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September 04, 2026
Ontario’s top court has upheld a law that extinguished a developer’s potential claims against the province over its Greenbelt land designation, ruling that the constitutional protection of the superior courts’ core jurisdiction does not create an individual right to sue the government.
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September 03, 2026
Ottawa has unveiled what it calls “a nationally recognized baseline” of five principles — backed by major U.S. and Canadian artificial intelligence and other technology industry players — to help municipal governments and communities assess proposals to build AI data centres in their localities.
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September 03, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned a finding that only investors who took the developers of a failed real estate project to trial were entitled to share in the land-sale proceeds, ruling that investors who entered settlement agreements but were never paid also held purchase-money resulting trusts over the funds.
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September 03, 2026
Aird & Berlis had welcomed Luke Chao, Lisa Donaghy, Adèle Gagnon-Leroux and David Yanofsky to the firm.
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September 03, 2026
Brad McLellan has retired from WeirFoulds LLP after 44 years with the firm.
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September 02, 2026
The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has ruled that a claimant cannot rely on 60 years of possession ending before 1977 to independently establish title against the Crown, holding that the province's 1976 land-law reforms govern the claim.
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September 02, 2026
Bennett Jones has appointed Hennadiy Kutsenko, Quentin Vander Schueren, Elad Travis and Samantha Weng as counsel in Toronto.
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September 02, 2026
Appeal by appellants from a decision of the Metis Settlements Appeal Tribunal (Tribunal) addressing a land ownership dispute between family members involving three parcels of land.
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September 01, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned a finding that a property company was liable for a subsidiary’s potential tax debt arising from a structured $89.8-million mall sale, finding the Tax Court unfairly rejected the property’s undisputed value and wrongly concluded that the seller received a premium.
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September 01, 2026
The Ontario government has announced it has issued a request for proposals to begin the process of restoring motor vehicle lanes in Toronto that were previously removed for bicycle lanes. This comes after a Court of Appeal decision overturning the finding that the bike lanes’ removal breached Charter rights.
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August 31, 2026
Appeal by 1381034 Alberta Ltd. (developer) from a decision of Calgary Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB) overturning a development permit issued by City of Calgary Development Authority (Development Authority).
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August 28, 2026
Ontario’s Appeal Court has ruled that the son of a deceased woman must pay his siblings for a “shortfall” after he inherited a cottage worth more than what the rest of the estate left behind.
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August 28, 2026
Alexander Holburn has added two associates: Jordan Mario Jutras in Vancouver and Ty Maccagno in Toronto.
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August 27, 2026
B.C. has announced its collaboration with Tahltan First Nation to work on a foundational agreement for continuing to advance reconciliation and economic development in the northwest of the province.
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August 26, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has found that a purchaser breached a property sale agreement by raising a title objection too late over a 1985 notice of security interest that remained on title.
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August 26, 2026
The law relating to deposits in real estate transactions has always been critically crucial. It becomes a focal point when any real estate transaction collapses. When the deal falls apart, the tussle begins: who gets the deposit — buyer or seller?
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August 25, 2026
Businesses often assume that the non-binding provisions of a letter of intent (LOI) leave them free to walk away from a proposed transaction. A recent Ontario decision suggests the position may be less straightforward.
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August 24, 2026
A $28,000 lump sum salary boost recommended for Canada’s 1,200 judges last year would have cost Ottawa almost $321 million over six years had the government not rejected the advice from an independent judicial pay commission, the Carney government asserts in defending a novel lawsuit launched by the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA) and the Association of Federal Court Associate Judges.
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August 21, 2026
Appeal by Tiny Township Association of Responsible STR Owners (appellants) and several individual property owners from dismissal of their application to quash Township of Tiny’s (Township’s) 2022 short-term rental (STR) bylaw.
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August 20, 2026
A recent Nova Scotia court ruling could broaden eligibility for certain welfare benefits for homeless people living in tents, trailers or cars in the province, says a lawyer acting for a resident who died while living in a tent in downtown Halifax.
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August 20, 2026
Appeal by Lockharts from summary judgment decision concerning entitlement to a deposit following the Gliddens’ wrongful repudiation of an Agreement of Purchase and Sale (APS). The Lockharts listed their home and the Gliddens submitted an offer to purchase. The parties ultimately entered into an APS.
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August 18, 2026
Climate policy organizations are warning that Ottawa’s proposal to repeal a standard requiring electric vehicles to account for an increasing share of new light-duty vehicle sales puts the government’s goal of reaching 75 per cent EV sales by 2035 at risk.
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August 18, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has refused an attempt by debtors to redeem a property after a receiver had already completed a court-approved sale process, warning that allowing the bid would undermine the integrity of receivership proceedings.
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August 18, 2026
Rafal Szymanski has joined Alexander Holburn as a partner in its Toronto office, practising with the firm’s insurance, professional liability and police law groups.
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August 18, 2026
On July 3, 2026, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court released a significant decision in Halifax (Regional Municipality) v. Rank Inc., 2026 NSSC 217 that clarified certain limits of municipal taxing authority over real estate transactions in the province. The ruling addresses a sometimes-asked question: whether transferring corporate control or partnership interests in entities that hold real property triggers municipal deed transfer tax payable pursuant to the Municipal Government Act (MGA) and, by extension, the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter.