The Complete Brief
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December 03, 2025
How to interpret undefined common words in a statute
The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Lundin Mining Corp. v. Markowich, 2025 SCC 39 is not just about securities law.
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December 03, 2025
Valerie Prather joins McCarthy Tétrault in Calgary
McCarthy Tétrault has welcomed Valerie Prather as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution group in Calgary, according to the firm.
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December 03, 2025
Sales and excise tax measures in Canada’s 2025 federal budget
The Government of Canada’s long-awaited budget (Budget 2025) includes important sales and excise tax measures — and confirms the government’s intention to proceed with several other measures that had been announced previously.
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December 03, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal rejects percentage-based costs in IP appeal
The Federal Court of Appeal has declined to award costs based on a percentage of actual fees in an appeal arising out of a complex intellectual property (IP) dispute, finding that extending the elevated lump-sum trial approach to the appellate proceeding was not justified in the case.
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December 03, 2025
Seeking leave to appeal: Top five considerations
Appeal rights in Ontario are “wholly a matter of statute” and there is no inherent right to appeal a decision (see Sutcliffe v. Ontario (Minister of the Environment), [2004] O.J. No. 277, at para. 23).
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December 03, 2025
Lawyers raise concerns about Manitoba’s new detainment law for meth intoxication
Legal minds in Manitoba are concerned that new legislation allowing for the 72-hour detention of people “intoxicated” by drugs will possibly do more harm than good.
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December 03, 2025
Mathews Dinsdale adds Kaelyn Burns as associate in Vancouver
Kaelyn Burns has joined the Vancouver office of Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP as an associate, the firm has announced.
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December 03, 2025
OPC launches consultation on federal private-sector privacy law
On Dec. 2, the privacy commissioner of Canada launched a consultation to “inform the development of future guidance for organizations subject to Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law to ensure that it is timely, effective and responsive to the needs of stakeholders.”
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December 03, 2025
Saskatchewan Appeal Court finds incarceration ‘demonstrably unfit’ sentence for cannabis offence
Canada passed the Cannabis Act on Oct. 17, 2018, becoming the second country in the world, after Uruguay, to formally legalize the cultivation and recreational use of cannabis. Prosecutions for possession of the substance are now a rarity. The Oct. 2, 2025, Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision of R. v. Liu, 2025 SKCA 98 stands out for that reason.
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December 03, 2025
Navigating continuing powers of attorney for property: Key dos and don’ts
In estate law, when a grantor becomes mentally incapable, a continuing power of attorney for property is the estate planning tool that enables a person (i.e., the attorney) to step into the shoes of the grantor and do everything the grantor could lawfully do, except make a will. An attorney for property owes a fiduciary duty to the grantor and must always act in his or her best interests.