Friday, December 19, 2025 @ 4:20 PM
Last Updated: Saturday, December 20, 2025 @ 2:48 PM
In an unusual and surprising move, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that a federal puisne judge, Justice Marie-Josée Hogue of the Quebec Court of Appeal, will become deputy minister of justice and deputy attorney general of Canada “early in the new year.” ... [read more]
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 @ 4:19 PM
A prominent lawyers’ group in Prince Edward Island is calling the launch of the province’s first community legal clinic “an important advancement in access to justice” — particularly for those facing barriers to certain types of civil justice. ... [read more]
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 @ 4:07 PM
B.C.’s top court has ruled that an order striking a constitutional claim against the province was too ambiguous and should have included specific reference to the portions of the pleadings that were struck. ... [read more]
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 @ 3:09 PM
The Federal Court has adjourned a certification motion in a proposed class action challenging the practice of prorating certain indexation adjustments for veterans’ benefits pending the outcome of proposed legislation that could end the class action. ... [read more]
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 @ 2:09 PM
Quebec Crown prosecutors, disenchanted by the provincial government’s unilateral decision to ignore several recommendations made by an arbitrator appointed by both parties over their normative working conditions, lost a legal battle after the Quebec Superior Court dismissed their application for judicial review. The decision capped a bleak year for the Quebec Association of Public Prosecutors for Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (APPCP). ... [read more]
Intellectual Property
Patients relevant in pharmaceutical product trademark decision: Federal Court of Appeal
Federal judges ‘reluctantly’ take Carney gov’t to court in dispute over pay, judicial independence
