Civil Litigation

  • June 12, 2026

    OnlyFans content creators, beware: CRA is watching (for income tax and GST/HST compliance, of course)

    OnlyFans is a subscription-based online platform that allows creators to earn income from digital content through monthly subscription fees, tips and pay‑per‑view interactions. Although frequently associated with adult content (sexually explicit), the platform is used by a wide range of creators, including fitness professionals, entertainers and social media influencers.

  • June 12, 2026

    Ahluwalia: More on understanding, identifying and proving coercive control

    Based on the factual findings of the trial judge in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2022 ONSC 1303, there was overwhelming evidence in that case that the wife was the victim of a long-term pattern of physical and psychological abuse and financial control that constituted coercive control, causing her significant long-term harm.

  • June 12, 2026

    Dispute between neighbours: Defamation and assault with a lawn mower

    In a recent decision arising from a protracted neighbour dispute, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice underscored the importance of civility in maintaining the peaceful enjoyment of property: Frederick v. Spence, 2026 ONSC 3167. As the trial judge observed, “The fabric of our neighbourhoods is enriched when there is respect for the diversity of our neighbours, their property and their privacy.”

  • June 12, 2026

    CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS - Official languages of Canada

    Appeal by appellant from a New Brunswick Court of Appeal judgment which set aside a judgment finding that the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick should be bilingual. On the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Canada, the Governor General appointed Murphy as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. Murphy was not bilingual, and she did not become so during her term of office.

  • June 12, 2026

    Just cause is not a lost cause, but it is never simple

    As a mediator, I often hear employers and employees talk past each other on summary dismissal. The employer is convinced it had ironclad cause, while the employee is convinced the dismissal was unjustified. They become entrenched in their positions and stop listening.

  • June 12, 2026

    Administrative procedures ‘need not be optimal to be fair’: Alberta court

    Alberta’s highest court has ruled that the province’s public interest commissioner was within his rights to anonymize the identities of witnesses as part of its investigation into the conduct of a school superintendent, saying procedural fairness was met in the case.

  • June 11, 2026

    Supreme Court of Canada says it’s business as usual while judges & staff move to temporary facilities

    The Supreme Court of Canada says it will continue to provide the bar, litigants and the public with all its usual services from its historic courthouse in Ottawa while its judges and registry staff undertake a phased move to the court’s temporary facilities across the street during the months of July and August.

  • June 11, 2026

    Feds unveil sweeping social media, AI-chatbot bill aimed at online harms & enforced by fines & AMPs

    The federal Liberal government’s expansive new bill targeting online harms to children from social media and AI chatbots also takes aim at terrorism and violent extremist content, content that foments hatred and intimate content communicated without consent. Introduced in the House of Commons June 10 by Marc Miller, the minister of Canadian identity and culture, the 92-page Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34) would enact two other statutes: the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act.

  • June 11, 2026

    Newfoundland’s Unified Family Court expansion puts Ontario to shame

    There is a particular kind of institutional embarrassment that arrives quietly, without fanfare, in the form of a provincial news release.

  • June 11, 2026

    Gowling WLG names Fadi Amine partner in Montreal office

    Fadi Amine has joined Gowling WLG as a partner in its commercial litigation group in Montreal, the firm says.