The Complete Brief
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September 12, 2025
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE - Accident benefits - Death benefits - Compulsory government schemes - No fault regimes
Appeal by Umpherville from a decision of the Automobile Insurance Appeal Commission, which upheld a decision denying death benefits under the Automobile Accident Insurance Act. Umpherville’s son, Sasakamoose, died after being involved in a confrontation with the police while in a vehicle.
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September 12, 2025
Lavery adds 3 lawyers to Montreal, Quebec City offices
Lavery has announced the arrival of three new lawyers at its Montreal and Quebec City offices: Jean-Philippe Abraham, Angelo Mandeville-Sacco and Sophie Poirier.
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September 12, 2025
Appeal Court orders new trial in British Columbia child exploitation case
The American poet and journalist Carl Sandburg has been quoted as saying, “If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.” That appears to be the advice that legal counsel might have received when defending Eric David Guenter.
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September 12, 2025
Business succession: Laughing about death, taxes and other sad stuff
My wife, Maureen McKay, is the love of my life, so it is only natural that I want to be sure that she will be well taken care of when I pop off. And since I am now 70 years old and she is quite a bit younger than I am, it only makes sense that I would try to put some things in order to make it easier for her to go shopping when I nod off for the last time.
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September 11, 2025
Court bars landlord using tenant operating expenses to defend against tenants’ action
The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that a landlord breached the terms of a 99-year lease by charging tenants over $530,000 for legal fees it incurred defending against litigation brought by certain tenants.
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September 11, 2025
Claims process for $500M Loblaw, Weston bread price-fixing class action settlement now open
The law firms Strosberg Wingfield Sasso LLP and Orr Taylor LLP have opened the claims process for a $500‑million settlement with George Weston Ltd. and Loblaw Companies Ltd., which resolves claims that the companies took part in industry-wide bread price-fixing in 2020 and 2021.
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September 11, 2025
Canada’s MPO projects spark mixed reactions nationwide
The prime minister’s announcement of the first projects to be reviewed by the Major Projects Office (MPO) was met with mixed reaction by industry, provincial governments, Indigenous groups and nature advocates.
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September 11, 2025
Poilievre proposes bail reform, civil liberties group asserts there’s no evidence for change
On the very same day that federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre announced that his party will be introducing the Jail Not Bail Act after Parliament reconvenes in the fall, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has delivered a strongly worded message to the federal Minister of Justice Sean Fraser: any policy aimed at reforming the Canadian bail system must be based on statistics and not on misinformation. The Thursday statement included a letter the CCLA had delivered in June.
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September 11, 2025
The Friendly Bar Series, No. 11: When clients treat the law like an à la carte buffet
In litigation, procedure and evidence are non-negotiable; they are the foundation of effective advocacy. Lawyers are entrusted with translating clients’ objectives into legally sound, procedurally compliant applications.
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September 11, 2025
Time to embrace change: Civil justice reform
A fair, accessible, efficient and affordable civil justice system is a critical component of any thriving democracy and economy. The civil justice system in Ontario no longer fulfills its important purpose of resolving disputes of behalf of people, businesses and governments in a just and fair way.