July 27, 2026
Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have concluded negotiations on an economic pact they say will strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties between the two nations.
July 27, 2026
Robins Appleby LLP has added Julia Sugden as an associate in its commercial real estate and development group in Toronto.
July 27, 2026
On June 15, the federal government tabled its long-awaited, updated privacy reform law, Bill C-36, the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act (PPCDA). The bill, together with the government’s proposed new online harms legislation, Bill C-34, can be seen as setting forth some specifics onto the generalities of its national AI strategy, “AI for All,” announced June 4.
July 27, 2026
Jurors are fallible. Seemingly minor judicial instructions can be misunderstood, leading to a wrongful conviction. Jurors are ill-equipped to weigh medical evidence and are untrained in evaluating evidence at trial.
July 27, 2026
Appeal by Public Interest Commissioner of Alberta (Commissioner) from a judicial review decision. The fundamental issue in this case was the relationship between the legislative objective of protecting employees who made disclosures and participated in investigations under the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (PIDA), and the duty of procedural fairness.
July 24, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned a contempt finding and $30,000 fine against the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), finding that a motion judge misapplied the legal test for contempt and unjustifiably used “dismissive and derogatory” language to characterize the regulator’s conduct.
July 24, 2026
Gowling WLG has welcomed Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie as a partner in its intellectual property litigation and strategy group in Montreal.
July 24, 2026
Attorney General Doug Downey has appointed Justice Marlyse Dumel as regional senior justice of the Ontario Court of Justice for the East Region, effective Sept. 25, 2026.
July 24, 2026
The Supreme Court has ruled that several submerged plots in Quebec’s Laurentians region were sold with the adjoining riparian lands — while also outlining a test on how to interpret a provision in the province’s Civil Code that says a seller must deliver a property with “all its accessories.” The conflict the court was weighing in on traces its origins to 1881, when the construction of a dam raised the level of Lac Masson, north of Montreal. A strip of land between the lake and the shore was then flooded and became submerged.
July 24, 2026
The Federal Court has ordered Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to decide an Iranian citizen’s long-delayed study permit application, finding that the roughly 3.5-year wait was unjustified and far exceeded the department’s 60-day service standard.