The Complete Brief
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July 15, 2025
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES - Landlord’s remedies - Eviction order - Grounds for granting order
Appeal by landlord from an order granting the tenants’ petition for judicial review of Residential Tenancy Branch arbitrator’s decision. The conflict arose when the appellant issued an eviction notice to the respondents, citing cause under the Residential Tenancy Act.
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July 15, 2025
To marry or not?
Because family law in Canada is regulated at both the federal and provincial/territorial levels, some inconsistencies exist from one part of the country to another. For example, not all provinces and territories have made changes to their statutes to align them with the 2021 changes made to the federal Divorce Act provisions dealing with child-related issues, meaning families have access to different legal regimes depending on where they live.
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July 15, 2025
Blakes names Birch Miller office managing partner in Calgary
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) has announced that Birch Miller has been appointed office managing partner of its Calgary office.
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July 15, 2025
DLA Piper welcomes associate Cameron Fox
Cameron Fox has joined the Edmonton office of DLA Piper (Canada) LLP as an associate in the litigation, arbitration and investigations group.
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July 15, 2025
B.C. approves new rules, regulations for mortgage service industry
The Government of British Columbia has approved new rules and regulations for the mortgage service industry to protect homebuyers across the province.
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July 15, 2025
Ontario court expands right to reconsult counsel for strip searches
Ontario’s top court has ruled that the invasive nature of strip searches requires a second consultation with legal counsel after a suspect has been arrested.
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July 15, 2025
B.C. court affirms Labour Board’s power to bar shifting ‘struck’ work beyond province
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld an order that barred an airline catering provider from relying on catering crews outside of B.C to load meals onto flights going through Vancouver, where its workers were on strike.
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July 15, 2025
Home sweet home? Legal, practical guide to LTC vs. retirement homes
As individuals get older, the idea of transitioning to a long-term care home or retirement home becomes relevant depending on the circumstances of the individual. This article will dive into the differences between long-term care and retirement homes and the legal perspectives of such.
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July 15, 2025
Termination clauses: The unenforceable
Recently I was reviewing the briefs that counsel had submitted for a mediation, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that counsel for the employer had not even bothered to assert that the termination clause was enforceable. It clearly was not in light of the current state of the law, but that does not usually stop counsel from making the argument.
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July 14, 2025
Federal Court judge strikes SRL’s submission in employment dispute over AI hallucination citation
In another sign of AI’s growing impact on the law, the Federal Court has ordered that a self-represented respondent’s motion record be removed from a court file because it relied in part on a non-existent court decision hallucinated by an artificial intelligence (AI) research tool.