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Following are the summaries for this week's civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

The accused had been convicted of sexual assault before the Provincial Court. At trial and on appeal to the Summary Conviction Appeal Court, he denied sexually assaulting the complainant at all.

In Reference re iGaming Ontario,1 released on November 12, 2025, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (ONCA) considered whether Ontario's proposed online gaming model...

Two recent decisions emphasize that data seized in Canada by Canadian authorities is nevertheless subject to investigation by foreign, and in particular American authorities.

The federal Liberals have agreed to remove the section in the Criminal Code that permits teachers and parents to use reasonable force to correct the behaviour of children in their care.

On December 11, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada released R. v. Fearon, a decision that addresses when police can search a cell phone in the course of a criminal arrest, without a warrant.

On November 5, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Quebec (Attorney General) v 9147-0732 Québec Inc, 2020 SCC 32.

Sometimes, the perpetrator who commits sexual assault or abuse is not acting alone.

In December 2019, an injunction (the "Injunction") was granted preventing the blockage work sites operated by Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Ltd. ("CGL") on Wet'suwet'en territory.

On August 11, 2023, the Court of Appeal of Quebec handed down a decision in CFG Construction inc. c. R., dismissing the appeal of the guilty verdict against an employer...

Anyone can experience assault or abuse; but we know that certain groups of vulnerable people are at much greater risk for suffering from these traumas.

In R. v. Anthony‑Cook, 2016 SCC 43, the Supreme Court of Canada recently confirmed that trial judges should only depart from a joint submission in very limited circumstances.

In Ontario, a plaintiff must start their lawsuit against the defendant within two years for most civil actions. But the two-year limitation period may be postponed where the action

You've probably heard the expression "as American as apple pie." When our public broadcaster ran a contest asking its audience to come up with a similar expression for Canada...

The law of defamation is about protecting a person's reputation. Accordingly, as determined by the Supreme Court of Canada in the seminal case of Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61.

I recently had reason to reconsider the question of whether, in Ontario, there is a two-year or no limitation period for sexual assault where one of the parties to the alleged assault has died. I wanted to know if there had been further case law developments on this question since my 2016 blog on the topic, “Court Breaks New Ground for Sexual Assault Cases.” I was surprised to see that, ten years later, the question has yet to be answered in a clear and conclusive manner.

Le 1er mars dernier, le juge Pierre Dupras, de la Cour du Québec chambre criminelle et pénale, a déclaré coupable un président d'entreprise d'homicide involontaire suite au décès d'un travailleur.

Quebec has dramatically increased minimum environmental fines for designated industrial activities by a factor of ten, with penalties now reaching up to $300,000 per day for contaminant releases. These changes, effective August 13, 2026, apply to nine categories of industrial operations including aluminum smelters, mines, cement plants, and chemical facilities, with fines doubling on first recidivism and tripling thereafter.