April 17, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has overturned an order requiring former residents of manufactured houses to physically remove their homes from the reserve lands they were ordered to vacate.
April 17, 2026
Almost three years ago, the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Mata v. Avianca, Inc., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108263 made sensational worldwide headlines as one of the first cases to penalize lawyers for the use of fake cases generated by ChatGPT in their legal briefs.
April 17, 2026
My friend Steve Benmor made some excellent arguments recently in favour of Zoom attendances on motions (The Zoom paradox: When a judge’s words and his court’s actions collide). He backs it up by quoting the extremely persuasive comments of Justice Fred Myers of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. I recognize and respect their arguments but let me address a couple of matters not addressed in their submissions on this issue.
April 16, 2026
First Nations leaders in Manitoba are claiming to have been wrongly left out of an agreement between the province and Ottawa designed to accelerate assessments of how development projects will impact the environment.
April 16, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a decision that the use of pulsed electric field (PEF) technology to treat potatoes before cutting does not infringe a McCain Foods patent covering “high electric fields” used to reduce resistance in fruits and vegetables.
April 16, 2026
There is something deeply ironic unfolding within Ontario’s family court system — an irony that cuts to the heart of what access to justice actually means in practice.
April 16, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has granted leave to appeal in a case requiring a lender to produce its legal bills for a costs assessment in a foreclosure dispute, saying the case raises important and unresolved questions about privilege and redemption rights.
April 15, 2026
Manitoba’s government is providing millions in additional funding to child and family welfare services in the province.
April 15, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected the Crown’s bid for enhanced costs in a tax case, dismissing its reliance on other appeals held in abeyance and ruling that only the amounts and parties directly before the court were relevant to the costs award.
April 15, 2026
During the pandemic, the government provided various forms of financial support to Canadian individuals and businesses. One of the more widely known is the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) for individuals, governed by the Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act, S.C. 2020, c. 5, s. 8. The subsequent Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) was somewhat of an extension of CERB and again provided support to individuals pursuant to the Canada Recovery Benefits Act, S.C. 2020, c. 12, s. 2.