Appellate Quarterly - July 2025

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: Can the CRTC regulate telecommunications carriers’ access to public property for the purpose of installing 5G small cell antennas?
• Federal: The FCA’s decision on whether the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice can be compelled to appoint judges.
• Ontario: Appellate Contractual Interpretation and Proving Defamation Damages.
• Québec: Québec Court of Appeal clarifies criteria for the suspension of legislation and discusses its jurisdiction to review decisions by a single judge of its court.
• West: Privacy in the Spotlight: Insights from the BCCA.

Speakers include: Brandon Kain, Patrick Williams, Kosta Kalogiros, Sajeda Hedaraly and Kara Smyth.

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

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 hours of 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.

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