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SUPREME COURT OF CANADA SERVICES

With its own Rules of Practice and extensive jurisprudence, dealing with The Supreme Court of Canada calls for expert legal counsel with extensive experience in Supreme Court matters, deep insight into relevant practices and precedents, and a proven track record of success.

ACHIEVING BETTER OUTCOMES

Gowlings offers a complete range of services designed to support lawyers involved in matters before the Supreme Court of Canada. With some of the country’s most pre-eminent Supreme Court experts, our team provides effective counsel on a wide range of matters, motions, appeals and applications, helping clients to navigate Court complexities and increase their chance of favourable outcomes.

Our professionals are frequently sought out by national and global clients to provide expert counsel on:

  • Appeals, either as of right or by leave
  • Applications for leave to appeal
  • Motions to stay proceedings or execution
  • Motions to admit new evidence
  • Motions for leave to intervene
  • Motions for extensions and abridgments of time
  • Motions to state constitutional questions
  • Interlocutory motions of all types
  • All agency services required before the Court

EXPERTISE AND INSIGHT

Gowlings’ Supreme Court of Canada professionals are unsurpassed experts in their field.  The team is led by Henry S. Brown, QC, author of Supreme Court of Canada Practice, a Carswell publication. Now in its tenth edition, it is the only fully annotated review of the Supreme Court Act and Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada. Our professionals also share their considerable insight through a number of reports and studies, including the immediate, same-day email, Gowlings Supreme Court Bulletin, which reports on all judgments and leaves, and the Supreme Court of Canada Summary Service, a monthly report on recent Supreme Court judgments and practice matters.

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