September 09, 2026
This is the first of two articles on the controversy surrounding the use of AI in legal interpretation. This article examines the battle lines and the critics’ case against AI. The second looks for common ground: how lawyers can use AI in legal interpretation without expecting it to provide the decisive answer it cannot provide.
September 09, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a class action by beekeepers who said regulations restricting the import of certain bees caused them economic loss, finding that the government agency did not owe a private law duty of care.
September 09, 2026
Undue influence is a legal principle that addresses circumstances where someone coerces another to make a decision. A finding of undue influence allows the court to invalidate transfers of property, the execution of wills, or powers of attorney, on the basis that they were not the product of the executor, transferor, or grantor’s free will.
September 09, 2026
Canada is still adding names to the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations. Amendments registered on Feb. 13, March 25 and Aug. 13, 2026, put further individuals and entities on Schedule 1. Global Affairs Canada continues to state the immigration consequence in one sentence: listed individuals are inadmissible under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).
September 09, 2026
Appeal by Woodard from chambers orders arising from his petition concerning administration of deceased’s estate. The deceased’s will gifted his interest in a property located on Okanagan Lake equally to Woodard and Hewitt, the executor and the deceased’s common-law spouse, with the residue passing to Hewitt.
September 08, 2026
Ottawa has agreed that the federal judiciary reasonably incurred more than $1 million in legal fees and disbursements to participate in the independent quadrennial process that is meant to depoliticize determinations of federal judicial remuneration and avoid pay disputes.
September 08, 2026
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has announced the membership of its newly established Capital Markets Advisory Committee (CMAC), a senior-level advisory forum “created on a pilot basis to provide strategic insight on developments, challenges and opportunities affecting Ontario’s capital markets.”
September 08, 2026
The Federal Court has ordered Canada to pay the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) $27 million in equitable compensation, finding that it breached its fiduciary duty by approving the 1964 expropriation of a Manitoba reserve for the Grand Rapids dam without securing mitigation or compensation for the dam’s effects on the First Nation’s traditional way of life.
September 08, 2026
Workers, employers, HR professionals, unions and various other groups and organizations in New Brunswick are being invited to a series of in-person consultations as part of the province’s review of its gender pay equity legislation.
September 08, 2026
The Court of Appeal of Alberta has announced that Chief Justice of Alberta Ritu Khullar died on Sept. 3, surrounded by family. She also served as chief justice of the Courts of Appeal of Alberta, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.