CBA’s new president aims to defend bar’s independence, boost courts’ resources
The Canadian Bar Association’s new leader, Loreley Chekay, says Canadian legal professionals have varied backgrounds, roles and perspectives but ‘we’re united by a shared belief in the need for a well-resourced, independent justice system based on the rule of law.’
Tuesday, September 01, 2026 @ 2:51 PM
Saskatchewan’s Loreley Chekay, who assumed the leadership of the 40,000-member Canadian Bar Association (CBA) today, says she is striving to move the needle forward on the legal profession’s shared goals of attaining more resources for courts and defending the independence of lawyers and judges. ... [read more]
Lawyers, advocacy group press LSO to consider motion on law school decertification
Friday, September 04, 2026 @ 12:14 PM
A group of lawyers and an advocacy organization are pushing the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) to include a motion at its upcoming annual general meeting (AGM) to remove accreditation for a Toronto law school over allegations of antisemitic behaviour on campus. ... [read more]
Ottawa rolls out ‘national framework’ aimed at guiding the building of data centres in Canada
Thursday, September 03, 2026 @ 4:46 PM
Ottawa has unveiled what it calls “a nationally recognized baseline” of five principles — backed by major U.S. and Canadian artificial intelligence and other technology industry players — to help municipal governments and communities assess proposals to build AI data centres in their localities. ... [read more]
Ontario Appeal Court rules unpaid settling investors can share $11.3M fund from sale
Thursday, September 03, 2026 @ 3:45 PM
The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned a finding that only investors who took the developers of a failed real estate project to trial were entitled to share in the land-sale proceeds, ruling that investors who entered settlement agreements but were never paid also held purchase-money resulting trusts over the funds. ... [read more]
Upcoming legal conferences to tackle AI, estate disputes
Thursday, September 03, 2026 @ 2:56 PM
Upcoming conferences listed by Saskatchewan’s law society will include a look into the emotional challenges in estate disputes, French terminology in family law contracts, and the current state of AI in the legal profession. ... [read more]