May 12, 2026
Counsel and judges must be alive to the elements that must be met for the criminal defence of provocation, says the lawyer for a former police officer who killed an extramarital lover following a toxic and violent same-sex affair.
May 12, 2026
Canada has signalled a more coordinated approach to digital-asset regulation with a proposed framework for stablecoins, introduced through Budget 2025 and enabling legislation. The proposal would replace Canada’s current mix of requirements with a single federal regime for fiat-backed stablecoins.
May 12, 2026
The federal government has named Jeffrey W. Locke, associate counsel at Stewart McDannold Stuart, a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Victoria.
May 12, 2026
McCarthy Tétrault has added Terri-Lee Oleniuk as a partner in its business law group in Calgary.
May 12, 2026
In January 2025, we discussed the Federal Court’s decision in Auberge & Spa Le Nordik Inc. v. Therme Development (CY) Ltd., 2024 FC 1765. In this case, the applicant had sought to strike specific services from the registrations for THERME, THERME GROUP, THERME WOMANS HEAD LOGO and THERME WOMAN LOGO owned by Therme Development (CY) Ltd. (TD), mainly related to health spa resort services.
May 12, 2026
The choice in the expression “Fear has two meanings: Forget everything and run, or face everything and rise” could underpin two different approaches taken by the Northwest Territories Court of Appeal in assessing a dangerous driving charge resulting in a death.
May 12, 2026
An American poet and critic named James Russell Lowell once said, “The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.” He forgot someone: Big Law lawyers.
May 12, 2026
Appeals by Vancouver School District (VSB) from three orders. Two procedural orders were made by Stephens J. staying the effect of an arbitral award and an order was made by Chan J., setting aside that award and substituting a lower valuation. The dispute arose under a long‑term commercial lease between VSB and Kingsgate/Beedie concerning rent for successive renewal terms.
May 12, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted relief from forfeiture to an applicant who brought an application pursuant to s. 20(1) of the Commercial Tenancies Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.7 (CTA), and s. 98 of the Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43 (CJA).
May 11, 2026
Ontario’s Justice Centres are being recognized with the Ontario Bar Association’s (OBA) President’s Award for their innovative community court model.