June 26, 2026
The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has approved plans to establish a new standing committee on governance, despite concerns from some benchers that the move would concentrate too much power in the hands of committee members over law society operations.
June 26, 2026
The recent decision in Ramotar v. Ramotar, 2026 ONSC 2153 by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice raises significant concerns regarding the protection of vulnerable seniors, the application of established legal principles and the risks associated with joint ownership as an estate planning tool.
June 25, 2026
Somewhere right now, a client of yours is asking ChatGPT whether they were right to send that text to their ex. So, in all likelihood, is the parent on the other side of your current file, the one you’ve never spoken to and only know through their affidavits.
June 25, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has varied an order to make class counsel responsible for costs in a case where indemnity of the representative plaintiff in a failed class action was unknown.
June 25, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal’s decision in Golden Spigot Pub Ltd. v. Eddy Ng Management Services Ltd., 2026 BCCA 231, strengthens liquidation as a practical remedy in disputes involving closely held corporations that function like partnerships.
June 25, 2026
Earlier this year, the Divisional Court of Ontario found that procedures adopted by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) to determine its jurisdiction were unreasonable and contrary to law.
June 24, 2026
The British Columbia Supreme Court has certified statutory privacy tort claims in a 2023 data breach affecting nearly 1.5 million Canadian investors, but held that overlapping negligence and breach-of-contract claims should proceed in an existing national class action in Ontario.
June 24, 2026
McDougall Gauley LLP has added Joy M. Brailean, Shaan Kapila, Jenna L. Sabine and Tenielle A. Workman as lawyers following their articling with the firm, the Saskatchewan firm says. All were called to the bar in May and June 2026.
June 24, 2026
The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) announced on June 23 that it has published a revised “Guideline on Complaint-Handling Procedures for Banks and Authorized Foreign Banks.”
June 24, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Diep (Litigation guardian of) v. Mac’s Convenience Stores Inc., 2026 ONCA 424 is a useful reminder that not every injury occurring near a motor vehicle becomes an automobile case. Sometimes a car is central. Sometimes it is background scenery. And sometimes, as in this case, the vehicle is legally important for one purpose but not important enough for another.