June 24, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Diep (Litigation guardian of) v. Mac’s Convenience Stores Inc., 2026 ONCA 424 is a useful reminder that not every injury occurring near a motor vehicle becomes an automobile case. Sometimes a car is central. Sometimes it is background scenery. And sometimes, as in this case, the vehicle is legally important for one purpose but not important enough for another.
June 24, 2026
What purpose does imprisonment serve when a person’s body has already become its own prison? That question lies at the core of Canada’s compassionate release laws under s. 121 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA). More than 30 years after its enactment, however, the provision remains rarely used, raising concerns that it exists more in theory than in practice.
June 24, 2026
Appeal by appellant from a decision recognizing and enforcing a foreign arbitral award. The award arose from an arbitration conducted in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) pursuant to a loan agreement (the agreement) between the appellant and the respondent, a United Kingdom based private equity firm.
June 24, 2026
Being accused of sexual assault in Canada is an extremely serious matter with potentially life-changing consequences. Under s. 271 of the Criminal Code, sexual assault involves any sexual activity or contact without voluntary and informed consent.
June 24, 2026
When we picture gig work, we think of a rideshare app or a food courier weaving through downtown traffic on a wobbly bike. That image is already outdated. The fastest-growing frontier of contingent labour isn’t on the road — it’s in the boardroom of white-collar work.
June 23, 2026
The Ontario Securities Commission’s (OSC) proposal to make securities regulation machine-readable could require regulators to make interpretive choices that have traditionally been left to lawyers and market participants, according to Cassels Capital Markets Group partner Gregory Hogan.
June 23, 2026
The Federal Court has updated its intellectual property case and trial management guidelines, adding a new section on summary trials and judgements.
June 23, 2026
DLA Piper has appointed Alan Sarhan as managing partner of its Montreal office.
June 23, 2026
A 2025 call to the Ontario bar and a 2024 call to the B.C. bar, Madison Sutherland has joined Aird & Berlis as an associate in the firm’s capital markets group.
June 22, 2026
Manitoba’s top court has ruled provincial health authorities were wrong to refuse insurance for two sisters who had to travel to the U.S. for treatment — while also including a stern warning for health care decision-makers to keep within the bounds of the law.