Personal Injury
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April 15, 2025
New CBA course aims to aid legal professionals in serving trans clients
During one of the most hostile periods in recent history for trans rights, the Canadian Bar Association has launched an online course to help legal professionals better serve trans people.
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April 15, 2025
Rules review recommendations would ‘fundamentally change’ framework for Ontario civil claims: lawyer
A revamp of Ontario’s justice system could soon be in the offing after a task force set up to look at the province’s Rules of Civil Procedure recommended a number of changes that would have a major impact on legal practice.
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April 14, 2025
Federal Court strikes veteran’s proposed class action over alleged health effects of mould on ship
The Federal Court has allowed a motion by Canada to strike a statement of claim in a proposed class action against the Canadian Armed Forces in a case where a veteran developed illness and injury due to mould on a ship.
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April 14, 2025
From crisis to reform: Understanding Ontario’s new civil procedure framework
The Ontario civil justice system is on the brink of its most significant transformation in decades. Having spent nearly two weeks analyzing the Civil Rules Review: Phase 2 Consultation Paper, attending the civil procedure overhaul meeting led by Justice Cary Boswell and Allison Speigel, and reflecting on how these changes will reshape litigation, I can affirm: this is not incremental tweaking.
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April 11, 2025
Housing boom could exacerbate tax fraud in construction industry, warns union
One of Canada’s largest construction unions is warning that a major push by governments to build more homes to address the housing affordability crisis could also raise the risk of increased tax fraud in the construction industry.
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April 11, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal: Labour arbitration appeals lie with labour board barring exceptional cases
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has clarified that its jurisdiction over labour arbitration decisions is strictly limited to matters of general law entirely unrelated to labour relations, collective agreements or fact-based determinations tied to workplace disputes.
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April 11, 2025
McGill faces proposed class action over alleged failure to address campus antisemitism
McGill University is facing a proposed class action over allegations that it failed to protect its Jewish students from discrimination and harassment during campus protests related to the conflict in Gaza.
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April 10, 2025
Saskatchewan amends Construction Codes Act regarding derelict structures
Saskatchewan’s Minister of Government Relations Eric Schmalz has introduced amendments to the Construction Codes Act to support the province’s pilot framework to help municipalities to deal with derelict structures.
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April 10, 2025
Constitutional clash brewing as Ottawa targets immigration bar with up to $1.5 million in admin penalties
Bar organizations are warning Ottawa that a new administrative monetary penalty regime to be applied to legal professionals — featuring penalties of up to $1.5 million for immigration and refugee lawyers determined by federal officials to have participated in clients’ misrepresentations — will be constitutionally challenged if lawyers are not exempted from the proposed regulations, which are expected to come into force later this year.
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April 10, 2025
Federal Court rejects Canada's motion to strike class action alleging RCMP doctors' misconduct
The Federal Court has dismissed a motion by Canada for an order to strike out portions of a statement of claim and to amend common issues in a class-action proceeding related to alleged abuses by medical doctors employed by the RCMP.