June 29, 2026
Ontario’s civil courts continue to struggle with post-pandemic delays. The problem is not just administrative. In personal injury litigation — and especially in motor vehicle collision cases — delay changes the financial value of a claim. For plaintiffs, longer times to get to trial do not simply postpone compensation. They can reduce it.
June 29, 2026
While the Ahluwalia decision solidified a groundbreaking civil framework for addressing coercive control, Parliament simultaneously built a parallel carceral one (Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16). The federal intention behind Bill C-16 is well-intentioned — aiming to intervene early, recognize psychological containment as violence, and treat coercive control as a precursor to lethal escalation.
June 26, 2026
Underscoring the breadth of the constitutional obligation of first-party Crown disclosure to the defence, the Supreme Court of Canada has 7-0 clarified and elaborated on the scope of the duties of Crown and the police to disclose to the accused relevant police disciplinary records, as was previously established by R. v. McNeil, 2009 SCC 3.
June 26, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld the certification of a proposed class action against consulting giant McKinsey & Co. over allegations that it worked closely with opioid manufacturers and distributors to increase the sale and distribution of opioids in Canada for unsuitable uses.
June 25, 2026
For any legal practitioner or advocate deep in the gender-based violence (GBV) sector, certain names carry an undeniable historical weight. Recently, my mind has been occupied by a striking parallel: two landmark legal decisions, separated by more than 30 years and a vast ocean, yet fundamentally bound by the same name, the same history of horrific abuse and the same foundational concept: coercive control.
June 24, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Diep (Litigation guardian of) v. Mac’s Convenience Stores Inc., 2026 ONCA 424 is a useful reminder that not every injury occurring near a motor vehicle becomes an automobile case. Sometimes a car is central. Sometimes it is background scenery. And sometimes, as in this case, the vehicle is legally important for one purpose but not important enough for another.
June 22, 2026
Manitoba’s top court has ruled provincial health authorities were wrong to refuse insurance for two sisters who had to travel to the U.S. for treatment — while also including a stern warning for health care decision-makers to keep within the bounds of the law.
June 23, 2026
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has publicly weighed in on a Supreme Court of Canada nomination, stating they “wholeheartedly endorse” Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal’s candidacy and are “confident he will bring fairness, wisdom and humility to Canada’s highest court.”
June 22, 2026
Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal, widely reputed in recent years to be a leading candidate for appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, has been nominated to fill the western vacancy that opened up with the May 30 retirement of Supreme Court of Canada Justice Sheilah Martin, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on June 22.
June 19, 2026
The federal government has been advised by the majority of a 17-member parliamentary special committee to amend the Criminal Code to “indefinitely” bar access to medical assistance in dying (MAID) to persons suffering solely from mental illness, with the Bloc Québécois and three dissenting senators recommending that the government direct a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada to clarify the applicable law.