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Yukon College discriminated against 2 students when assumptions about disability kept them from registering for a full course load. The Board awarded $10,000 to each student, $30,000 in legal costs and ordered the College to establish a proper human rights complaint process.
The Yukon Supreme Court set aside a human rights decision against a historical association that excluded women from membership. The Board had misconstrued how the public services restriction applied and relied on an inadequately supported claim about the distortion of historical records.
After an injunction required removal of particular Facebook posts about a Whitehorse shelter operator, the Yukon Supreme Court found the respondent in civil contempt beyond a reasonable doubt. It imposed a $2,500 fine and special costs, declining imprisonment. The judgment dealt with enforcement of the injunction, not a fresh trial of the underlying allegations.
After winning a Yukon mining consultation challenge, Na-Cho Nyäk Dun secured $45,000 in costs. The Court used the tariff as a guide, considered the constitutional importance and complexity of the litigation, and protected an unlabelled settlement bill through settlement privilege.
Yukon's Ombudsman could seek child services records without a separate court order despite the agency's general confidentiality provisions. Two broader declarations were refused, and specific privacy and privilege restrictions still applied.
The Yukon Supreme Court refused to reopen its dismissal of a minority shareholder's Glencore oppression claim. The plaintiff had already appealed and showed no exceptional miscarriage of justice requiring a second decision from the trial court.
The Yukon Supreme Court upheld a commissioner's summonses to government employees investigating correctional centre surveillance video. The October 2026 appeal court refused a stay but left the merits appeal unresolved.
A Yukon regulator failed to obtain special or ordinary costs after defending its denial of a cannabis retail licence. The Court distinguished unsupported comments about other participants from legally reprehensible misconduct, and emphasized the limits on a tribunal seeking costs in judicial review.
The Yukon Supreme Court reduced the receiver's operational mandate after responsibility for mine maintenance transferred to a contractor.
A 2022 Yukon court approved a receivership asset sale and imposed limited confidentiality on bidder materials while weighing court openness.
After an injunction required removal of particular Facebook posts about a Whitehorse shelter operator, the Yukon Supreme Court found the respondent in civil contempt beyond a reasonable doubt. It imposed a $2,500 fine and special costs, declining imprisonment. The judgment dealt with enforcement of the injunction, not a fresh trial of the underlying allegations.
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