Appellate Quarterly - June 2026

Join McCarthy Tétrault’s National Appellate Litigation Group as we discuss appeals of importance to the Canadian business community during the last quarter. Each session brings you up-to-date on recent appellate developments across Canada. Topics to be discussed this quarter include:

• Supreme Court of Canada: The nullification of coverage doctrine in insurance contracts.
• Federal: “Text as anchor” in statutory interpretation: stabilizing force or a source of fresh debate?
• Ontario: Does a party waive solicitor client privilege by advancing pleadings or litigation conduct that puts its understanding of its legal rights or obligations in issue, even without expressly relying on legal advice?
• Québec: At the authorization stage, is it enough that the alleged facts support one arguable legal basis, such that the court should not analyze or dismiss the others absent exceptional circumstances?
• West: Provincial privacy laws limit global tech company’s AI-driven collection of internet data.

Speakers include: Denise Brunsdon, James S.S. Holtom, Brandon Kain, Byron Shaw and Sarah Woods.

Note: All instructions and information on how to access the webinar will be forwarded a few days before the event. 

For questions about this event, please contact clientevents@mccarthy.ca.

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 hours of CPD credit under the mandatory education regimes in British Columbia and Ontario. 

Barreau du Québec Continuing Education: This program contains up to 1.5 hours of content. For more information regarding the declaration and recognition of educational activities, please contact the Barreau du Québec.