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October 16, 2026
Does anybody think Humpty Dumpty took his fall off the wall lying down? No way. Mr. Dumpty actually commenced a lawsuit seeking compensation as a result of injuries suffered. I recently came across a copy of a little-known decision of the High Court of Wonderland, which I would like to share.
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October 14, 2026
Keeping up with the speed of money, working with limited resources and assisting judges with gaps in their technical knowledge were among the challenges under the spotlight at a recent legal conference about cybercrime and crypto fraud.
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October 08, 2026
Under the rubric of supporting “economic growth and competitiveness,” the federal Liberal government says its newly introduced “red tape reduction” bill (S-7) will “reduce unnecessary regulatory burden under 31 individual pieces of legislation and their corresponding regulations administered by 11 federal departments and agencies.”
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October 08, 2026
“Money is a barren substitute for health and personal happiness, but to the extent within reason that money can be used to sustain or improve the mental or physical health of the injured person it may properly form part of a claim.”
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October 07, 2026
Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the Liberal majority government will introduce “in weeks” groundbreaking legislation to permit persons with serious medical conditions to consent in advance to medical assistance in dying (MAID), i.e. before they lose their capacity to consent to the procedure. The planned bill would also bar MAID access on an “indeterminate basis” to persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness, he said.
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October 02, 2026
The Supreme Court’s fall session is packed with interesting appeals in diverse areas of law including class actions, contracts, Crown immunity and Charter rights. The top court’s session begins Oct. 5 with an “opening of the court” ceremony in the West Memorial Building at 344 Wellington Street in Ottawa.
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October 02, 2026
A proposed settlement of $38.25 million has been reached in a class action lawsuit in Quebec against CAE Inc. and its former CEO and CFO, with the claims period now open.
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October 02, 2026
A single underscore sent an innocent man to prison. In a child sexual abuse material investigation, police were looking for “fus__ro_dah.” But they sought records for “fus_ro_dah.” That was Brandon Klayme’s username. One missing underscore sent the investigation to the wrong person. The discrepancy went unnoticed at trial. Klayme was wrongfully convicted and spent 18 months in custody before the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal declared him factually innocent in R. v. Klayme, 2026 NSCA 59.
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October 01, 2026
Mental health, job stress and keeping up with AI remain “front of mind” for the new president of Manitoba’s law society.
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September 30, 2026
At the car dealership, we ask about horsepower, fuel economy and whether the monthly payment will ruin our weekend. We do not usually ask whether the vehicle remembers where we went last Tuesday. It might.
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September 30, 2026
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Suzanne Côté says she finds intervener advocacy on Zoom to be as effective as oral submissions made in the courtroom, but she is also alive to contrary arguments made by legal organizations, such as the Canadian Bar Association and The Advocates’ Society.
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September 30, 2026
Appeal by The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company that did business as Travelers Canada against an application judge’s decision requiring it to defend an action and indemnify West York Sales and Leasing Inc.
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September 28, 2026
Manitoba is strengthening workers’ compensation coverage for firefighters by widening the scope of job-related sickness and presuming their illnesses are work-related.
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September 28, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that an insurer must cover a claim arising from a mortgage brokerage’s fraudulent misappropriation of client money, finding that funds held in trust can still qualify as “mortgage funds” under the policy’s fraud endorsement.
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September 25, 2026
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Suzanne Côté is thinking about what life after the bench might look like, she tells Law360 Canada. The court’s impactful and most prolific judge, who turned 68 this week with no apparent loss of drive or energy, says she is healthy and still loves the work that has earned her a reputation as a trailblazer and original thinker.
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September 23, 2026
Canada has released an update on the progress made under the National Action Plan on Combatting Auto Theft, stating that national auto thefts fell by 10 per cent in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.
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September 22, 2026
Prince Edward Island will move to dismantle a 35-year-old quasi-judicial tribunal and replace it with two new decision-making bodies that will continue to deal with various appeals and disputes.
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September 22, 2026
Osea Razafindahy has joined Robinson Sheppard Shapiro LLP (RSS) as a paralegal in its insurance law group in Montreal.
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September 21, 2026
The Carney government says its proposed “Building Canada Strong” legislation and supporting Cabinet directive will ensure that federal reviews and decisions on major project proposals are completed within one year of a “comprehensive” submission by the project’s proponents. The 243-page Building Canada Strong Act (Bill C-39) was introduced in the House of Commons Sept. 21 by Transport Minister and Government House leader Steven MacKinnon.
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September 21, 2026
On July 20, 2026, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) issued a regulatory notice indicating OSFI’s intention to formally recognize natural catastrophe bonds as an acceptable form of reinsurance for capital credit purposes under the Minimum Capital Test Guideline. The Notice applies to all federally regulated property and casualty (P&C) insurers, excluding mortgage insurers.
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September 21, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that reporting a motor vehicle accident does not, by itself, satisfy the statutory requirement to notify an insurer of an intention to claim accident benefits, restoring the denial of a claim submitted about 22 months after a crash.
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September 18, 2026
Lauren Shenkar has joined Harper Grey as an associate in its insurance law group in Vancouver.
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September 18, 2026
What happens when professional judgment is no longer entirely human? Artificial intelligence (AI), once viewed as a farfetched idea, has become increasingly embedded in boardroom strategy.
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September 16, 2026
A behind-the-scenes bid by federal chief justices to make future recommendations from the federal independent judicial pay commission process binding on Ottawa is on hold as representatives of Canada’s 1,200 federal judges and Federal Court associate judges sue the Carney government for allegedly not giving “meaningful effect” to the work and non-binding advice of the latest quadrennial Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission (Giardini Commission.)
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September 15, 2026
The employment insurance (EI) premium rate for employees will remain at $1.64 per $100 of insurable earnings in 2027, but the maximum annual insurable earnings threshold will rise to $70,800 from $68,900 in 2026, the Canada Employment Insurance Commission has announced.