CBC News The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a raft of landmark copyright decisions that will affect how Canadians listen to and buy music online. It also kept open the doors to the kinds of research materials, primarily photocopies, that…
CBC News Lawyers for the former and current MPs for Etobicoke Centre debated how serious clerical errors need to be before a new election is required, as part of a case at Canada’s top court over missing paperwork from last…
CBC News The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered a new trial in a sexual assault case involving a mentally disabled witness, and has given her the right to testify in court. The case from Ontario involves a then 19-year-old…
The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously ruled that online publications cannot be found liable for linking to defamatory material. The decision effectively shields anyone who publishes a link, as long as the linking itself is not defamatory. The case…