Sean Fine

Consent is not just the absence of a ‘no’ in Canadian law. But what about when there is a yes, in circumstances in which an individual might not see a way out?

Our dynamic ‘living tree’ doctrine grows alongside our society, and serves as a mighty monument to Canadian exceptionalism in the face of American bravado

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

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

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

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

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

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

The 1991 killings by George Harding Lovie were rooted in an obsession linked to an allegation of intimate-partner violence, evidence showed

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

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

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

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 court said in a statement that while artificial intelligence offers the potential of considerable benefits for judges, it also poses risks to the justice system

Judge argues Chinese man’s plan to study at the University of Waterloo fits Beijing’s evolving spy tactics

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday that the government of the Northwest Territories acted unreasonably in rejecting the claims of five parents by failing to consider ‘Charter values’

Lesley J. Wood, an associate professor, was charged this week with mischief over $5,000 and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence by Toronto Police

The statement , posted on social media, was endorsed by a group of Canadian lawyers and former judges, led by lawyer Mark Sandler of Toronto, who is Jewish

Newfoundland and Labrador appeal court tosses the acquittal of a man who let his four dogs starve nearly to death and orders a new trial

Broken-promise case brought by 21 First Nations over compensation for lands ceded in 1850 treaty is among the most important reconciliation matters heard by the court in recent years