May 15, 2026
The Federal Court has struck an application brought by the Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association seeking declaration for a right to counsel in immigration and refugee cases, allowing the motion by the responding ministers.
May 15, 2026
Most law firm owners didn’t start their careers thinking carefully about their life design. They started thinking about cases, clients, qualifications and building something credible in a demanding profession.
May 15, 2026
The Government of Ontario is introducing legislative changes to “strengthen protections for children in private and international adoptions by enhancing oversight of the adoption process, creating new compliance and enforcement tools and establishing better safeguards to prevent bad actors from entering the system.”
May 15, 2026
In an effort to “strengthen the bail system and keep dangerous offenders behind bars,” the Government of Ontario is increasing adult correctional capacity by adding “more than 2,500 permanent jail beds within the next decade.”
May 15, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada has created 6-3 a new common law tort of “intimate partner violence” (IPV), which may be claimed separately or within family law proceedings. The far-reaching five-judge majority judgment, written by Justice Nicholas Kasirer (along with a separate lone concurrence by Justice Andromache Karakatsanis), not only recognizes a new tort, it elaborates on when novel torts should be created and on the roles of courts and legislatures in developing the law: Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16.
May 15, 2026
Appeal by appellant from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal which set aside in part a trial judge’s decision. The appellant initiated divorce proceedings in which she proved that she had been the victim of abuse at the hands of her husband, the respondent, over the course of their marriage.
May 15, 2026
After articling with Langlois, Gabrielle Poulin has begun her career as a lawyer with the firm’s litigation group in Montreal.
May 15, 2026
Dentons has welcomed Michael Kershaw as a partner in its national real estate group in Toronto.
May 15, 2026
Appeal by appellant from her conviction for dangerous driving causing death. The appellant drove her friend, Moore, to the apartment of his ex‑girlfriend, Ikeda. While waiting in her truck, the appellant saw Moore gesture for her to leave, at the same time observing Ikeda, angry and approaching quickly, cross in front of the vehicle.
May 15, 2026
“Qui cum canibus concumbunt cum pulicibus sargent,” thus (perhaps) said Seneca: “If you lie down with dogs, you’ll arise with fleas.”