June 18, 2026
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree has appointed Valerie Phillips as interim correctional investigator of Canada, effective June 18, 2026.
June 18, 2026
In multi-party civil litigation, it is common for one or more parties to resolve their disputes by way of agreement, while the proceeding continues against those parties who have not settled. These “partial settlement agreements” are a routine feature of complex litigation.
June 18, 2026
It could have been a scene out of the 2002 film The Hire: Beat the Devil. Clive Owen was the driver piloting a BMW in an intense drag race down the Las Vegas Strip, and Gary Oldman was playing the devil in his customized Cadillac Eldorado. In reality, it was two Ontario teens in their fathers’ luxury vehicles.
June 18, 2026
The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has chosen Shalini Konanur to serve as treasurer for the 2026-27 term. The Toronto-area bencher was elected by her colleagues at a meeting June 17. Konanur, the first racialized woman to serve in the top job, will officially take over from current treasurer Peter Wardle at the LSO’s June 25 convocation.
June 18, 2026
The Ontario government has joined forces with Waterloo Region to appeal a court decision from last month that struck down a local bylaw aimed at clearing a homeless encampment from land needed for construction of a major transit hub, a decision that recognized homelessness as an analogous ground of discrimination under the Charter for the first time.
June 18, 2026
Manpreet Singh has joined Fasken as a partner in its Toronto office, working with the firm’s life sciences group, the firm says.
June 18, 2026
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has declined to grant summary judgment in a nearly $1-million land-restoration dispute arising from a decades-old handshake lease, finding insufficient evidence to determine who added several feet of fill that altered the grade of the leased property.
June 18, 2026
The International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) 2026 Arbitration Rules, which came into effect on June 1, 2026, mark a decisive shift in how ICC cases will be managed and resolved in the future.
June 18, 2026
Canadian employment law has long attempted to balance two competing objectives. On one hand lies the protection of employees, who are generally regarded as the more vulnerable party in the employment relationship. On the other lies the principle of contractual certainty, which permits employers and employees to define their rights and obligations through freely negotiated agreements.
June 18, 2026
Appeal by Canadian National Railway Company (CN) from order granting partial summary judgment in favour of Hogg Fuel & Supply Limited (Hogg). The order dismissed CN’s claims relating to coal tar contamination as an abuse of process. CN commenced an action against Hogg, the City of Kitchener, and the Public Utilities Commission of Kitchener, alleging that coal tar waste originating from the former Kitchener Gas Works had migrated and continued to migrate onto CN’s lands (1989 action).