Here's a look at the leave application decisions that the Supreme Court of Canada will be releasing on November 4, 2021.

Each week, we'll be updating this blog post with our predictions of the probability that leave will be granted for each application. 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.

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 rarely, it would be an outlier for our model for these cases to be granted leave.

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 18 leave application decisions coming out on November 4, 2021. 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 18 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

Atwater Investment LP v BMO Life Assurance Company (Sask.) (Civil) (By Leave) (39672)

Mosten Investment LP v Manufacturers Life Insurance Company o/a Manulife Financial (Sask.) (Civil) (By Leave) (39674)

Ituna Investment LP v Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. (Sask.) (Civil) (By Leave) (39675)

  • Our Model's Prediction: These cases have a 35% chance of getting leave.

Government of Yukon, as represented by the Minister of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources v Yukon Zinc Corporation, et al. (Y.T.) (Civil) (By Leave) (39659)

Welichem Research General Partnership v. Government of Yukon, as represented by the Minister of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, et al. (Y.T.) (Civil) (By Leave) (39660)

  • Our Model's Prediction: These cases have a 27% chance of getting leave.

Possible Contenders

Kathleen Chung v Her Majesty the Queen (Ont.) (Criminal) (By Leave) (39705)

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has a 14% chance of getting leave.

Kevin Jeremy Greif v Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.) (Criminal) (By Leave) (39689)

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has an 8% chance of getting leave.

Natalia Makeeva v Andrey Makeev (Ont.) (Civil) (By Leave) (39706)

  • Our Model's Prediction: This case has an 8% chance of getting leave.

Unlikely Contenders

Amanda Lee Manuel v Her Majesty the Queen (Alta.) (Criminal) (By Leave) (39601)

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

N.M. c Sa Majesté la Reine (Qc) (Criminelle) (Autorisation) (39574)

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

Long-Shots

Samuel Cozak c Barreau du Québec (Qc) (Civile) (Autorisation) (39677)

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

Yi Wang v Owners, Strata Plan LMS 2970, et al. (B.C.) (Civil) (By Leave) (39738)

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

Yi Wang v Owners, Strata Plan LMS 2970 (B.C.) (Civil) (By Leave) (39747)

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

William Edward Adams v Her Majesty the Queen (F.C.) (Civil) (By Leave) (39735)

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

Richard Boies c Agence du revenu du Québec (Qc) (Civile) (Autorisation) (39613)

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

Rustum Asaduzzaman v 8703060 Canada Inc. (Que.) (Civil) (By Leave) (39723)

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

Rustum Asaduzzaman, et al. v 8703060 Canada Inc., et al. (Que.) (Civil) (By Leave) (39724)

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

Vaclav Jirasek v Catherine Zhao (property owner/employer) (B.C.) (Civil) (By Leave) (39718)

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

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