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Justice La Forest
csc-scc
Reported rulings
20
Practice focus
Family, Commercial
Outcomes · all rulings
Plaintiff prevailed
50%
Defendant prevailed
35%
Mixed / split
10%
Dismissed
5%
Based on 20 reported rulings. Past results are not necessarily indicative of future results.
Curia · Appearance strategy

Run heavy on record-based arguments. This judge is historically receptive to plaintiff submissions grounded in contemporaneous medical records. Narrative-heavy expert opinions without corroborating documentation are more likely to be discounted.

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Recent rulings
Case
Citation
Date
Royal Bank of Canada v. Sparrow Electric Corp.
1997 CanLII 377 (SCC), [1997] 1 SCR 411
Jan 1, 1997
Bow Valley Husky (Bermuda) Ltd. v. Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd.
1997 CanLII 307 (SCC), [1997] 3 SCR 1210
Jan 1, 1997
Ter Neuzen v. Korn
1995 CanLII 72 (SCC), [1995] 3 SCR 674
Jan 1, 1995
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