June 17, 2026
Used by hostage negotiators, journalists, mediators and others, active listening provides a shortcut to developing trust and understanding between people.
For lawyers, its application is professionally significant: those who listen actively stand to develop stronger client relationships, gain clearer insight into client needs and are better positioned to provide effective representation.
June 16, 2026
The British Columbia Supreme Court has dismissed an application arguing that multiple charges stemming from a tailings storage facility failure were duplicative. It found that five affected bodies of water were legally distinct.
June 16, 2026
The federal government has introduced legislation that would establish enforceable drinking water and wastewater standards on First Nation lands and announced a $4.6-billion funding commitment for water and wastewater infrastructure in First Nation communities.
June 16, 2026
B.C.’s top court has turned back an argument by a man who went to the United States to receive medical treatment that the province’s failure to reimburse his costs violated his constitutional rights.
June 16, 2026
Ottawa has proposed a new legislative regime for private-sector privacy regulation that imposes a raft of obligations on how businesses and other non-governmental organizations handle Canadians’ personal data, with oversight from a robust dual privacy and digital harms regulator armed with audit and binding order-making powers, backed by hefty administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) and fines for the most serious new offences.
June 16, 2026
Lenczner Slaght has added Peter Douglas as an associate in Toronto.
June 16, 2026
In Angus A2A GP Inc v. Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc., 2026 ABCA 156 (Angus A2A), the Alberta Court of Appeal recently upheld what it described as an “unusual” use of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) (CCAA), in which equity investors, rather than the debtor companies or their creditors, initiated the proceedings.
June 16, 2026
On Aug. 1, 2026, the remaining provision of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4-2025) will come into force, following an announcement on Feb. 9, 2026, by the B.C. Ministry of the Attorney General.
June 15, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a township’s short-term rental licensing bylaw, rejecting arguments from a property owners’ association that the regime unlawfully regulates non-commercial activity and effectively bans vacation rentals.
June 15, 2026
The Federal Court has ruled that misuse of copyright remains a novel but arguable defence to copyright infringement claims, rejecting arguments that the Supreme Court of Canada has already ruled out the doctrine in Canada.