May 29, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has awarded $22.5 million in a class action against a Toronto plastic surgeon who had surveillance cameras throughout his clinic but did not inform patients or staff.
May 25, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has sent back for reconsideration a proposed class action alleging that the RCMP violated Charter rights through exclusion zones and other enforcement tactics during the Fairy Creek protests.
May 19, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal relating to the deactivation of a business account on Instagram, but outlined various omissions in the Federal Court’s analysis.
May 15, 2026
This column is quite different from most of my previous ones in that it focuses on something other than my own experience. However, it grows entirely out of that experience. To reassure readers (beyond the many citations in the text), when I was arrested I had an extensive background in reading and analyzing social science research. In the years since my arrest, I have read and made notes on more than 1,000 books, reports and research studies in this field. I have talked with dozens of experts — lawyers, criminologists and community leaders — and even given presentations at conferences. Every claim in this column can be verified by looking at reputable sources in the field, including the reports of Canada’s Correctional Investigator.
May 13, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has remitted a case to trial in which an insurance provider denied coverage to a greenhouse operator despite it suffering a loss of 23 acres of tomato plants caused by excessive carbon monoxide emissions. It found the judge made numerous errors in the analysis.
May 12, 2026
British Columbia’s municipalities and regional districts will soon have new responsibilities under the Emergency and Disaster Management Act as modernized requirements for emergency management will come into effect.
May 07, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has partially allowed an appeal challenging the commencement date of an action that was later converted into a class proceeding arising from a building fire.
May 06, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal, finding that a cricket association was entitled to enforce a rule limiting players to one team and one mainland league, determining that the lower court failed to interpret the society’s purposes holistically.
May 04, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has rejected a leave to appeal application for non-party subpoenas in a class action relating to prepaid purchase cards.
May 04, 2026
The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has started the ball rolling on a process that would see the size of convocation reduced by 16 and would also create three new appointed bencher positions.