The Complete Brief
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July 03, 2025
The Friendly Bar series, No. 3: More than a smile — Approachability as a professional duty
This is the third article in The Friendly Bar series, a collection of reflections on how we build a more respectful, inclusive and ethical legal profession, one relationship at a time.
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July 03, 2025
New regional senior justice appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice
The Ontario government has announced that Justice Anthony Frederick Leitch has been appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice as a regional senior justice.
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July 03, 2025
SENTENCING - Offences relating to conveyances - Dangerous operation of motor vehicle causing bodily harm - Breach of probation
Appeal by Lojovic from conviction for dangerous driving causing death, failing to remain causing death and breach of probation and application for leave to appeal sentence.
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July 03, 2025
Amendments to Ontario’s Rules of Civil Procedure and impacts on settlement
New amendments to Ontario’s Rules of Civil Procedure have brought new obligations for settling parties.
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July 02, 2025
Alberta court: Overriding royalty can be legal interest, bind successors without notice
An overriding royalty on a petroleum and natural gas lease can be a legal interest in the land and therefore binding on bona fide purchasers for value of the lease without notice of the royalty, the Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled.
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July 02, 2025
Telus ordered to pay $150K in class action motion costs
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has awarded $150,000 in costs where Telus’s motion to amend a class action certification against it was dismissed. It questioned whether a purported class member’s use of its phone met the definition of “consumer.”
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July 02, 2025
Court allows lease graduation amid dispute over notice period in aquaculture case
The British Columbia Supreme Court has found that a lease that provided graduation stages on certain conditions was in effect for two companies entering leasing agreements for algae growing and aquaculture purposes.
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July 02, 2025
Saskatchewan supports Alberta in Impact Assessment Act challenge before Court of Appeal
Saskatchewan will be intervening in “support of Alberta’s legal action to challenge the federal Impact Assessment Act before the Alberta Court of Appeal,” the provincial government has announced.
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July 02, 2025
New N.S. real estate rule has sellers disclose erosion, flooding issues with coastal properties
Nova Scotia has new real estate rules enabling potential buyers of coastal homes to find out from sellers if a property has been impacted by erosion or flooding.
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July 02, 2025
Federal government makes carbon rebate for small businesses tax-free
Ottawa wants to make its small business carbon tax rebate tax-free.