Courts and tribunals
Browse source-confirmed Canadian decisions. Each card gives the case name and a very short holding when the original reasons have been independently reviewed. Other cards are labelled identity only, without an invented result.
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Held. The BC Supreme Court dismissed a truck fire lawsuit for want of prosecution after the truck and maintenance records were destroyed, prejudicing the defendants' ability to defend the claim.
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Held. A BC Court of Appeal chambers judge declined to stop West Vancouver's demolition work during litigation over orders concerning an unsafe property.
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Held. The BC Supreme Court found the trial judge had misapplied the legal test for harmful or offensive contact and ordered a new trial.
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Held. Manitoba's Court of King's Bench held Gowling responsible for breaching duties arising from an undertaking to protect former counsel's fees in day school litigation.
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Held. The BC Supreme Court adjourned RBC's application for a receiver over West Horizon Contracting, allowing the company an opportunity to continue operations.
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Held. In a third contempt application over the use of land, the Yukon Supreme Court imposed sanctions against Annie Lake Trucking and issued removal directions for material and mobile homes on the property.
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Held. The BC Supreme Court allowed Guo Law Corporation and a related plaintiff to amend a civil pleading but required $150,000 security for costs before the action could continue.
Source-confirmed listing
Identity only. Holding not yet verified. The original source confirms the case identity.
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Held. After a successful application by defendants including an education professionals association, the Yukon Supreme Court fixed costs at $8,000 and refused a proposed disbursement for an associated lawyer's legal opinion.
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Held. The Yukon Supreme Court awarded Connective Support Society $50,000 in general damages and $5,000 in costs against a former employee for defamatory online statements.
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Held. In Grove v Arctic Colour Tours, the Yukon Supreme Court granted a property owner a writ of possession after finding that the tour company could no longer remain on the land used for its business.
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Held. The Yukon Supreme Court set aside an order dismissing a contractor's lawsuit after finding it would be unjust to prevent the contractor from pursuing its claim over an unfinished house.
Source-confirmed listing
Identity only. Holding not yet verified. The original source confirms the case identity.
Source-confirmed listing
Identity only. Holding not yet verified. The original source confirms the case identity.
Source-confirmed listing
Identity only. Holding not yet verified. The original source confirms the case identity.
Source-confirmed listing
Identity only. Holding not yet verified. The original source confirms the case identity.
Reviewed decision
Held. In Wright v Yukon, 2023 YKSC 15, the court determined costs following the Yukon government’s unsuccessful bid to dismiss a challenge for lack of standing.
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Held. In November 2022, the Yukon Supreme Court rejected an attempt to remove Glencore's lawyers from an oppression lawsuit concerning Katanga Mining.
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Held. In a 2022 oil and gas dispute, the Yukon Supreme Court ordered the government to delete the company's original, overbroad document production after it had been replaced by a court directed review.
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Identity only. Holding not yet verified. The original source confirms the case identity.