October 06, 2026
Manitoba is looking to remove limitation periods for civil claims stemming from intimate partner violence involving “coercive control.” According to an Oct. 5 news release, the province has introduced legislative amendments to its Limitations Act that “would allow survivors to pursue civil action regardless of when the abuse occurred.”
October 05, 2026
Although general damages in a defamation action are not subject to a fixed ceiling or are “at-large,” courts rarely award a plaintiff significant damages for their loss of reputation. The Canadian cases in which general damages in the amounts of hundreds of thousands have been awarded are confined to circumstances where the plaintiff is a professional, such as lawyer, whose career is dependant on having a good reputation or where the defendant has been noted in default and the court is asked to assess damages based only on the representations of the defamed plaintiff.
October 02, 2026
The Supreme Court’s fall session is packed with interesting appeals in diverse areas of law including class actions, contracts, Crown immunity and Charter rights. The top court’s session begins Oct. 5 with an “opening of the court” ceremony in the West Memorial Building at 344 Wellington Street in Ottawa.
October 02, 2026
When I was called to the bar in 2005, I cut my teeth at an in-house personal injury defence firm, in the era when examinations for discovery still happened in a room.
October 01, 2026
New Saskatchewan legislation reflecting the digital age and protecting residents against “online misinformation” have come into force.
October 01, 2026
Mental health, job stress and keeping up with AI remain “front of mind” for the new president of Manitoba’s law society.
October 01, 2026
Fatality claims are unlike any other claims in personal injury law. From a litigation perspective, they may be the simplest cases we have. However, from a client management perspective, they are no doubt the most difficult.
September 30, 2026
In Bradley v. Wang, 2025 ONSC 2267, the plaintiff Bonnie Bradley, a registered nurse, was given a tetanus vaccination by a first-year family medicine resident, the defendant Dr. Richard Wang. After receiving the injection, Bradley felt immediate pain, which she described as “white-hot lightening” at the injection site.
September 30, 2026
At the car dealership, we ask about horsepower, fuel economy and whether the monthly payment will ruin our weekend. We do not usually ask whether the vehicle remembers where we went last Tuesday. It might.
September 30, 2026
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Suzanne Côté says she finds intervener advocacy on Zoom to be as effective as oral submissions made in the courtroom, but she is also alive to contrary arguments made by legal organizations, such as the Canadian Bar Association and The Advocates’ Society.