The Complete Brief
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September 10, 2025
New OBA president hopes to bring ‘more conversational experience’ to position
The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) has a new leader at its helm. Katy Commisso took over the top job from former president Kathryn Manning at the beginning of September after serving a term as the first vice-president of the OBA, which is the professional association for Ontario's lawyers, judges and law students. She will serve for the 2025-26 term. Commisso, a native of Burlington, Ont., said she did not grow up wanting to be a lawyer.
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September 10, 2025
Fatal Florida trucking accident involving illegal driver a warning for Canada
On Aug. 12, 2025, a tragedy on a Florida highway shook both the trucking industry and immigration policy in North America.
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September 10, 2025
Abid Ahmed returns to Miller Thomson as partner
Miller Thomson has welcomed Abid Ahmed back to its Toronto office as a partner in its corporate, M&A and securities group.
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September 10, 2025
IN CONTRACT - Breach of contract - Type of contract - Sale of land
Appeal by Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPR) and Alberta against trial judge’s decision; cross-appeal by Remington Development Corporation (Remington) for punitive damages.
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September 10, 2025
Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiates review of steel sheet from Türkiye, Vietnam
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has initiated an expiry review of corrosion-resistant steel sheet II from Türkiye and Vietnam.
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September 10, 2025
Ministers of agriculture at conference recognize ‘significant uncertainty caused by tariffs’
At the annual conference of federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) ministers of agriculture, ministers across the country “recognized the impacts of dry conditions and wildfire activity affecting regions across Canada, and the significant uncertainty caused by tariffs.”
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September 10, 2025
Mounting challenges of being ‘the solicitor of record’
My friend, lawyer Steve Benmor, hit a home run with his recent Law360 Canada article: “Do judges remember what it was like to be a lawyer?” I will not even try to expand upon his views; there is no need. He hits all the points I would have made and more. I agree entirely with him. Rather than a “rinse and repeat,” I want, in this article, to reflect and focus on his analysis of the mounting challenges of being “the solicitor of record.”
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September 10, 2025
Back to school, back to court? In-person interventions at the Supreme Court
The start of September always brings to mind back-to-school season. Freshly sharpened pencils, the changing of the leaves and cooler temperatures. Could this fall also bring interveners back into the Supreme Court of Canada courthouse?
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September 10, 2025
Four-pronged appeal in aggravated assault case dismissed
Christopher Parker was charged and convicted of aggravated assault for stabbing Ronald Oster in the neck on Nov. 13, 2020, at a supportive housing facility in Victoria. Oster, a harm-reduction worker and drug user, had allowed Parker and his girlfriend to stay in his unit against housing rules but later tried to evict them.
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September 09, 2025
Aviva estopped from denying coverage in boating accident after delay in raising coverage concerns
The Federal Court rejected an insurer’s bid to avoid defending and paying claims from a fatal boating accident, ruling that it was estopped from denying coverage after delaying and taking steps that prejudiced the insured’s access to evidence.