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Sexual assault and IPV survivors sue Ottawa, argue Jordan fallout violates their s. 7 Charter rights

Kathryn Marshall of Marshall Law in Toronto said that ‘until the crisis in the justice system is fixed, no Jordan caps [should be applied] on sexual assault and intimate partner violence cases because hundreds of cases are getting stayed every year.’

Thursday, April 03, 2025 @ 4:42 PM

Last Updated: Friday, April 04, 2025 @ 4:35 PM

Fourteen sexual assault and intimate partner violence survivors have sued Ottawa for $15 million in Charter damages and systemic remedies for the federal government’s alleged unjustified breach of their Charter s. 7 right to fundamental justice by not responding effectively to R. v. Jordan, 2016 SCC 27 and its fallout. ... [read more]

B.C. Court of Appeal rejects SEC appeal over Mareva injunction variation

Friday, April 04, 2025 @ 5:18 PM

The B.C. Court of Appeal has denied the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) permission to challenge a ruling that varied a Mareva injunction, allowing an individual ordered to pay over $11 million in a stock manipulation case to use frozen funds for legal and personal expenses. ... [read more]

Proposed class action targets Bell, Sunwing, Air Canada, Montreal airport for delays due to outage

Friday, April 04, 2025 @ 4:58 PM

A proposed class action has been brought against discount airline Sunwing, the Montréal-Trudeau airport, Air Canada and Bell for a network outage that occurred at the airport on March 25, causing flight delays of nearly 24 hours. ... [read more]

Ontario court injunction bars outside claims administrators in $32.5 billion tobacco class action

Friday, April 04, 2025 @ 4:53 PM

In a rare move, the Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court has granted an injunction preventing any third-party claims administrators from soliciting potential claimants in the mediated $32.5 billion class settlement action involving three tobacco companies, Canadian provinces and territories, and victims of tobacco use. ... [read more]

B.C. Court of Appeal increases ‘inordinately low’ damage assessment in defamation case

Friday, April 04, 2025 @ 4:13 PM

B.C.’s top court has increased the amount of special damages in a defamation case by nearly $200,000, after calling out the original assessment as not being adequate. ... [read more]