Sean Fine

Author Steven Galloway wins right to sue sexual assault accuser for defamation in case highlighting tension between ‘cancel culture’ fears and risk of silencing assault survivors

The ruling ends a battle that lasted more than five years over where the bounds of cabinet confidentiality end and the public’s right to know begins

8-0 ruling says 2019 law, called an Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families, was within Ottawa’s jurisdiction

Judges in Canada have mostly stayed away from telling the Prime Minister, cabinet and the legislative branch what to do – but Federal Court Justice Henry Brown’s recent ruling cast aside that tradition

Supreme Court unanimously disagrees with two lower courts in case of Ontario woman who challenged insurance claim denial

The 3-0 ruling by Ontario’s Divisional Court this week is the first from a court in that province on gender-affirming care and on treatment for non-binary people

Globe and Mail reporter Sean Fine asks former Olympian Barb Underhill, one of the world’s top skating coaches, to help him test the limits of muscle memory later in life

Review requested by Toronto Police Chief who acknowledged criticism of his comments after the verdict

Franck Yvan Tayo Tompouba to get a new trial after SOC affirms he had right to a trial in the official language of his choice

Fighting a lawsuit is a slow, complicated, costly process, and many jurists say the system is broken. The Globe surveyed Canada’s legal world to find out what needs to change