Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners

As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted.

Appeals

Criminal Law: Admissibility/Use Re Complainant Sexual Activity
R. v. A.M, 2026 SCC 33 (41528)

s. 276 screening regime not automatically apply re sexual services/trafficking.

Leaves to Appeal Granted

Aboriginal Law: Title
British Columbia v. Nuchatlaht, 2026 BCCA 137 (42379)

Aboriginal title to island.

Class Actions: Airlines
Davies v. Air Canada, 2025 QCCA 1344 (42161)

Arbitrator jurisdiction in labour law context.

Environmental Law: Plastic
Responsible Plastic Use Coalition, et al. v. Canada (Attorney General), et al., 2026 FCA 17 (42277)

Toxic plastics ban.

Labour Law: Arbitrator Jurisdiction
R.W. Tomlinson Limited, et al. v. Labourers’ International Union of North America, et al., 2025 ONCA 861 (42209)

Arbitrator jurisdiction in labour law context.

Tax: Assessment Appeals
Estate of the late Borys Srebrnik, Kristina Rezner Srebrnik, et al. v. Agence du revenu du Québec, 2025 QCCA 1492 (42186)

Assessing renovation deductions and corporate payments to family members.