August 19, 2026
The growing burdens that generative AI misuse in court is imposing on lawyers, litigants and courts are illustrated by a recent Nova Scotia Court of Appeal judgment that threw out a self-represented litigant’s appeal following his use of uncertified AI-generated trial transcripts containing multiple inaccuracies that opposing counsel identified through vigilant verification.
August 19, 2026
Every family lawyer has heard some version of the same instruction from a client: “Just ask the kids who they want to live with.”
August 18, 2026
Quebec’s top court has ordered a self-represented family law appellant to pay $1,000 to his ex-wife plus her legal costs on the appeal, following his “deliberate” citation in court of ChatGPT-generated fake case law, including fictitious quotations.
August 17, 2026
Every so often, a judge stops writing like a judge and starts writing like a person who has run out of patience.
August 14, 2026
A certificate of pending litigation (CPL) is issued under the Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. c.43 (CJA) by the court in which an interest in land is in question (s. 103(1) of the CJA).
August 14, 2026
Appeal by appellant (Wife) from a decision setting aside a separation agreement (agreement). The parties, former spouses, negotiated and executed an agreement in 2016 with assistance from a consultant and a family lawyer.
August 13, 2026
In Ontario family law, the date on which a spouse receives a gift or inheritance from a third party (usually a parent or relative), whether before or after the date of marriage, may have a significant impact on their net family property and ultimately the size of the equalization payment owed to the other spouse on marital separation.
August 12, 2026
Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Geneviève Cotnam, who once recalled “my career as a lawyer didn’t always provide a smooth sailing to the bench,” is Quebec's new top judge, succeeding Quebec Court of Appeal Chief Justice Manon Savard who became a part-time (supernumerary) judge on Aug. 10.
August 12, 2026
According to an announcement from the office of Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Sean Fraser, Linda A. Maj, K.C., general counsel at the Department of Justice Canada in Edmonton, has been named a justice of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta.
August 12, 2026
Suddenly, the concept of coercive control is reshaping Canadian family law. Coercive control is beginning to influence how courts approach financial claims, property disputes, settlement negotiations and even the procedural rules governing when a motion may be heard.