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November 03, 2026
Appeal by Appellants from order dismissing their application to dismiss Respondent’s action for want of prosecution. The respondent’s 2019 action over a family property development alleged agreements, corporate misconduct, fraudulent conveyances, conspiracy and false imprisonment, were all substantially denied.
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November 02, 2026
Information regulators across Canada are calling on their respective governments to better equip small public bodies such as boards and municipalities so they can meet their access-to-information obligations.
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November 02, 2026
Limited licence legal practitioners can “lighten the load” for lawyers — and in doing so allow for more people to access assistance, participants heard during a recent Law Society of Saskatchewan (LSS) webinar.
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November 02, 2026
There’s no doubt that the justice system has and continues to work, tirelessly, to assist litigants in moving their cases forward. Judges, registrars, clerks, court staff and organizations that assist the public in court have been and continue to be solely committed to ensuring that every litigant is treated fairly and with respect. Our justice system ought to be recognized for its significant contribution to our society. I am proud to have been witness to an institution that is genuinely concerned with people’s plights.
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November 02, 2026
Hartley Lefton has joined Stikeman Elliott as a partner in Toronto, practising in the firm’s national insurance and reinsurance, financial products and services, and mergers and acquisitions groups.
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November 02, 2026
Miller Thomson has added Jason Wang as a partner in its corporate, M&A and securities group in Calgary.
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November 02, 2026
Dan A.T. Moseley has joined Richards Buell Sutton LLP (RBS) as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution group in Surrey, B.C.
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November 02, 2026
Many lawyers would agree that practising residential real estate is not the intellectual pinnacle of the legal profession. The argument goes that it is simple to do, the steps are repetitive, and it is properly the realm of law clerks, supervised (in theory) by qualified lawyers. Also, it has become a commodity, and clients are fee-sensitive. Simply put, it is difficult to get rich doing it, unless you can use clerks and support staff to process transactions in great volume, with experienced lawyers spending the minimum possible time on each matter.
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November 02, 2026
The Canada Revenue Agency’s ability to gather information during a tax audit rests on two deceptively short provisions of the Income Tax Act: s. 231.1, the general power to inspect, audit or examine, and s. 231.2, the power to issue a requirement for information or documents.
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November 02, 2026
Imagine an employee discovering that a colleague with the same job title, similar responsibilities and comparable experience earns $10,000 more a year.
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November 02, 2026
Just when employers thought they could put the antacids back in the medicine cabinet, the Ontario Court of Appeal has delivered another reminder that the wording of an employment contract matters. And, as the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has now discovered, a promise to comply with the law is not necessarily enough to save a termination provision that says something quite different.
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November 02, 2026
In AtkinsRéalis Construction (Pacific) Inc. v. Barton Malow Canada Ltd., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a motion seeking an order directing the arbitrator to provide an explanation of certain aspects of his merits award.
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November 02, 2026
An accused who chooses not to recall a Crown witness after unexpected evidence emerges during trial cannot necessarily argue on appeal that he was denied a fair opportunity to challenge that evidence. That is the central lesson of R. v. Hinseab, 2026 MBCA 71, in which the Manitoba Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from convictions for sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching and forcible confinement.
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November 02, 2026
Appeal by Simms from his conviction for assault. The assault charge covered multiple alleged applications of force during two incidents between Simms and the complainant.
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October 30, 2026
Nicolas C. Gagnon has joined Langlois’ corporate and commercial law group in Montreal.
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October 30, 2026
Federal, provincial and territorial privacy commissioners and ombuds have issued a resolution calling for a responsible approach to the development, procurement and adoption of artificial intelligence systems in health care and health research.
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October 30, 2026
The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has rejected insurers’ attempt to invalidate a proposed class action because the original plaintiff lived outside the province, finding that the residency defect could be corrected by adding an eligible plaintiff.
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October 30, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada has specified that a driver’s brief period of inattention is one factor to consider, among others, when analyzing the mens rea in dangerous driving cases. The top court also reiterated its holding in previous decisions that, in some circumstances, a driver’s momentary lapse of attention can, on its own, constitute a marked departure from the standard of care.
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October 30, 2026
Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser has announced the appointment of Tina H. Lie and Rahat Godil to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Lie will serve in Toronto, while Godil will serve in Newmarket.
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October 30, 2026
Joey Levesque has joined Harper Grey as an associate in its business law group in Vancouver.
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October 30, 2026
Canada and the European Union have launched what they call a “partnership of nations” aimed at addressing strategic concerns and common issues.
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October 30, 2026
Auditor General of Canada Karen Hogan delivered nine performance audit reports to the House of Commons on Oct. 29. The reports cover topics including money laundering, procurement technology, public health, the dental care plan, import assessments, ammunition, thermal coal commitments, water monitoring and net-zero emissions.
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October 30, 2026
Law Society of Ontario (LSO) benchers voted down a resolution at its most recent convocation to investigate allegations of antisemitism at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU).
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October 30, 2026
Part one of this series established that third-party-created tax debt is recovered administratively, by set-off and without any proceeding. Part two established that the relief provisions practitioners reach for first cannot cancel the principal of it. This closing part addresses what remains.
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October 30, 2026
A Canadian pay statement can be genuine and still prove the wrong point in a permanent resident (PR) residency case. The legal question is not simply who paid the worker abroad, but whether a qualifying Canadian business actually assigned that person to full-time work outside Canada on terms that meet the residency rules. Where the foreign role has no defined end or realistic Canadian position to return to, an employer’s letter may not resolve the problem.