☎️ On Friday, May 22, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in R. v. Saddleback. At issue is whether a trial judge improperly used a deceased person’s statement for the truth of its contents and whether that error justified setting aside a murder conviction.
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👨👩👧👦 On Friday, May 15, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia. At issue is whether a lower court judge was right to recognize a new tort of family violence.
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🏠 On Friday, May 8, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in Patrick Street Holdings Limited v. 11368 NL Inc. At issue is whether an appeal can be dismissed on the grounds of res judicata when that argument is raised for the first time on appeal.
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🕊️ On Friday, May 1, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in Ryan Alford v. Canada (Attorney General). At issue is whether Parliament can, by ordinary legislation, prevent certain parliamentarians from claiming parliamentary privilege if they disclose protected national security information in Parliament.
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💸 On Friday, April 17, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in His Majesty the King v. Thi Huyen Nguyen, et al. At issue is whether the Crown can pursue forfeiture of seized property after criminal proceedings against the property holders have been stayed. Specifically, the Court is set to decide whether property targeted under s. 462.37(2) of the Criminal Code and s. 16(2) of the CDSA must be related to the offence for which there was a conviction, and whether a stay of proceedings bars the prosecution from proving the facts underlying the stayed charges in a forfeiture hearing.
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🕊️ On Friday, April 10, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in Deborah Carol Riddle v. ivari. At issue is what it takes, under Quebec civil law, to undo a declaratory judgment of death: is proof that the missing person was alive abroad enough, and must the annulment application be served on the person said to have “returned”?
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