September 10, 2026
Appeals by Attorney General of Canada (Canada), the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and former Ministers Jordan and Murray (collectively, Ministers) from an order refusing to strike claims for misfeasance in public office, negligence and negligent misrepresentation brought by corporate plaintiffs involved in the aquaculture industry in the Discovery Islands.
September 09, 2026
Nova Scotia has introduced legislative changes in a bid to fight tip theft, recover unpaid earnings owed to workers and ensure they are paid for overtime.
September 09, 2026
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) for B.C. has launched a consultation on large-volume freedom of information (FOI) requests to increase transparency and reduce uncertainty about when applicants can expect their records.
September 09, 2026
The Federal Court has found MediaTube Corp. and its principal, Douglas Lloyd, in contempt for repeatedly threatening to disclose and disclosing confidential litigation materials after MediaTube was unsuccessful in patent litigation against Bell Canada.
September 09, 2026
This is the first of two articles on the controversy surrounding the use of AI in legal interpretation. This article examines the battle lines and the critics’ case against AI. The second looks for common ground: how lawyers can use AI in legal interpretation without expecting it to provide the decisive answer it cannot provide.
September 09, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a class action by beekeepers who said regulations restricting the import of certain bees caused them economic loss, finding that the government agency did not owe a private law duty of care.
September 09, 2026
Undue influence is a legal principle that addresses circumstances where someone coerces another to make a decision. A finding of undue influence allows the court to invalidate transfers of property, the execution of wills, or powers of attorney, on the basis that they were not the product of the executor, transferor, or grantor’s free will.
September 09, 2026
Appeal by Woodard from chambers orders arising from his petition concerning administration of deceased’s estate. The deceased’s will gifted his interest in a property located on Okanagan Lake equally to Woodard and Hewitt, the executor and the deceased’s common-law spouse, with the residue passing to Hewitt.
September 08, 2026
Ottawa has agreed that the federal judiciary reasonably incurred more than $1 million in legal fees and disbursements to participate in the independent quadrennial process that is meant to depoliticize determinations of federal judicial remuneration and avoid pay disputes.
September 08, 2026
The Federal Court has ordered Canada to pay the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) $27 million in equitable compensation, finding that it breached its fiduciary duty by approving the 1964 expropriation of a Manitoba reserve for the Grand Rapids dam without securing mitigation or compensation for the dam’s effects on the First Nation’s traditional way of life.