Here's a look at the leave application decisions that the Supreme Court of Canada will be releasing on February 2, 2023.

Each week, we'll be providing a short blog post that summarizes some of the upcoming cases and gives a prediction of the probability that leave will be granted. These predictions will be based on our proprietary machine learning model and dataset of every leave application decision released by the Supreme Court of Canada from January 1, 2018 onward.

Each week, we'll group cases into four categories:

  • Cases to Watch  – These are cases where our model predicts greater than a 25% chance that leave will be granted. These cases have a much better than average chance that leave will be granted. While this doesn't mean that all of them will get leave, they are worth watching as strong candidates.
  • Possible Contenders – These are cases where our model predicts between a 5% and 25% chance that leave will be granted. These cases have an average to somewhat above-average chance of getting leave. While most cases in this category won't get leave, on average, we expect to see a healthy minority of cases in this category being granted leave.
  • Unlikely Contenders  – These are cases where our model predicts between a 1% and 5% chance that the case will get leave. The safe bet is against leave being granted in these cases, but we do expect to see it from time to time.
  • Long-Shots – These are cases where our model predicts a less than 1% chance that the case will get leave. Although it will happen from time to time, it would be an outlier for our model for these cases to be granted leave. We will not be providing summaries for these cases.

If this is your first time reading our weekly SCC leave predictions blog, have a look at an explanation and caveats about our model here.

THIS WEEK'S CASES

There are 24 leave application decisions coming out on February 2, 2023. Our model only predicts the probabilities of successful leave applications in cases where leave was sought from the Court of Appeal. We will not comment or provide a prediction on cases where leave was sought directly from a Superior Court decision or on cases in which we are involved. That leaves 24 cases in which we'll give a prediction.

You can find a detailed summary of all of the cases that are up for leave decisions this week here.

Cases to Watch

His Majesty the King v Edwin Tsang

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 34% chance of getting leave.

Possible Contenders

Jim Shot Both Sides, et al. v His Majesty the King

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 15% chance of getting leave.

Matelot de première classe C.D. Edwards, et al. c Sa Majesté le Roi

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 13% chance of getting leave.

Don Johnson v His Majesty the King

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 13% chance of getting leave.

B.E.M. v His Majesty the King

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 12% chance of getting leave.

Sergent S.R. Proulx, et al. c Sa Majesté le Roi

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 10% chance of getting leave.

Earthco Soil Mixtures Inc. v Pine Valley Enterprises Inc.

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 10% chance of getting leave.

Malkiat Singh Baring, et al. v Harminder Singh Grewal, et al

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 9% chance of getting leave.

Sam Donaldson v His Majesty the King

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 7% chance of getting leave.

Wayne Steven Hollaus v Attorney General of Canada on behalf of the United States of America

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 6% chance of getting leave.

Sergent A.J.R. Thibault c Sa Majesté le Roi

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 5% chance of getting leave.

Unlikely Contenders

Kamy Lafrenière c Sa Majesté le Roi

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 3% chance of getting leave.

Directeur général des élections du Québec c Pierre Karl Péladeau, et al

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 2% chance of getting leave.

Jayco Inc. v His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, et al.

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 2% chance of getting leave.

Corporal K.L. Christmas v His Majesty the King

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 1% chance of getting leave.

Lieutenant (Navy) C.A.I. Brown v His Majesty the King

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 1% chance of getting leave.

Long-Shots

Human Concern International v His Majesty the King

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a less than 1% chance of getting leave.

 Affan Ashraf v Jazz Aviation LP

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a less than 1% chance of getting leave.

Denise C. Nagel v His Majesty the King

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a less than 1% chance of getting leave.

Ravi Raj Walia v College of Veterinarians of Ontario

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a less than 1% chance of getting leave.

Ali Maroofi v Health Professions Review Board

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a less than 1% chance of getting leave.

Xiaoli Chen, et al. v Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, et al.

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a less than 1% chance of getting leave.

Georges Lemieux c S.I.M.

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a less than 1% chance of getting leave.

Arben Dauti v His Majesty the King

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a less than 1% chance of getting leave.

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