Another example, this time from the Manitoba Court of Appeal, of a decision-maker stretching language too far. In Darcis v. Manitoba, 2012 MBCA 49, an arbitrator was the guilty party, in respect of an agreement concluded between the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, Canada, Manitoba and the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board. This agreement was an exception to a […] Read more

Via Canadian Appeals Monitor, word that the Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to appeal from the decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeals in Sally Behn v. Moulton Contracting Ltd. The primary issue here will be whether individual members of a First Nation can rely on a breach of the duty to […] Read more