September 29, 2026
Adam Nangini and Natasha Barrett have joined WeirFoulds as associates in its corporate and regulatory practice groups.
September 29, 2026
Sophia Della Rosa has joined MLT Aikins as an associate in its Calgary office.
September 29, 2026
A group of shareholders restricts a minority shareholders’ access to the company’s financial statements. The objective isn’t administrative, but rather tactical: to keep the minority in the dark about the company’s actual financial condition, pressure them into selling below fair market value, or conceal irregularities like excessive compensation and disguised dividends.
September 29, 2026
Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) benchers set fee levels for the coming year at their Sept. 25 meeting, while also making amendments to several accounting and client verification rules.
September 29, 2026
The lengthy decision in Canada (National Revenue) v. Zeifmans LLP, 2026 FCA 147 in part involves a detailed analysis of the legal concepts of abuse of process and improper collateral attack as well as the relevant decisions in Canada (Customs and Revenue Agency) v. Artistic Ideas Inc., 2005 FCA 68 and Redeemer Foundation v. Minister of National Revenue, 2008 SCC 46.
September 29, 2026
Manitoba is “strengthening the support system” for young adults aging out of provincial care as part of its mission to reduce poverty, prevent homelessness and help vulnerable residents. According to a Sept. 28 news release, the initiative is intended to assist young adults transitioning out of the Child and Family Services (CFS) system.
September 29, 2026
Canadian lawyers are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence tools to streamline legal work, but industry leaders say firms must carefully assess privacy and data-retention risks. While AI could lower the cost of legal services and help serve more clients, it cannot replace human judgment and client relationships, they say.
September 29, 2026
Since November 2025, Alberta students-at-law are no longer required to pledge “true allegiance” to King Charles III to become an Alberta lawyer. Yet most don’t even know it.
September 29, 2026
On Oct. 5, Quebecers will be voting for the politicians who are together supposed to constitute the 43rd legislature of Quebec’s National Assembly. However, a law passed by the assembly following the election held on Oct. 3, 2022, risks undermining the legality of any parliamentary activities, votes and laws adopted by the new legislature after it begins sitting later this fall. This is the law titled An Act to recognize the oath provided in the Act respecting the National Assembly as the sole oath required in order to sit in the Assembly, S.Q. 2022, c. 30 (Act to recognize the oath).
September 29, 2026
In general, a writ of mandamus (“mandamus”) is a formal court order that requires a government official, an agency or a lower court to take a specific action. The action must be within the duties of the office, agency or court, and there must be a legal requirement that the action be performed. Mandamus is extraordinary relief and is effectively utilized when there is a clear legal duty to be performed, a clear right to relief on the part of the petitioner, and the petitioner appears to have no alternative to obtain the relief they deserve.