May 26, 2026
Ana Badour has rejoined McCarthy Tétrault as a partner in its business law group in Toronto, the firm says.
May 26, 2026
An argument escalated into a physical fight during which Maria Elena Martinez bit off the tip of the complainant’s pinkie finger.
May 26, 2026
The Superior Court of Justice, in Kachra v. OPSEU Pension Trust, 2026 ONSC 2092, delivers a pair of rulings for plaintiff-side executive employment lawyers in harassment matters: it makes it fair game during discovery to probe similar complaints from other employees, even if they do not involve their client, and it limits the use of NDAs as a shield to disclosure.
May 25, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has sent back for reconsideration a proposed class action alleging that the RCMP violated Charter rights through exclusion zones and other enforcement tactics during the Fairy Creek protests.
May 25, 2026
The federal government has announced changes to visa requirements for eligible citizens from Indonesia and Malaysia starting May 26 at 5:30 a.m. EST.
May 25, 2026
Aird & Berlis has three new associates: Devon Molloy, Shruti Ramesh and Humna Wasim.
May 25, 2026
Randy Hughes has joined Fasken as counsel in its Toronto office, working with the firm’s competition, marketing and foreign investment group.
May 25, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada is set to hear an appeal of a finding that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) forms part of B.C. law and that the province’s mineral claims regime is inconsistent with the Crown’s duty to consult Indigenous Peoples.
May 25, 2026
This appeal involves nine parcels of land between Last Mountain Lake and an old railway right of way owned by the provincial Crown that was converted into a walking path. The walking path is administered by the village.
May 25, 2026
Can an out-of-court statement be used to convict a party of a crime, or must it be rejected as hearsay? That question was the focus of a Supreme Court of Canada decision released on May 22.