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Indigenous employers operate within a legal landscape that is both complex and highly contextual. Questions arise frequently around which employment laws...

John McCormick, an equity partner in the law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, filed a complaint with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal.

In its long-awaited decision in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, the Supreme Court of Canada has opened the door to claims for breaches of "customary international law"

Despite all of this discussion, the recent decriminalization of PAD still gives rise to many unanswered questions.

On March 27, 2017, in an unprecedented decision, the Provincial Court of British Columbia ruled in R. v. DeSautel to recognize the aboriginal rights of a First Nation whose members reside in the United States ...

The Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff (Canada's Modern Slavery Act or the "CMSA")...

This treaty could have far-reaching implications for Canadian businesses involved in transnational activities.

The Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) has a problematic 30-year history. Launched as the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business in 1996...

With the Government's recent proposals on reforming human rights law and the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham during July and August...

Highly anticipated guidance (Guidance) with respect to Canada's Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the Act), formerly known as Bill S-211...

Canadian judges are going back to school, or at least, that's what it feels like. Judges must "understand the people they are judging" says Justice Adele Kent, head of the National Judicial Institute.

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal in Carter v Canada (AG), which deals with the constitutionality of the assisted suicide provision of the Criminal Code

M. Caron, a special educator at a centre for persons with intellectual disabilities, was injured at work and developed a chronic elbow condition.

The Supreme Court of Canada held, in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, that Canadian companies can be sued for breaches of customary international law relating...

This decision deals with the issue of whether a person who was wrongfully convicted due to a breach of his constitutional rights can claim Charter damages based on the negligent conduct of the Crown Attorney.

The Alberta Human Rights Commission has put in place the Case Inventory Resolution Program in an effort to reduce a massive backlog of cases. For the past seven years the number of complaints

The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently released its decisions in six appeals regarding Ontario's Anti-SLAPP legislation.