The Complete Brief
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March 09, 2026
RCMP privacy breach class action stayed for pension review
The Federal Court has stayed a proposed class action in which members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) alleged their right to privacy was violated by the RCMP and other agents of Canada during an organized crime investigation.
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March 09, 2026
Court strikes $10K award for unpleaded honest performance claim
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has set aside part of an $84,420 damages award in a contractual dispute, holding that the trial judge erred in awarding damages for an unpleaded claim of breach of the duty of honest performance.
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March 09, 2026
Courtroom to community: Reconciliation means amplifying access to justice, Indigenous voices
“Canada’s adoption of the UNDRIP into Canadian law via the UNDA must mean more than a status quo application of the section 35 framework,” wrote Justice Julie Blackhawk in the seminal Kebaowek First Nation v. CNL federal court case (Kebaowek First Nation v. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, [2025] F.C.J. No. 300). For the Indigenous grassroot leaders and youth seeking to intervene in the constitutional challenge to the provincial government’s Bill 5 that was passed in June 2025, this revisioning of the status quo remains a live issue.
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March 09, 2026
War and divorce: How armed conflict tears families apart
There is a particular kind of suffering that receives almost no attention in the coverage of armed conflict: the disintegration of the marriage. When a country is at war, suffering happens not only in the trenches under bombardment but also at the kitchen table, in the bedroom and in the silence that falls between two spouses.
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March 09, 2026
Gabrielle Hélène Genest joins Woods
Woods has welcomed Gabrielle Hélène Genest to its team.
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March 09, 2026
Duwyn, Dokter named partners at Cohen Highley
Cohen Highley has welcomed two more professionals to its partnership.
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March 09, 2026
Ontario Appeal Court unpacks conflict of interest in drafting wills
Lawyers drafting wills for others must be diligent in avoiding conflicts of interest, says a lawyer acting in a case in which last wishes were deemed invalid due to evidence of a “suspicious circumstance.”
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March 09, 2026
Could stronger AI regulation have prevented the Tumbler Ridge tragedy?
This article was updated to accommodate new information.
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March 09, 2026
Dead men talking, 2026 style
The Mafia instructed their wannabe associates that dead men don’t talk, so once they make their bones and whack a rat — never leave a witness.
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March 09, 2026
In their own words: Why we chose to platform women’s voices
At the Paralegal TownHall, we have always believed that the legal profession is strengthened when people are given a platform to share their knowledge, experiences and perspectives openly. Our community was built around the idea that conversation, collaboration and shared insight move a profession forward.