The Complete Brief
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December 02, 2025
Canada introduces code of conduct to end gender-based economic abuse
Canada has announced new investments and introduced a code of conduct as part of its commitment to ending gender-based violence, including economic violence.
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December 02, 2025
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION - Assessments - Exemptions - Vocational rehabilitation
Appeal by appellant from trial judge’s damages award. The appellant suffered personal injuries in a motor vehicle collision with the respondent. The appellant was in the course of his employment as a hospital transfer driver when the collision occurred.
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December 01, 2025
Editor’s Picks: Must-read items from last week
Last week we published the Law360 Canada Pulse survey. This marked Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs. See our news coverage out of the survey:
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December 01, 2025
Carney hands new jobs to three lawyer-MPs in federal cabinet mini-shuffle
Following last week’s resignation of Montreal MP Steven Guilbeault from the federal Liberal cabinet, Prime Minister Mark Carney added one new minister to his cabinet and expanded the roles of two others in order to redistribute Guilbeault’s former cabinet responsibilities.
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December 01, 2025
Court approves $59M settlement for staffing-related lockdown class actions
The Ontario Superior Court has approved a $59-million settlement in two class actions brought on behalf of inmates and immigration detainees who experienced staffing-related lockdowns in Ontario correctional institutions.
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December 01, 2025
SENTENCING - Fraudulent transactions relating to contracts and trade - Sentencing considerations
Appeal by appellant from sentencing decision. The appellant was convicted of two counts of fraud over $5,000, and one count of obtaining credit by false pretenses.
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December 01, 2025
Nova Scotia to license psychiatric nurses
Registered psychiatric nurses will soon be practising in Nova Scotia.
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December 01, 2025
Ontario law society approves 2026 budget, amends reporting bylaw
Benchers of the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) have set the financial table for the upcoming year, approving the 2026 budget that includes a modest annual fee increase for lawyers and paralegals. Lawyers will pay a fee of $2,080, an increase of approximately two per cent over the 2025 fee level of $2,039. Paralegals will pay $1,037 — with the net fee payable being $1,007 after applying a $30 refund from the paralegal compensation fund. In 2025, paralegals paid $1,023.
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December 01, 2025
Judge Lisa Wyatt named administrative judge for B.C. Interior
The Provincial Court of British Columbia has announced that Judge Lisa Wyatt has been appointed as the regional administrative judge for the court’s Interior region.
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December 01, 2025
Nonye Ngwaba joins DLA Piper’s restructuring team
Nonye Ngwaba has joined DLA Piper (Canada) LLP in Vancouver as an associate in the firm’s restructuring group.