May 01, 2026
Appeal by Ryan from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal which found that s. 12 of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act (Act) was intra vires the federal Parliament. The Act was enacted for the purpose of setting up a statutory committee of parliamentarians to oversee Canada’s national security and intelligence apparatus (Committee).
May 01, 2026
Appeal by the appellant from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal which set aside a judgment dismissing an application for judicial review. The Act to interrupt the electoral division delimitation process (ATI) has the effect of interrupting the process relating to the delimitation of Quebec’s electoral divisions made by the Commission de la représentation after every second general election.
May 01, 2026
Heralding a significant shift in the Canadian legal landscape, the British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected the legal profession’s constitutional challenge to the B.C. Legal Professions Act — legislation that would end more than 150 years of lawyer self-governance and self-regulation by benchers elected from the provincial bar.
April 30, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed a mine operator to pay disputed royalty funds into court, overturning a ruling that found no adverse claims to support interpleader relief amid a battle for control of the owner of the mining rights.
April 29, 2026
After reading rebuttals from Russell Alexander, Gary Joseph, Roslyn Tsao and Aaron Franks to my article on the recent return to in-person motions in Toronto’s family court, “The Zoom paradox: When a judge’s words and his court’s actions collide,” I have been moved.
April 28, 2026
A 2024 call to the Ontario bar, Trevor Alcove has joined the Aird & Berlis LLP litigation and dispute resolution group as an associate.
April 28, 2026
Olivia Wang has joined Harper Grey as an associate in its commercial litigation group in Vancouver.
April 28, 2026
In my last article, I wrote about visualization in law. But visualization is not limited to diagrams or tables. Text itself is visual, and its organization can improve reader engagement and comprehension. This is typography.
April 28, 2026
In a property ownership case, the Ontario Court of Appeal has held that an appeal from a vesting order was moot once the order was registered on title, despite the appellant pursuing a stay motion pending appeal.
April 28, 2026
Appeal by appellants (Satnam and Jaswinder) from the dismissal of their claim to a 50 per cent beneficial ownership interest in the Farwell Crescent property (Farwell). Satnam advanced $55,000 toward the down payment when Sukhvinder purchased Farwell, but the appellants were not placed on title.