SCC rules Crown immunity shields officials from compelled discovery when Crown not a party
Thursday, September 28, 2017 @ 12:55 PM | By Cristin Schmitz
Federal officials can’t be compelled to submit to discovery in civil actions to which neither the Crown nor its servants are parties, the Supreme Court has ruled 7-0 in overturning a Quebec judgment that had attenuated federal Crown immunity. The Sept. 28 judgment co-written by Justices Clément Gascon and Russell Brown is of note to civil litigators and others interested in the law of Crown liability: Canada (Attorney General) v. Thouin 2017 SCC 46.
Justice Clément GasconThe top court concluded that provincial rules on discovery do...
Justice Clément GasconThe top court concluded that provincial rules on discovery do...
