August 31, 2026
The Canadian Bar Association Alberta Branch (CBA Alberta) will have a new captain at the helm Sept. 1.
August 31, 2026
This past July, the Ontario Bar Association’s family law section executive held its annual planning and insights meeting to help prepare for the year ahead. One of the questions we were asked was: What issues keep you up at night? As someone who has struggled with insomnia for basically my entire adult life, this wasn’t a straightforward question. But it did get me thinking about some of the serious challenges facing family lawyers today. This is not my typical research-heavy article. Instead, I wanted to share some of my reflections on my top three issues.
August 31, 2026
Alf Mamo has retired from the London, Ont., office of McKenzie Lake Lawyers, effective Aug. 28, following a legal career spanning more than five decades.
August 31, 2026
Linda Chen has joined Lindsay Kenney LLP in its Vancouver office, practising with the firm’s estate planning and business law groups.
August 31, 2026
I was doing annual minutes for my teeny tiny corporation today, and I got to thinking.
August 31, 2026
Appeal by 1381034 Alberta Ltd. (developer) from a decision of Calgary Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB) overturning a development permit issued by City of Calgary Development Authority (Development Authority).
August 31, 2026
Anyone who has had a modern eye examination has encountered some version of “the machine,” which is formally known as an autorefractor. Before the optometrist begins the familiar process of asking whether one lens is clearer than another, the autorefractor takes an initial measurement of the eye.
August 31, 2026
Francis Clifford Smith was sentenced to death in Connecticut in 1950. He was 25 years old. He was granted a last meal eight times. Each time, his execution was stayed. Smith died in prison on June 25, 2026, at the age of 101, having spent more than 70 years in prison and, by some accounts, becoming the longest-serving prisoner in the United States.
August 28, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a constitutional challenge to two $20,000 compensation caps under the Canadian Human Rights Act — one for pain and suffering and the other for wilful or reckless discrimination — rejecting arguments that the limits violated successful complainants’ equality rights.
August 28, 2026
Ontario’s Appeal Court has ruled that the son of a deceased woman must pay his siblings for a “shortfall” after he inherited a cottage worth more than what the rest of the estate left behind.