September 01, 2026
An Ontario Superior Court judge has put the brakes on the province’s new requirements on cash bail, granting an injunction to keep them from being enforced while a constitutional challenge of the rules plays out.
September 01, 2026
Vlad A. Calina has joined Fasken as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution group in Vancouver.
September 01, 2026
Entrepreneur immigration files often contain two narratives. One is commercial: the business plan explains what the applicant intends to establish, acquire or operate. The other is financial: bank statements, tax records, corporate documents and transaction histories explain where the applicant’s capital came from and what funds are actually available. Problems arise when those narratives are reviewed separately and do not reconcile.
September 01, 2026
Appeal by appellant from decision denying retroactive child support. The chambers judge found there were two material changes in circumstances warranting an increase in ongoing child support but concluded that a retroactive child support order was not warranted based on her application of the factors set out in DBS v SRG (DBS).
September 01, 2026
After years spent in litigation for my clients and, in retirement, assisting a prominent litigation lawyer in writing his autobiography, it is good to take a break. Last Friday I attended a showing of the newly released feature Coyote vs. Acme.
September 01, 2026
In part two of this series, I suggested that artificial intelligence could start out on parking tickets as a way of measuring its abilities regarding adjudication. There is also no reason the first generation of AI adjudication would need to eliminate humans from the process. In fact, I think it should do precisely the opposite.
August 31, 2026
Canada has announced several initiatives and commercial partnerships with Chile to advance projects in mining and research and development.
August 31, 2026
A task force combatting gender-based violence in Newfoundland and Labrador is developing an engagement plan involving the “diverse perspectives” of various stakeholders, including survivors, newcomers, youth, 2SLGBTQIA+ people and those with “lived experience.”
August 31, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a Crown appeal involving former Toronto Blue Jays stars Russell Martin and Josh Donaldson, affirming that the players correctly excluded contributions to their retirement compensation arrangements (RCAs) from their Canadian-sourced income for tax purposes.
August 31, 2026
On Aug. 22, the United States imposed 50 per cent tariffs on a broad list of Canadian goods under s. 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which is a provision essentially unused for the better part of a century.