July 30, 2026
Appeal by appellants from a decision declining to dismiss a claim by Forgotten Treasures International Inc. (respondent) for want of prosecution. The underlying action arose from the denial of an insurance claim for allegedly stolen sculptures and included claims in contract and tort against insurers and brokers.
July 29, 2026
New Brunswick’s Appeal Court has quashed a judge’s decision granting summary judgment to a bank being sued by a veteran lawyer who lost $100,000 after being taken in by fraudsters.
July 29, 2026
The Federal Court has allowed a judicial review after finding that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) failed to properly explain why a lithium mining company could not make a second, late renunciation of exploration expenses to subscribers of its flow-through shares.
July 29, 2026
Under s. 123.3 of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.) (ITA), certain investment income earned within a Canadian-controlled private corporation (CCPC) is subject to a refundable tax.
July 29, 2026
Ontario’s top court has ruled that a woman’s interest in a family trust created during an estate freeze was not a gift from a third party after marriage, a finding that led to an $18-million equalization payment to her former husband.
July 29, 2026
In the public parking garage beneath my office, there is a sign that reads, in substance: leave your vehicle at your own risk. It means you may enter, but the person inviting you in assumes no responsibility for what happens there.
July 29, 2026
Health Canada has been granted a permanent injunction against Canlab Research and its representatives that prevents the company from selling unauthorized injectable peptides in Canada.
July 29, 2026
On July 29, the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) and the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA) announced a new partnership to “connect the rising entrepreneurs behind emerging small businesses with pivotal pro bono legal support” through the OBA’s Pro Bono Portal.
July 29, 2026
Bill C-34, An Act to enact the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, introduced in the House of Commons on June 10, 2026, proposes to regulate certain chatbot services not only for what they say, but for how they behave across sustained interactions with users.
July 29, 2026
Allison Spring has joined Oyen Wiggs as an articling student in Vancouver.