Mahmud Jamal
Mahmud Jamal is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, who participated in the recent decision that revised the standard of proof required for serious offences in provincial jails, contributing to the court's significant shift in inmate rights.
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Justice Mahmud Jamal joined the main partial dissent on the interpretation of mobility rights in the Supreme Court ruling.
Supreme Court delivers expansive view of mobility rights, but says COVID-19 rules reasonable
Canada· 2026-02-13
Justice Mahmud Jamal sometimes asks the first question.
How long do lawyers have to make their case before a Supreme Court judge interrupts them?Canada· 2026-01-24
Justice Mahmud Jamal in mid-2024 had recused himself from the decision on whether to hear the case.
Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin to retire in MayCanada· 2026-01-13
Justice Mahmud Jamal expressed skepticism about changing the Jordan deadlines, fearing it could lead to complacency.
Top court sends drug case back to trial, but doesn’t address broader questions of delayCanada· 2025-12-05
Justice Mahmud Jamal wrote for the majority in the Supreme Court ruling regarding material changes in company disclosures.
Supreme Court rules investors can sue companies that fail to disclose ‘material changes’ fast enoughCanada· 2025-11-28
Justice Mahmud Jamal recused himself from the Bill 21 case for a potential conflict of interest.
Supreme Court tentatively schedules landmark Quebec secularism case for MarchCanada· 2025-11-11
Justice Mahmud Jamal wrote the dissenting reasons in the Supreme Court case regarding the Good Samaritan law.
Supreme Court backs Good Samaritan law in drug overdose incidentsCanada· 2025-10-24
Mahmud Jamal is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Supreme Court of Canada justices swap iconic red robes for new ‘modern and simple’ lookCanada· 2025-10-10
Justice Mahmud Jamal agreed to recuse himself from the Bill 21 case after a potential conflict of interest was raised.
Carney’s cop-out on Bill 21 aims to give the Quebec Liberals a fighting chance against the PQCanada· 2025-09-26
Mahmud Jamal was named to the top court by the Liberals and is regarded highly in the legal community.
Conservatives pledge to appoint stricter judges as part of tough-on-crime campaign promisesCanada· 2025-04-12
Justice Mahmud Jamal was part of the dissenting opinion alongside Justices Côté and Rowe.
Supreme Court of Canada rules to bolster rights of inmates in provincial jailsCanada· 2025-03-14
