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26 curated hubs across Canadian common law and Quebec civil law.

Charter
Section 1 — Reasonable Limits on Charter Rights

How every Charter limit is justified or struck down.

5 curated cases
Charter
Section 7 — Life, Liberty and Security of the Person

Arbitrariness, overbreadth, gross disproportionality.

4 curated cases
Charter
Section 15 — Equality and Analogous Grounds

Substantive equality, analogous grounds, the Andrews framework.

3 curated cases
Criminal
Disclosure and Trial within Reasonable Time

Stinchcombe disclosure and Jordan ceilings.

2 curated cases
Criminal
Reasonable Doubt and Jury Instructions

Lifchus, W(D), and the burden of proof.

3 curated cases
Criminal
Search, Seizure and Police Powers

Hunter v Southam, investigative detention, exclusion of evidence.

3 curated cases
Tort
Duty of Care: Anns/Cooper Framework

Foreseeability, proximity, residual policy.

4 curated cases
Contract
Good Faith and Honest Performance

Bhasin and the organising principle.

1 curated cases
Administrative
Standard of Review

Vavilov reasonableness, Baker fairness.

4 curated cases
Aboriginal/Indigenous
Aboriginal Title

From Calder to Tsilhqot'in.

3 curated cases
Aboriginal/Indigenous
Aboriginal Rights and Duty to Consult

Sparrow framework, Haida duty.

3 curated cases
Federalism
POGG, Trade and Commerce

GHG Reference and the limits of federal power.

3 curated cases
Quebec civil law
Quebec Civil Law

A primer for common-law students.

1 curated cases
Constitutional
Constitutional Conventions and Patriation

The Patriation Reference and the rule of law.

3 curated cases
Evidence
Hearsay and Expert Evidence

Khelawon and Mohan.

2 curated cases
Contract
Contract Interpretation and Exclusion Clauses

Sattva, Tercon, and the death of fundamental breach.

2 curated cases
Employment
Employment Dismissal Damages

Honda Canada and the end of Wallace bumps.

1 curated cases
Tort
Defamation and Charter Values

Hill v Church of Scientology and the Canadian balance.

1 curated cases
Criminal
Mens Rea — The Subjective/Objective Spectrum

From subjective intent through criminal negligence to absolute liability.

1 curated cases
Criminal
Sentencing Indigenous Offenders — Gladue and Ipeelee

Section 718.2(e) and the systemic over-incarceration crisis.

2 curated cases
Restitution
Unjust Enrichment and Constructive Trust

Pettkus, Garland, Kerr — three elements and the joint family venture.

2 curated cases
Corporate
Directors' Duties and the Oppression Remedy

BCE: fiduciary duty owed to the corporation; oppression protects reasonable expectations.

1 curated cases
Tort
Personal-Injury Damages — The 1978 Trilogy

Andrews/Thornton/Lindal: heads of damages and the non-pecuniary cap.

1 curated cases
Limitations
Limitation Periods and the Discoverability Rule

M(K) v M(H) and the modern discoverability framework.

1 curated cases
Charter
Freedom of Religion — Sincere Belief

Big M, Multani, Loyola — the s.2(a) framework.

2 curated cases
Charter
Freedom of Expression — From Ford to Keegstra

Section 2(b) protects expression conveying meaning, with violent-form exception.

3 curated cases