CBA urges new funding as Federal Court’s massive budget shortfall threatens drastic service cuts
Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton
Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton told Law360 Canada ‘given what has been announced south of the border in terms of plans to deport large numbers of people, it is prudent to expect that [last year’s] extraordinary surge of immigration proceedings will be significantly increased if the new [U.S.] administration follows through. . .’

Thursday, February 13, 2025 @ 5:35 PM

The Liberal government’s underfunding of the Federal Court could “drastically” reduce service to litigants, its chief justice warns, spurring the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) to call for urgent “off-cycle” federal funding to address the national trial court’s chronic multi-million-dollar budgetary shortfalls. ... [read more]

Yukon releases feedback on potential changes to parentage, child-naming laws

Friday, February 14, 2025 @ 5:16 PM

Yukon’s government has released feedback received on potential changes to the territory’s laws on parentage and the naming of children. ... [read more]

Unifor members win ‘historic’ $15 million arbitration award in severance pay dispute

Friday, February 14, 2025 @ 5:02 PM

Unifor has announced it has won what it calls a “historic arbitration award” of about $15 million for 200 of its union members who worked at Wingham, Ont.-based automotive exhaust manufacturer Wescast Industries. The union and the company were involved in a nearly two-year dispute regarding severance and termination pay. ... [read more]

Alberta Court of Appeal upholds decision limiting profit sharing damages for wrongful dismissal

Friday, February 14, 2025 @ 4:48 PM

The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld an order requiring an employer to pay a terminated employee payments under a shareholder profit sharing program (SHPS) until the former employee was required to sell the shares back to the company. ... [read more]

Federal Court of Appeal rejects ‘commandeering’ intervention in tax appeal, provides guidelines

Friday, February 14, 2025 @ 4:24 PM

The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a motion to intervene in an appeal of a Tax Court decision, finding that the proposed intervener sought to introduce a new issue and evidence. Justice David Stratas used the case to discuss the limitations of potential interveners at the appellate level. ... [read more]