August 05, 2026
After years of watching perfectly rational adults succumb to what can only be described as a collective delusion, it’s time someone called out the elephant in the room — the one wearing a designer gown and posing for a photographer who costs more per hour than most people earn in a week. We need to talk about marriage.
August 05, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial in a collection action, finding that the trial judge relied on two unpleaded defences to dismiss the case without giving the plaintiffs a meaningful opportunity to respond.
August 05, 2026
Corporations Canada released its 2025 annual report on Aug. 5, which showed some progress on advancing diversity on boards of directors and in senior management of federal distributing corporations.
August 05, 2026
The due process clauses in the Fifth and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution were established to protect all persons from being deprived of “life, liberty, or property” without due process of law.
August 05, 2026
This past quarter featured several Ontario decisions refusing stays of parallel and individual actions. Courts also considered competing approaches to the predominance test, allowed failure-to-warn and recall-notice claims involving allegedly flawed product designs to proceed and varied an unpaid costs award to make plaintiff’s counsel personally liable.
August 05, 2026
Promotion and relegation in professional sports leagues are often viewed as matters of sports governance. For teams facing relegation or promotion, the financial implications can be significant. However, in some circumstances, rules governing movement between leagues may also raise competition law concerns where they favour certain clubs over others and materially affect access to promotion opportunities or the ability to avoid relegation.
August 05, 2026
Appeal by appellant from an order dismissing his application to reduce spousal support payable under a separation agreement. The parties separated after a long marriage during which the appellant was the primary income earner and the respondent was a stay-at-home parent.
August 05, 2026
A unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a privative clause that restricted the grounds for judicial review of an exercise of statutory authority: Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2026 SCC 28.
August 04, 2026
Justice C. LouAnn Chiasson has retired from the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia after a 34-year legal career, including 11 years with the court’s Family Division. According to the province, Chiasson’s retirement took effect Aug. 1, 2026.
August 04, 2026
Winnipeg MP Leah Gazan has called on the federal government to repeal a provision of the Income Tax Act that ties eligibility for the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) to a parent’s immigration status.