Stemming from the remarkable decision of the Federal Court in Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FC 18 (CanLII) (“Attaran”), this blog post will deal with strategic considerations around raising an allegation of reasonable apprehension of bias during an administrative hearing, and other important take away lessons from Attaran.
A historic decision granting emergency access to psilocybin for Jody Lance, a Calgary man suffering from debilitating cluster headaches.
Watch our short documentary created by Tyler Lett in association with Hameed Law.
The current system forces patients to commit a crime to consume the psilocybin that the government approved for them under the Special Access Program.
Watch Tyler Lett’s film to learn more about Dr. Diab’s case and what you can do to help prevent his extradition to France.
Yavar Hameed, principle lawyer at Hameed Law, has filed an application in Federal Court to compel the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice to appoint judges to the superior courts across Canada.
In response to the Palestinian call out for support on May 18, 2021 for the Palestinian Uprising and General Strike in Palestine, we believe it is important to accurately set out the context for what is happening in Sheikh Jarrah. From the words of Israeli officials and official Israeli policy documents we can better understand the purpose of these actions and their true nature. When seen in this context, established international law provides a clear basis for the international community to take urgent and decisive action.
Just as lawyers specialize in specific areas of law, those providing legal representation to survivors of trauma should be trained on how to recognize markers of trauma and how to engage with clients in a safe, empowering, and collaborative manner.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects our fundamental rights. But what happens when these rights are violated? Through four intriguing stories, we discuss the principles and precedents for monetary damages under the Charter to discover how much a Charter violation is worth in the eyes of the courts.
With the Supreme Court denying leave to appeal, a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal remains good law – and provides employees a further avenue to accessing the more favourable common law reasonable notice of termination.