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Welcome to “Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!” In this episode, Kyla Lee from Acumen Law Corporation examines two cases involving no fault insurance and the question of what it means for an injury to arise from a motor vehicle accident. Under no fault insurance systems, individuals generally

Welcome to “Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!” In this episode, Kyla Lee from Acumen Law Corporation examines a case involving joint sentencing submissions and the power imbalance between the Crown and the defence. Lance Littlewolf pleaded guilty to manslaughter and, through a joint submission, was sentenced to

In this episode, Kyla Lee from Acumen Law Corporation examines a case arising from the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision striking down consecutive periods of parole ineligibility for multiple murder convictions. Once those sentences were declared unconstitutional, individuals already serving them began seeking remedies. The legal question became not whether the sentences were unconstitutional, but

In this episode, Kyla Lee from Acumen Law Corporation examines a case involving immigration sponsorship, religious freedom, and the recognition of non-traditional forms of parenthood. The case concerned a child who had been abandoned or left without parental care and was taken in through a form of guardianship recognized in Islamic tradition. The Canadian family

Welcome to “Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!” In this episode, Kyla Lee from Acumen Law Corporation examines a case involving a doctor’s potential duty of care to third parties who may be harmed by a patient. The case arose after a patient with a history of mental

Welcome to “Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!” In this episode, Kyla Lee from Acumen Law Corporation examines a case involving international child abduction, refugee claims, and the Hague Convention. Under the Hague Convention, children who are wrongfully removed from one country to another are generally expected to