Breaking News > In a private international ruling which clarifies what constitutes submission to the jurisdiction of a foreign court under Quebec civil law, the Supreme Court of Canada has 8-1 dismissed the appeal of a Quebec businessman who challenged the Quebec courts’ recognition and enforcement of a Utah court default judgment requiring him to pay more than $1.2 million for breach for contract in that state: Barer v. Knight Brothers LLC, 2019 SCC 13. MORE TO COME

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Lawyers say many regions overlooked in making Federal Court appointments

Wednesday, July 05, 2017 @ 1:22 PM | By Cristin Schmitz

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould ignored the federal judgeship applications of lawyers and provincial court judges in nearly half of the country when she recently appointed her own deputy minister to the...

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