TheCourt.ca is pleased to present its annual Year in Review special for 2017 (see also our 2015 and 2016 Year in Review posts). 2017 was particularly impactful for the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC"): the Court heard heavily publicized cases in its fall session alone including Trinity Western University (Trinity Western University v Law Society […]
Last year, I wrote a two-part “Year in Review” special, analyzing some of the interesting aspects of the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2015 calendar year. Part I was a statistical analysis of the Supreme Court’s activity, while Part II looked at some of the most significant decisions rendered that year by Canada’s highest court. This […]
This brief comment will have the objective of answering a simple but very interesting two-part question: which Supreme Court of Canada decisions have received the most judicial treatment by subsequent courts and tribunals, and how many times have they been referenced in Canadian jurisprudence? Methodology and Data The list below (and accompanying data) was compiled […]