August 07, 2026
In March 1986, Lloyd Perkins was in jail in central Illinois. He disclosed to a fellow inmate (Donald Charlton) that he had murdered somebody in St. Louis a couple of years earlier. Charlton told the police. The police investigated. When they located Perkins, he was in a different jail for an unrelated crime.
August 05, 2026
The due process clauses in the Fifth and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution were established to protect all persons from being deprived of “life, liberty, or property” without due process of law.
August 05, 2026
A unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a privative clause that restricted the grounds for judicial review of an exercise of statutory authority: Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2026 SCC 28.
August 04, 2026
Nova Scotia’s provincial court is beginning work on an electronic filing and digital document management system for those frequenting the court. According to a recent news release, work on the court’s “digital transformation” will start immediately.
August 04, 2026
The Law Foundation of Ontario has awarded the 2026 Guthrie Award, which recognizes exceptional access-to-justice champions, to Kerrie Blaise.
July 31, 2026
The Law Commission of Canada (LCC) has selected Kaitlyn Blaser, Marie-Pier Jolicoeur and Leanna Katz as Emerging Scholars for its spring-summer 2026 term.
July 30, 2026
The Law Foundation of Ontario is sending out a call for applications for its Responsive program, which provides grants to non-profit organizations for community-driven initiatives that improve access to justice.
July 29, 2026
New Brunswick’s Appeal Court has quashed a judge’s decision granting summary judgment to a bank being sued by a veteran lawyer who lost $100,000 after being taken in by fraudsters.
July 29, 2026
As artificial intelligence grows more capable, human skills are becoming more valuable, not less. For decades, the legal profession around the world has rewarded expertise built on deep research, careful analysis and meticulous attention to detail. Today, AI can perform many of those tasks in seconds, summarizing thousands of documents, identifying relevant case law, drafting contracts, analyzing litigation trends and even suggesting legal arguments.
July 29, 2026
On July 29, the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) and the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA) announced a new partnership to “connect the rising entrepreneurs behind emerging small businesses with pivotal pro bono legal support” through the OBA’s Pro Bono Portal.