July 23, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has affirmed that orders permitting or refusing discovery from class members cannot be appealed as of right, ruling that a chambers judge correctly treated prior appellate obiter on the court’s jurisdiction as authoritative.
July 23, 2026
In 1048977 B.C. Ltd. v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2025 BCSC 1532, the British Columbia Supreme Court was asked to engage in a measure of “crystal ball gazing” as it assessed the lost profits of a restaurant and event venue that never opened and considered whether the insurer had breached its duty of good faith in handling the resulting business interruption claim.
July 23, 2026
The Northwest Territories has new legislation to better support victims of family violence, including laws that formally recognize stalking, give people greater ability to protect themselves and allow victims to sue perpetrators.
July 23, 2026
Manitoba’s Appeal Court has intervened in a sentencing judge’s decision to hand a convicted murderer an additional 33 months for drug and weapons offences in prison — on top of the life sentence he is already serving. The Appeal Court’s recent ruling in R. v Marjanovic, 2026 MBCA 61 involves Matthew Marjanovic, who in late 2019 was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years.
July 23, 2026
Canada’s financial consumer watchdog says it will monitor how the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments implements recommendations from a new independent review, which praised its overall operations but flagged persistent backlog and timeliness issues.
July 23, 2026
MLT Aikins has added Ibrahim Keshta as an associate in its Edmonton office.
July 23, 2026
The Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) Fellowship Committee has selected Monica Layarda as the recipient of the 2026-2027 Viscount Bennett Fellowship.
July 23, 2026
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) has appointed Tim McCormick as national practice chair of mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions.
July 23, 2026
Eleanor practised family law. She was good at the technical stuff, but not so good at dealing with clients. Especially vulnerable clients, such as people getting divorced.
July 23, 2026
The accelerating development of artificial intelligence, both domestically and internationally, provides important lessons for the responsible implementation of predictive policing systems within criminal justice frameworks. This is particularly evident in the governance challenges associated with algorithmic policing technologies, including regulatory lag, surveillance arbitration, symbolic compliance and weak oversight.