Personal Injury

Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 4:15 PM

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed an updated Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) during the Ukrainian president’s visit to Ottawa. ... [read more]

Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 3:17 PM

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has allowed leave to amend a statement of claim in an action against Bayer Inc. as the motion judge “did not advert to or apply the test for amendment of pleadings articulated by this court” and therefore erred in refusing to grant leave. ... [read more]

Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 1:00 PM

Keeping lawyers up to speed on using technology and continuing to improve access to justice in remote communities are high priorities for the Law Society of Manitoba’s new president. ... [read more]

Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 9:40 AM

Clinical trials to test the safety and effectiveness of potential long-COVID treatments have the added bonus of discovering treatments for other “invisible illnesses” with similar symptoms. ... [read more]

Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 9:28 AM

It is an honour to have been invited by the Honourable Andromache Karakatsanis to write a guest column on the connection between access to justice and legal education. As law students across the country settle into the academic year, this is certainly a timely topic to explore. ... [read more]

Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 2:07 PM

In law school, I took a class called constitutional litigation. It was one of the most interactive and useful classes in my entire law school experience. We talked about different litigation pathways for constitutional challenges, from applications to actions, and what sort of evidence may be useful to support such a challenge. It was also taught by one of the leading constitutional law scholars. I felt very honoured to be in his class. ... [read more]

Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 10:17 AM

Entering my fourth year as a personal injury lawyer, I have found that navigating the legal field requires more than just an understanding of the law; it requires a strategic approach to marketing and self-promotion. I have been fortunate to receive guidance from many senior lawyers, each of whom has imparted their wisdom and shared their own experiences with me. One of the most important takeaways I’ve garnered is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to marketing. ... [read more]

Thursday, September 14, 2023 @ 4:37 PM

The newly minted president of the Canadian Bar Association’s B.C. branch (CBABC) is saying he wants to tackle mental health concerns in the legal profession as part of his term in office, noting a recent study which raised alarm bells about how many lawyers were struggling — and an issue which he has his own lived experience with. ... [read more]

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 @ 3:38 PM

Canada’s more than 155,000 legal professionals — with a global reputation for successfully challenging multiple unconstitutional state incursions on the bar’s independence and ethical duties to clients — went to court again Sept. 11, this time battling what they contend is yet another bid by Ottawa over the past 25 years to turn them into state agents, in this instance by mandating that legal professionals report to federal tax authorities confidential client information about certain client tax transactions that might constitute tax avoidance. ... [read more]

Monday, September 11, 2023 @ 2:14 PM

Regardless of age, practice or jurisdiction, lawyers must stay up-to-speed on technologies now being used by courts post-pandemic, say experts following a strongly worded “cautionary tale” out of Alberta’s highest court. ... [read more]