This bilingual Year-In-Review volume comprises papers reviewing groundbreaking Supreme Court of Canada's 2024-2025 decisions in family law and criminal law, along with case comments, special essays, excerpts of Supreme Court of Canada’s 2024 Annual Review and the 2024 & 2025 lists of oral and written judgments.
Langue de publication: English
Publié: 15 juin 2026
Éditeur: LexisNexis Canada
This bilingual Year-In-Review volume comprises papers reviewing groundbreaking Supreme Court of Canada's 2024-2025 decisions in family law and criminal law, along with case comments, special essays, excerpts of Supreme Court of Canada’s 2024 Annual Review and the 2024 & 2025 lists of oral and written judgments.
Contributors
Deanne Sowter
Richard Litkowski
Geoff Haskell
Aidan Johnson
Robert Diab
Mark Mancini
Prasanna Balasundaram
Geetha Philipupillai
Richard Lizius
Sabrina Saint-Louis
Danielle N. Landry
Airianna Murdoch-Fyke
Alain-Guy Sipowo
Debra M. Haak
Gabriel Bervin
Jennifer Morin
Guillaume Renauld
Anthony Delisle
Evan Linn
Amanda Santache
Nima Hojjati
Kevin Hille
Jesse Abell
Kevin W. Gray
Yves Robillard
Simon Lin
Anne-Sophie Ouellet
Charles Michaud
PART I: YEAR IN REVIEW
Developments in Family Law: The 2024-2025 Term – Deanne Sowter
Developments in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure: The 2025 Term – Richard Litkowski & Geoff Haskell
PART II: SPECIAL ESSAYS
Quand l’article 8 rencontre le fentanyl : jugements de valeur et portée réelle de l’approche neutre au regard de R. c. Campbell – Aidan Johnson
Hunter at Forty: Its Origin Story and Enduring Centrality for Canadian Constitutional Law – Robert Diab & Mark Mancini
Is Immigration Detention Constitutional in the Absence of a Presumption of Innocence?: Considerations in Light of John Howard Society of Saskatchewan – Prasanna Balasundaram & Geetha Philipupillai
Hold the Line: The Role of “Dynamic” Statutory Interpretation – Richard Lizius
Société Radio-Canada c. Personne désignée : guide pour favoriser le principe de la publicité des débats judiciaires lorsqu’il se heurte au privilège de l’indicateur de police – Sabrina Saint-Louis
Kinamore and the Unintended Costs of Sexual Assault Law Reform – Danielle N. Landry & Airianna Murdoch-Fyke
De l’incertitude à la cohérence : l’architecture de la preuve relative au passé sexuel de la victime dans Hanrahan et Kinamore – Alain-Guy Sipowo
R. v. Kloubakov : Three Significant Clarifications About Canada’s Criminal Prostitution Laws – Debra M. Haak
L’arrêt Brunelle et le droit à l’avocat : une analyse guidée par les circonstances – Gabriel Bervin et Jennifer Morin
« Auer problem is our problem »: la déduction de la justification dans les motifs externes de l’acte législatif subordonné – Guillaume Renauld et Anthony Delisle
The Grappling Hook: Responsive Justification in Administrative Law Since Vavilov – Evan Linn
Reverberations of Kruk on W. (D.): Looking Back to Move Forward – Amanda Santache
Decisions Over Decision-Makers: A Practical Benefit Test for Declaratory Relief in Fiduciary Decision Disputes – Nima Hojjati
“Where There Are Legal Rights There Are Remedies”: The Promise of Reconciliatory Remedies and the Limitations of Shot Both Sides – Kevin Hille & Jesse Abell
Same Words, Different Meanings: Statutory Interpretation and International Law at the Supreme Court of Canada – Kevin W. Gray
La relativité du lien réel et substantiel – Yves Robillard
Extraterritoriality Constitutional Doctrine Meets Conflicts of Law Principles in a Class Action Process – Simon Lin
Lorsque la liberté d’association s’émancipe : constats et impacts de l’arrêt Société des casinos – Anne-Sophie Ouellet
Syndicalisation des cadres : quand la lumière constitutionnelle crée de l’ombrage – Charles Michaud
PART III: SUPREME COURT OF CANADA’S 2024 ANNUAL REVIEW (SELECTIONS)
Judges of the Supreme Court
150 years of the Supreme Court of Canada
A Landmark Decision
Statistics
PART IV: SUPREME COURT OF CANADA ANNUAL LIST OF JUDGMENTS
2025 List of Oral Judgments
2025 List of Written Judgments
2024 List of Oral Judgments
2025 List of Written Judgments
Table of Cases