Chief Justice McLachlin

Supreme Court of Canada

Indexed decisions

Common indexed areas

Commercial, Administrative

Recorded outcome classifications

Defendant prevailed

31 · 39%

Plaintiff prevailed

27 · 34%

Mixed / split

12 · 15%

Dismissed

9 · 11%

79 of 79 indexed decisions have a recorded outcome classification; 0 do not. Percentages use classified decisions only. These descriptive records are incomplete and do not predict future results.

About this data

This profile summarizes decisions currently indexed by Curia, not a complete judicial history. Names and courts come from source metadata; practice areas and outcomes may be machine-assisted classifications and may be missing or incorrect. One decision can have multiple practice areas.

Observed decision years: 2000–2018.

Source links: 79 of 79. Missing practice-area labels: 0. Latest indexing update: 2026-09-09.

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Recent indexed decisions

Case

Citation

Date

671122 Ontario Ltd. v. Sagaz Industries Canada Inc.

2001 SCC 59, [2001] 2 SCR 983

Giguère v. Chambre des notaires du Québec

2004 SCC 1, [2004] 1 SCR 3

Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. v. Canada