June 19, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that Ontario courts have jurisdiction over claims against a Liechtenstein trustee whose offshore trust was allegedly funded with money siphoned from Bridging Finance, rejecting arguments that the trustee was too remote from the alleged misconduct.
June 19, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has approved a motion relating to an investigation to recover millions in potentially fraudulent payments from the packaged bread class action settlement with Loblaw, after the administrator flagged suspicious claim activity.
June 19, 2026
The federal government has been advised by the majority of a 17-member parliamentary special committee to amend the Criminal Code to “indefinitely” bar access to medical assistance in dying (MAID) to persons suffering solely from mental illness, with the Bloc Québécois and three dissenting senators recommending that the government direct a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada to clarify the applicable law.
June 19, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal, finding that the judge erred by delegating the determination of the fair value of shares to a chartered business valuator rather than having the court determine it.
June 19, 2026
The commentary on Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16, has run almost entirely in one direction. Damages, intake methodology, and sequencing alongside the family file: the conversation has been about how plaintiffs can use the new tort of intimate partner violence to sue their ex and claim damages.
June 19, 2026
Appeal by Resler from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal which reinstated Anglin’s claim in part. Anglin was a Member of the Legislative Assembly who had been unsuccessful in his 2015 re-election bid.
June 18, 2026
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has ruled that an electric scooter qualifies as an “automobile” under the province’s Insurance Act, excluding a rider injured in a collision with a minivan from accident benefits under the vehicle’s insurance policy.
June 18, 2026
In multi-party civil litigation, it is common for one or more parties to resolve their disputes by way of agreement, while the proceeding continues against those parties who have not settled. These “partial settlement agreements” are a routine feature of complex litigation.
June 18, 2026
The Ontario government has joined forces with Waterloo Region to appeal a court decision from last month that struck down a local bylaw aimed at clearing a homeless encampment from land needed for construction of a major transit hub, a decision that recognized homelessness as an analogous ground of discrimination under the Charter for the first time.
June 18, 2026
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has declined to grant summary judgment in a nearly $1-million land-restoration dispute arising from a decades-old handshake lease, finding insufficient evidence to determine who added several feet of fill that altered the grade of the leased property.