September 15, 2026
Rebecca Wakeam has returned to Thomson Rogers LLP as a partner in its family law group in Toronto.
September 15, 2026
I was recently approached by email and asked to be interviewed about my latest book on a Zoom call that would reach more than 800 viewers. What troubled me was that the Zoom call was to originate in Dubai. I checked the company before accepting. The Winnipeg Free Press had reported on the venture and labelled it a scam intent on pushing authors to make sizable donations.
September 15, 2026
Appeal by appellant from order dismissing her appeal from an order requiring her to return the parties’ child to British Columbia from New Brunswick, and application to vary an order dismissing her application for a stay.
September 14, 2026
New rules are coming to the B.C. Supreme Court for civil and family applications, creating more opportunities for disputes to be resolved earlier without going to court. The changes will take effect Oct. 1.
September 14, 2026
Osgoode Professional Development is now offering a program for family lawyers arising from the recent decision in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16. The advertisement trumpets “tort claims are the new frontier in family law.” Does that worry you? It does me.
September 11, 2026
I am going to make an argument that will sound sarcastic. It is not. I mean every word of it.
September 10, 2026
Since the Supreme Court of Canada released Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16 on May 15, 2026, the question — asked by clients, lawyers, mediators and judges — is no longer whether a survivor of intimate partner violence (IPV) can sue. That is settled. The harder three questions are: What is pain worth? How much should I ask for? How do I prove it?
September 10, 2026
Artificial intelligence is now part of almost every conversation about court efficiency. Those conversations are worthwhile and should continue, and I have no doubt that there is an appropriate place for AI in court operations nationwide. But while that work goes on, it is worth asking what else could make our courts run better using what we already have.
September 09, 2026
Undue influence is a legal principle that addresses circumstances where someone coerces another to make a decision. A finding of undue influence allows the court to invalidate transfers of property, the execution of wills, or powers of attorney, on the basis that they were not the product of the executor, transferor, or grantor’s free will.
September 08, 2026
Ottawa has agreed that the federal judiciary reasonably incurred more than $1 million in legal fees and disbursements to participate in the independent quadrennial process that is meant to depoliticize determinations of federal judicial remuneration and avoid pay disputes.