The Complete Brief
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November 13, 2025
Dear Mr. Machiavellian JD: Your services are not needed
Niccolò Machiavelli, the 16th-century Florentine diplomat, philosopher and political theorist, is perhaps best known for his controversial guide for rulers on how to maintain power — even if it meant resorting to deceit, coercion or ruthlessness.
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November 13, 2025
Justice Dumais named senior associate chief justice of Quebec Superior Court
Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Justice Daniel Dumais, a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec for the district of Quebec, as the court’s new senior associate chief justice.
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November 13, 2025
Justice Jamieson appointed Nova Scotia Supreme Court associate chief
Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Justice Darlene Jamieson of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia as the court’s new associate chief justice.
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November 13, 2025
The graduated rate estate: Using it, keeping it
The acronym “GRE” is well-known to trust and estate lawyers. However, while its descriptive meaning, graduated rate estate, may be well-known, its impact is perhaps less so.
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November 13, 2025
Ontario court says securities commission summons violated company’s Charter rights
Ontario’s top court has ruled that the provincial securities commission violated a cryptocurrency company’s rights against unreasonable search and seizure when it issued a request for documents that was described as “staggering in its breadth.”
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November 13, 2025
Court affirms order requiring Hamilton to pay $5.3M for flooding damage to business
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that the City of Hamilton is jointly liable for $5.3 million in damages after its failure to maintain a drainage channel contributed to repeated flooding at the property of National Steel Car Limited, a rail car manufacturer.
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November 13, 2025
Departing Correctional Services investigator cites frustration with government inaction
The 2024-2025 report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator was tabled in Parliament on Oct. 30, 2025. This report may be one of the most significant ever filed by the correctional investigator, as it addresses issues that are well-known to every lawyer practising prison law. Yet, the findings it presents are often the most overlooked.
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November 13, 2025
From isolation to injunction: Navigating the legal landscape of elder abuse in Ontario
Elder abuse is a critical and underreported public health crisis, significantly exacerbated by factors like social isolation, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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November 13, 2025
BODIES UNDER REVIEW - Nature of body - Crown - Ministers and their agents - Courts and judicial officers
Appeal by Minister of Justice and Public Safety from Court of King’s Bench judge’s order setting aside reorganized court services plan. The dispute concerned the New Brunswick government’s decision to reorganize court services in the judicial district of Bathurst, in particular by closing the Caraquet courthouse and designating the Tracadie courthouse as a satellite court.
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November 12, 2025
Tilly Norwood: As AI actor takes the stage, Hollywood A-list erupts, part two
It shouldn’t be a surprise that a coded thespian in the form of Tilly Norwood has emerged. In July 2023, SAG-AFTRA went on strike for 118 days, two months after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) walked out.