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Administrative law 2026 FC 626

Canada (Military Police Complaints Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed the MPCC’s judicial review applications, holding OPS conduct-complaint investigations are not policing duties or functions and disclosure was not compelled for the public interest investigation.

  • Mandamus
  • Judicial review
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Oversight of military police
  • Public interest investigation
  • Jurisdiction of mpcc
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Administrative law 2026 FCA 73

Cholewa v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Commission reasonably concluded, on the record and applying Amselem, that the appellant’s beliefs were not religious or connected to a spiritual faith and that there was no link between the conduct complained of and a prohibited ground; the Federal Court reasonably deferred to that decision and the appeal is dismissed.

  • Judicial review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Religious discrimination
  • Freedom of religion
  • Frivolous complaints
  • Standard of review
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Administrative law 2026 CF 217

Alldowell c. Canada (Procureur général)

Contrôle judiciaire d’un grief militaire rejeté : le demandeur n’a pas établi le caractère déraisonnable de la décision de l’ADI, et les dommages-intérêts ne sont pas disponibles.

  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Military grievance procedure
  • Harassment investigation
  • Procedural compliance with court rules
  • Availability of remedies (damages)
  • Judicial-review
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Military law 2026 CMAC 2

R. v. Calderon

The Court Martial Appeal Court held that courts martial cannot impose Criminal Code driving prohibitions absent authority in the NDA, and dismissed the Crown’s sentence appeal.

  • Sentencing authority of courts martial
  • Interpretation of national defence act s.130
  • Driving prohibition orders
  • Ancillary orders and prohibitions
  • Military-law
  • Sentencing-law
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Administrative law 2026 FC 52

Scherf v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court granted judicial review, finding the Final Authority’s brief grievance decision unreasonable because it failed to meaningfully address the applicant’s detailed submissions.

  • Reasonableness review
  • Procedural fairness
  • Grievance process
  • Adoption of reasons by appellate decision maker
  • Remission for redetermination
  • Reasonableness-review
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Criminal law 2026 CMAC 1

R. v. Cadieux

The Court Martial Appeal Court granted Simon Cadieux’s motion to extend time and file a late notice of appeal, finding the prior abandonment was overcome by later legal developments.

  • Sex offender registry
  • Charter s.7
  • Abandonment of appeal
  • Extension of time
  • Resurrection of abandoned proceeding
  • Extension-of-time
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Administrative law 2026 FC 7

Domb v. Canada

The Federal Court found the judicial review moot after the Crown conceded the Final Authority decision was unreasonable and agreed to remit the grievance for redetermination.

  • Judicial review
  • Mootness
  • Procedural fairness
  • Remittal
  • Jurisdictional challenge
  • Judicial-review
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Negligence 2025 FCA 215

D.C. v. Canada

The court held that military police do not owe a private law duty of care to the appellants because the duties of police are owed to the public as a whole, the appellants failed to establish the required proximity or to bring themselves within the narrow Jane Doe duty-to-warn exception, they did not properly plead systemic issues that would alter the analysis, and therefore the Federal Court correctly granted summary judgment under Rule 215 for the respondent.

  • Duty of care
  • Proximity
  • Police investigations
  • Summary judgment (rule 215)
  • Public duty doctrine
  • Duty to warn (jane doe exception)
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Administrative law 2025 CF 1850

Alldowell c. Canada (Procureur général)

Contrôle judiciaire accueilli pour atteinte à l’équité procédurale; la décision de grief est annulée et renvoyée à un nouveau décideur. Dépens de 500 $ accordés au défendeur.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Remittal
  • Naming of parties
  • Costs allocation
  • Grievance review
  • Procedural-fairness
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Military law 2025 CMAC 3

R. v. Allison

The Court Martial Appeal Court dismissed Doug Allison’s appeal, holding that military jurisdiction and prosecution for impaired driving abroad were lawful and did not violate s. 7.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Prosecutorial discretion
  • Section 7 charter
  • Extraterritorial application of criminal law
  • Code of service discipline
  • Prosecutorial-discretion
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