seven percent actually dealt with freemen of the land or similar type arguments. But the net result is . . . [more]

Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. La version française suit.

For this last week, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:

1. Jackson v Cooper, 2022 ABKB 609 (CanLII)

[148] A Plaintiff’s claim for cost of care must be reasonable, legitimate, and justifiable: Andrews at 242-44. Damages are awarded on the basis of objective, evidence-based opinion that goes to the medical justification for and reasonableness of the expense: Sutherland at para 625, citing Krangle . . . [more]

Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. La version française suit.

For this last week, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:

1. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65

[1] This appeal and its companion cases (see Bell Canada v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 66 (CanLII)), provide this Court with an opportunity to re-examine its approach to judicial review of administrative decisions.

[2] In these reasons, we will . . . [more]

Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. La version française suit.

For this last week, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:

1. Action4Canada v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2022 BCSC 1507 (CanLII)

[71] Put simply, individuals have standing to question whether state actions infringe their Charter protected rights. Hence, in this case, there is a prospect that the plaintiffs could put forward a valid claim that certain of the COVID-based health restrictions instituted by . . . [more]

Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. La version française suit.

For this last week, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:

1. AlumaSafway Inc. v Certain Employees of AlumaSafway and United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local Union No. 1325, 2022 CanLII 76637 (AB LRB)

4. The Board finds the anonymous letter, and the Employees’ concerted refusal to accept overtime shifts for the purpose of compelling the Employer to agree to terms . . . [more]

Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. La version française suit.

For this last week, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:

1. Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd., 2022 ONSC 4690 (CanLII)

[312] Given the litigation design and the limitations on the available compensation, the access to justice considerations are not deserving of particular concern. If behaviour management means using the litigation process to give a defendant and other defendants an education of their responsibilities . . . [more]

Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. La version française suit.

For this last week, the most-consulted three English-language decisions were:

1. Agrium v Orbis Engineering Field Services, 2022 ABCA 266 (CanLII)

[158] First, the purpose of the “Judicature” part of the Constitution Act, 1867 is to preserve the role of superior courts – the judges of which are appointed by the federal government[132] to courts established by a province – as the guardians . . . [more]

Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. La version française suit.

For this last week, the most-consulted three English-language decisions were:

1. Royal Bank of Canada v Anderson, 2022 ABQB 525

[29] Court access restrictions are a useful tool to minimize the harm cause by abusive litigants, but they are far from a universal panacea. One problem is that court access restrictions do not meaningfully affect “defensive” steps taken by abusive litigants to frustrate . . . [more]