July 07, 2026
The King Charles tax disclosure creates no legal obligation in Canada and establishes no precedent that Canadian courts are required to follow. What it does is illustrate — at the level of a head of state — a principle that is deeply embedded in Canadian tax law and frequently litigated: that those who administer the tax system, and those who are subject to it, operate within a framework governed by the rule of law, institutional transparency and procedural fairness.
July 07, 2026
Appeal by appellant from an order dismissing his application for judicial review of an adjudicator’s decision confirming a Notice of Administrative Penalty (NAP) for failing or refusing to comply with a breath demand. The appellant was stopped by police following a trespass complaint and, after multiple unsuccessful attempts to provide a breath sample on an approved screening device administered by a second officer, was issued a NAP.
July 06, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed new leaders to head two of Canada’s major trial courts. On July 6, Justice Alan Diner was appointed chief justice of the Federal Court, the national superior trial court that decides disputes in the federal domain. He succeeds Paul Crampton, who retired from the post Oct. 31, 2025.
July 06, 2026
The federal government has made four judicial appointments across Ontario, the Department of Justice has announced.
July 06, 2026
The Alberta Court of Appeal has delivered a powerful reminder that criminal convictions cannot rest on suspicion alone, acquitting Jatinder Singh after finding that the evidence left too many unanswered questions to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The decision in R. v. Singh, 2026 ABCA 219 held that the trial judge failed to apply the Supreme Court of Canada’s guidance on reasonable inferences in criminal cases.
July 06, 2026
Appeal by S.C.W. from an order largely dismissing his application under s. 161(3) of the Criminal Code (Code) to vary a sex offender prohibition order. The order was imposed when he was sentenced for sexual interference and making child pornography involving his young stepdaughter.
July 03, 2026
The chair of the advisory board that recommended ex-Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal and one other unnamed jurist for appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada defended the board’s decision not to shortlist three to five names, which was contrary to the mandate from Prime Minister Mark Carney.
July 03, 2026
This article addresses the enforcement architecture through which the CRA will identify and pursue non-compliance, the cross-border and non-resident tax obligations that arise from the World Cup’s international character, and the remediation pathways available to tax clients who did not report correctly, and what Canadian tax lawyers and accountants need to know before advising them on those pathways.
July 03, 2026
The fatal stabbing of 20-year-old Justin Turnbull-Greenwood on a Windsor, Ont., sidewalk in October 2019 left a young family shattered and a community searching for answers. The Windsor Star reported that after hearing emotional victim impact statements describing lives “ruined forever,” Ontario Superior Court Justice Kirk Munroe sentenced Mustafa Al-Qaysi to the mandatory life sentence for second-degree murder and ordered that he serve 15 years before becoming eligible for parole.
July 03, 2026
The International Bar Association’s (IBA) recent report marks a meaningful demographic milestone: women now form a majority of the Canadian legal profession. Combined with the historic female majority on the Supreme Court of Canada, it signals progress that deserves recognition.