-
November 02, 2026
Limited licence legal practitioners can “lighten the load” for lawyers — and in doing so allow for more people to access assistance, participants heard during a recent Law Society of Saskatchewan (LSS) webinar.
-
November 02, 2026
Dan A.T. Moseley has joined Richards Buell Sutton LLP (RBS) as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution group in Surrey, B.C.
-
November 02, 2026
The Canada Revenue Agency’s ability to gather information during a tax audit rests on two deceptively short provisions of the Income Tax Act: s. 231.1, the general power to inspect, audit or examine, and s. 231.2, the power to issue a requirement for information or documents.
-
November 02, 2026
Just when employers thought they could put the antacids back in the medicine cabinet, the Ontario Court of Appeal has delivered another reminder that the wording of an employment contract matters. And, as the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has now discovered, a promise to comply with the law is not necessarily enough to save a termination provision that says something quite different.
-
November 02, 2026
In AtkinsRéalis Construction (Pacific) Inc. v. Barton Malow Canada Ltd., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a motion seeking an order directing the arbitrator to provide an explanation of certain aspects of his merits award.
-
October 30, 2026
The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has rejected insurers’ attempt to invalidate a proposed class action because the original plaintiff lived outside the province, finding that the residency defect could be corrected by adding an eligible plaintiff.
-
October 30, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada has specified that a driver’s brief period of inattention is one factor to consider, among others, when analyzing the mens rea in dangerous driving cases. The top court also reiterated its holding in previous decisions that, in some circumstances, a driver’s momentary lapse of attention can, on its own, constitute a marked departure from the standard of care.
-
October 30, 2026
Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser has announced the appointment of Tina H. Lie and Rahat Godil to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Lie will serve in Toronto, while Godil will serve in Newmarket.
-
October 30, 2026
Law Society of Ontario (LSO) benchers voted down a resolution at its most recent convocation to investigate allegations of antisemitism at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU).
-
October 30, 2026
Part one of this series established that third-party-created tax debt is recovered administratively, by set-off and without any proceeding. Part two established that the relief provisions practitioners reach for first cannot cancel the principal of it. This closing part addresses what remains.
-
October 30, 2026
A Canadian pay statement can be genuine and still prove the wrong point in a permanent resident (PR) residency case. The legal question is not simply who paid the worker abroad, but whether a qualifying Canadian business actually assigned that person to full-time work outside Canada on terms that meet the residency rules. Where the foreign role has no defined end or realistic Canadian position to return to, an employer’s letter may not resolve the problem.
-
October 30, 2026
The polls have closed and the smoke has cleared from Alberta’s constitutional referendum that could have given the go-ahead to a separation vote, with provincial voters rejecting independence but backing a number of proposals on immigration issues that observers say could lead to legal and political difficulties down the road.
-
October 30, 2026
Family law trials often involve proving matters that are not seriously in dispute. Financial statements, bank records and property transactions are introduced into evidence, sometimes at considerable expense, when the underlying facts could have been agreed upon beforehand.
-
October 30, 2026
For generations, an estate trustee stepping into an administration has started with the paperwork in front of them: the will, the bank statements that happened to be lying around, the prior trustee’s inventory (if applicable). That starting point is not going away. But as estate trustees — and particularly neutral and succeeding trustees who inherit an administration someone else began — come under closer scrutiny, a question is emerging: is documented, independent verification of what the estate actually owns and owes becoming an expected part of the duty of inquiry?
-
October 30, 2026
Appeals by nine Settling Parties from the order excluding them from preserved proceeds; appeal by the Pichelli Group from the apportionment among investors who proceeded to trial; and motion by the Settling Party Appellants for leave to appeal costs.
-
October 29, 2026
Canada must “prepare for all contingencies up to and including war and other worst-case scenarios,” Prime Minister Mark Carney announced as he unveiled his government’s plan to roll out a new national security strategy over the coming year to ensure that the country can “control its own destiny and is resilient in the face of daunting challenges.”
-
October 29, 2026
New penalties of up to $1.5 million are now in force for those who break the law when providing paid immigration or citizenship advice or representation — including licensed immigration consultants, lawyers and other authorized representatives, as well as people who give paid immigration or citizenship advice or representation without authorization.
-
October 29, 2026
The Federal Court has dismissed a claim brought by Black River First Nation over less favourable reserve land terms under Treaty 5, finding that the disparity did not breach the honour of the Crown and that the Crown did not owe the First Nation a fiduciary duty when it joined the treaty.
-
October 29, 2026
Rogers Communications has been ordered to pay a $15-million administrative monetary penalty in relation to its advertising of wireless plans with limited high-speed data as “unlimited” or “infinite.”
-
October 29, 2026
Part one of this series (see below for link) set out how a third party creates a federal tax liability in a taxpayer’s name and why recovery proceeds administratively against the provisions described there.
-
October 29, 2026
Appeal by Minister of National Revenue (Minister) from decision refusing an order compelling Zeifmans to comply with a requirement issued under the Income Tax Act.
-
October 29, 2026
Five months ago, in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized a new tort of intimate partner violence (IPV). Since then, family lawyers across Canada have been adding damages claims to their pleadings and learning to think like personal injury lawyers.
-
October 29, 2026
Let’s face it folks. Our legal system caters to the rich and, on occasion, the middle class. Most of society cannot afford good lawyers and are on their own navigating our legal system. There is a simple reason for this. Lawyers like to earn good money. It is impossible to do that serving clients who cannot afford to pay hundreds — or thousands — of dollars an hour.
-
October 28, 2026
In a case involving bankruptcy proceedings, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that the law firm representing the insolvency trustee was in a “conflict of interest” because it had previously acted for the bankrupt and later took a position adverse to him in the same proceedings.
-
October 28, 2026
Third-party contribution and indemnity claims against lawyers is a hot topic of contention among the professional liability bar because of the existence of two lines of authority that are used by courts to determine whether such a claim is allowed to proceed or is dismissed on the basis that it discloses no reasonable cause of action.