September 18, 2026
Lauren Shenkar has joined Harper Grey as an associate in its insurance law group in Vancouver.
September 18, 2026
A criminal conviction is not an ordinary judgment. It can take away a person’s liberty for years, and in the most serious cases, for life. That is why there is a strong argument that when reasonable grounds exist to challenge a conviction or sentence, no limitation period should prevent a court from hearing the challenge.
September 17, 2026
A lawsuit brought by Jeffrey Hartman, a partner in the Toronto law firm Lockyer, Zaduk Zeeh, concerns an alleged incident at a federal institution in Ontario and raises an uncomfortable question for the correctional system: how should prisons accommodate transgender inmates while maintaining the safety, security and privacy of everyone in their care?
September 16, 2026
Thomson Rogers LLP has welcomed Adriana Isshak as an associate in its personal injury group in Toronto.
September 16, 2026
Partial settlements are intended to narrow litigation, reduce risk and encourage resolution. But when one defendant settles under a Pierringer agreement and the plaintiff later succeeds at trial against a non-settling defendant, a second dispute can arise: how much of the pretrial settlement should be credited against the judgment?
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.)
September 15, 2026
All employees in Alberta have rights under the Employment Standards Code, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Workers Compensation Act and Human Rights Act, right?
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 an order dismissing his defamation action under the Protection of Public Participation Act (PPPA), and cross-appeal by the respondent from the order that the parties bear their own costs.
September 11, 2026
Ruling 9-0 in favour of the Ontario Crown’s position, the Supreme Court of Canada has declined to impose a presumptive time cap on post-conviction sentencing delays or to make a stay of proceedings the mandatory Charter remedy for unreasonable post-verdict sentencing delay that breaches an offender’s s. 11(b) Charter right to trial within a reasonable time.