August 21, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has clarified that immigration adjudicators must treat the principle of non-refoulement as an interpretive constraint during inadmissibility proceedings, rather than considering it only at the removal stage.
August 21, 2026
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali has announced Canada’s joining of the Belém Declaration on Sustainable Public Procurement, a shared commitment with Brazil to leverage public procurement for sustainable development.
August 21, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted an interlocutory injunction in a dispute over ownership of source code that a startup said it needed to continue operating, finding that the company would suffer irreparable harm from the loss of its business.
August 21, 2026
Legal observers are mixed in their reaction to a decision by Ontario’s top court to overturn a finding that the provincial government’s plans to remove three downtown Toronto bicycle lanes violated the Charter, with some calling it a correct interpretation of constitutional principles but others saying it is troublesome for future cases.
August 21, 2026
Luciana Iammarrone has joined Robinson Sheppard Shapiro LLP (RSS) in its insurance law group in Montreal.
August 21, 2026
WeirFoulds LLP has welcomed Andreea Muth as a partner in its wills, trusts and estates practice group.
August 21, 2026
Justin Reiter has joined Langlois’ litigation group in Montreal.
August 21, 2026
Appeal by Tiny Township Association of Responsible STR Owners (appellants) and several individual property owners from dismissal of their application to quash Township of Tiny’s (Township’s) 2022 short-term rental (STR) bylaw.
August 20, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that lawyers’ trust ledgers in a multibillion-dollar fraud litigation are presumptively protected by solicitor-client privilege and that bank statement entries detailing payments to counsel may also be privileged, depending on what they reveal.
August 20, 2026
The Federal Court says it is facing a significant number of constitutional challenges to new restrictions on asylum claims that were enacted March 26, 2026 by Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act. As a result, Federal Court Chief Justice Alan Diner, who last month succeeded Paul Crampton as the leader of the national trial court, issued a “practice direction and special order” on Aug. 20.