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Justice Sopinka
csc-scc
Reported rulings
5
Practice focus
Family, Criminal
Outcomes · all rulings
Defendant prevailed
60%
Dismissed
20%
Plaintiff prevailed
20%
Based on 5 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
Semelhago v. Paramadevan
1996 CanLII 209 (SCC)
Jun 20, 1996
W. (V.) v. S. (D.)
1996 CanLII 192 (SCC), [1996] 2 SCR 108
Jan 1, 1996
Galaske v. O'Donnell
1994 CanLII 128 (SCC), [1994] 1 SCR 670
Jan 1, 1994
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