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The last few months have seen a flurry of high profile activity in the area of elections law: from administrative irregularities and voter registration in the Supreme Court’s decision in Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj,, to conflict of interest regulation in Magder v Ford...

Andrew Pinto was appointed to conduct a review of the new Ontario Human Rights system created from fundamental changes to the Human Rights Code effective June 30, 2008.

Joseph J. Arvay Q.C. is unquestionably one of Canada’s leading constitutional litigators. He has been counsel on numerous landmark constitutional law cases.

In December 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Reference re Securities Act. The unanimous court rejected the federal government's proposed national Securities Act as unconstitutional.

In two decisions released within one week of one another, the Supreme Court of Canada changed the landscape for human rights law. In BC Workers' Compensation Board v. Figliola, the Supreme Court reduced the discretion of human rights tribunals to (re)hear allegations of discrimination..

The Supreme Court of Canada recently released its decision in Canada (Attorney General) v. PHS Community Services Society ("Insite").