đźš— On Friday, March 20, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in R v. Singer. At issue is whether police responding to an impaired-driving complaint can, without a warrant, enter a private driveway and approach a parked running vehicle, even where the driver is not visible. When does that conduct breach s. 8 of the Charter and require the evidence to be excluded?
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🧸 On Friday, March 6, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in Attorney General of Quebec v. Bijou Cibuabua Kanyinda. The appeal involves a Charter equality challenge asking whether Quebec’s exclusion of refugee claimants with work permits from “reduced-contribution” subsidized childcare discriminates under s. 15, and if so, what the remedy should be.
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🦠On Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in Canadian Civil Liberties Association, et al. v. Newfoundland and Labrador, et al. This is the Court’s first real chance to say what s. 6 mobility rights mean when public health concerns meet provincial boundaries.
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👮‍♀️ On Friday, Feb. 6, the Supreme Court of Canada will release its decision in R. v. Fox. At stake is the sanctity of solicitor-client privilege in the context of police listening to lawyer-client phone calls. The wrinkle is that the lawyer was calling her client to give them a heads-up about police obtaining search warrants. The lawyer was charged with obstruction of justice but acquitted because she could not use the privileged recording to defend herself.
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🏠This week, we’re predicting the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Stephen Emond and Claudette Emond v. Trillium Mutual Insurance Company, which is due out Friday. The case asks a deceptively simple insurance question: when a home is a total loss, does “Guaranteed Rebuilding Cost” coverage actually guarantee the full cost to rebuild, even when conservation regulations make rebuilding more expensive?
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🚦 Welcome to the start of season 14 of Fantasy Courts! If you missed the end of season recap and stats, you can read it here. Seven correct appeal predictions in a row is the number to beat.
Our first decision to predict in 2026 is R. v. Hussein, one that we’ve been waiting a year for. At issue is the approach to the circumstances under which the Crown may raise prior criminal convictions in cross-examination of an accused who testifies at his or her trial.
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