July 10, 2026
Many federally appointed trial judges report stress from excessive workloads, limited control over their time in the workplace and too few support resources, according to a new national survey of judges’ physical and psychological health. On July 9, the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) reported on extensive research commissioned from the Université de Sherbrooke between 2024 and 2026 by the council of 44 chief and associate chief justices.
July 09, 2026
Bruce Simpson had one of those ideal clients: a recidivist with a wealthy brother who always picked up the tab. Otherwise indistinguishable from the host of vagrants who graced Number Five Court back in the day, old Bill spent the warm months variously at the Mission, the Shepherds, the Sally Ann, and in good weather, in one of Ottawa’s downtown parks.
July 09, 2026
Mathews Dinsdale has announced that John-Paul Alexandrowicz has joined its Toronto office as a partner and will lead its education practice group.
July 09, 2026
Diamond & Diamond Lawyers has announced that Ronald Davis has joined the firm as senior counsel in its class actions department.
July 09, 2026
Nathan Baines has joined BD&P as senior counsel in Calgary.
July 09, 2026
Clients do not like being nickeled-and-dimed. They can get their heads around paying $750 an hour, but charging for photocopies annoys them.
July 09, 2026
Modern corporate rodeos like the Calgary Stampede’s animal events are not benign traditions. They are disciplined spectacles of risk transfer: animals absorb the danger while humans collect status, sponsorship visibility and curated views of the consequences.
July 09, 2026
Some of my business clients had had a plan. Most didn’t. Either way, the lesson is the same.
July 09, 2026
The term “cooperative federalism” is rarely used nowadays. It is a concept that both federal and provincial lawmakers need not work in “watertight compartments.” Each level of government can enact laws addressing specific problems within its own jurisdiction.
July 08, 2026
Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette has appointed Martin Delisle as a judge of the Court of Quebec.