Stamp v Yukon (Government of), 2026 YKSC 56
A Yukon hospital couldn't put a physician's damages lawsuit on hold merely because a hospital privileges appeal was underway. The Supreme Court found the legal claims and remedies were distinct.
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Cooke v Government of Yukon, January 12, 2026
A majority of Yukon's Human Rights Board found pregnancy discrimination after new midwifery rules restricted private practice before a public program was ready, followed by a lengthy suspension of birthing services. The majority awarded $35,750 for injury to dignity and $837.28 in expenses, while a dissent disputed that the service disruption amounted to prohibited discrimination.
Burke, Chudy, Stastny and Nukon-Blake v Yukon Government (2018)
The Yukon adjudicator dismissed a deceased prisoner's individual human rights claim but preserved evidence about her treatment for the Commission's pursuit of systemic relief in consolidated correctional centre complaints. No discrimination finding or systemic order was made.
Wright v Yukon (Director of Public Safety and Investigations), 2023 YKSC 77
A Yukon Charter challenge to a five day eviction power led the Supreme Court to admit one homelessness expert report while excluding another and a late academic article. The ruling addresses what evidence the court would hear, not whether the eviction provision was constitutional.
Stastny v Government of Yukon, YHRPA File 2015-03 (2016)
A Yukon human rights adjudicator allowed a correctional centre complaint about access to First Nations spiritual practices to add religion or creed alongside ancestry as an alleged ground of discrimination. The amendment caused no unmanageable prejudice, but the tribunal made no finding that discrimination occurred.
Wright v Yukon (Government of), 2026 YKSC 37
After a mother successfully challenged Yukon's five day tenancy termination power under section 7 of the Charter, the Court awarded $35,000 plus $10,950 in disbursements. The 2026 ruling refused special costs but recognized the unusual difficulty and public importance of the case when setting a reasonable lump sum. GST was left undecided.
Stamp v. Yukon (Government of), 2026 YKSC 56
A Yukon hospital couldn't put a physician's damages lawsuit on hold merely because a hospital privileges appeal was underway. The Supreme Court found the legal claims and remedies were distinct.
When a Five Day Eviction Meets the Rules of Expert Evidence
A Yukon Charter challenge to a five day eviction power led the Supreme Court to admit one homelessness expert report while excluding another and a late academic article. The ruling addresses what evidence the court would hear, not whether the eviction provision was constitutional.
When a human rights complainant dies, can systemic relief survive?
A Yukon human rights preliminary ruling distinguished the end of a deceased complainant’s personal claim from the Commission’s ability to seek systemic relief.
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