May 01, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected 8-1 a law professor’s constitutional challenge to s. 12 of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) Act, which eliminates all parliamentary privilege immunity claims that might otherwise have been advanced by committee members or ex-members in defending themselves against allegations that they improperly disclosed information obtained through their role on the statutory committee that oversees Canada’s national security and intelligence apparatus.
May 01, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed there was an unjustified infringement on Quebec residents’ voting rights due to a law that interrupts the process of determining electoral boundaries.
May 01, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned an order requiring two insurers to share responsibility for accident benefits, finding that an arbitrator reasonably held the first insurer fully liable after it failed to pay benefits and notify the insurer that would otherwise have been responsible.
May 01, 2026
I wrote about Bill C-223’s proposed relocation changes in October 2025 (“Bill C-223: Bad ideas on child relocation”). Law360 Canada published a two-part defence of the bill by Suzanne Zaccour and Joanne Moser on April 22-23, 2026 (“Relocation law is stacked against mothers — Bill C-223 can fix it”; “Relocation law is stacked against mothers — Bill C-223 can fix it: Addressing bias”). Zaccour is one of the architects of the bill, in her role at the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL).
May 01, 2026
Appeal by Ryan from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal which found that s. 12 of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act (Act) was intra vires the federal Parliament. The Act was enacted for the purpose of setting up a statutory committee of parliamentarians to oversee Canada’s national security and intelligence apparatus (Committee).
May 01, 2026
Appeal by the appellant from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal which set aside a judgment dismissing an application for judicial review. The Act to interrupt the electoral division delimitation process (ATI) has the effect of interrupting the process relating to the delimitation of Quebec’s electoral divisions made by the Commission de la représentation after every second general election.
May 01, 2026
Heralding a significant shift in the Canadian legal landscape, the British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected the legal profession’s constitutional challenge to the B.C. Legal Professions Act — legislation that would end more than 150 years of lawyer self-governance and self-regulation by benchers elected from the provincial bar.
April 30, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed a mine operator to pay disputed royalty funds into court, overturning a ruling that found no adverse claims to support interpleader relief amid a battle for control of the owner of the mining rights.
April 29, 2026
After reading rebuttals from Russell Alexander, Gary Joseph, Roslyn Tsao and Aaron Franks to my article on the recent return to in-person motions in Toronto’s family court, “The Zoom paradox: When a judge’s words and his court’s actions collide,” I have been moved.
April 28, 2026
A 2024 call to the Ontario bar, Trevor Alcove has joined the Aird & Berlis LLP litigation and dispute resolution group as an associate.