Supreme Court Of Canada

• Canada’s top court says intimate partner violence is a basis for civil claims

  The top court's ruling today comes in the case of a woman who suffered years of physical and emotional abuse by her husband during a 16-year marriage.

  Crime

  May 15
  
• Canada’s top court upholds limits on key privilege for spy watchdog members

  The top court's decision settles a thorny legal question about the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, better known as NSICOP.

  Politics

  May 1
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada to hear Churchill portrait thief’s sentence appeal

  The man who stole the "Roaring Lion" portrait of Winston Churchill from the Château Laurier in Ottawa will have a chance to appeal his sentence in the Supreme Court of Canada.

  Canada

  Apr 30
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• Crown can seek forfeiture of seized assets in derailed Quebec drug cases: top court

  The Supreme Court of Canada says the Crown can seek the forfeiture of assets seized in a drug probe even though the criminal cases against most of the accused were set aside.

  Canada

  Apr 17
• What’s at stake as Supreme Court hears challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21

  From the use of the notwithstanding clause to state secularism to Quebec's unique place within Canada, constitutional law experts say the case will result in a major new precedent.

  Canada

  Mar 24
• Supreme Court of Canada to hear challenge of Ottawa’s firearms ban

  A not-for-profit advocacy organization, firearm owners, businesses, hunters, and recreational and sport shooters have appealed lower court rulings that upheld the ban.

  Canada

  Mar 19
• Ottawa appeals Emergencies Act use during ‘Freedom Convoy’ to Supreme Court

  The federal government is appealing a January ruling from the Federal Court of Appeal that upheld the use of the emergencies law breached Charter rights.

  Canada

  Mar 17
• Supreme Court annuls 2025 one-vote Liberal win in Montreal riding

  The Supreme Court of Canada has annulled a Liberal win in the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne from last spring's federal election.

  Politics

  Feb 13
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• Hearings begin at Supreme Court on constitutionality of random police traffic stops

  The case involves Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a Montrealer of Haitian descent who said he was repeatedly stopped by police for no apparent reason when he was driving.

  Canada

  Jan 19
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• Supreme Court restores woman’s conviction for attempted murder of her mother

  The Supreme Court of Canada has restored a woman's conviction for attempting to kill her mother by injecting her with insulin.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2025