June 09, 2026
By virtue of choice or necessity, some of us find ourselves in solo startup mode. Any startup is risky and arduous. In a professional setting, even more so.
June 08, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney cited the extraordinary international and domestic legal experiences and deep constitutional expertise of Louise Arbour as a law professor, UN war crimes prosecutor and judge at all court levels as key attributes that led to her appointment as Canada’s 31st Governor General.
June 08, 2026
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced it will implement temporary import restrictions on livestock entering Canada from affected areas after a confirmed case of New World screwworm in a calf in Texas.
June 08, 2026
The federal government has announced a new liquidity facility that will provide eligible Canadian airlines with loans worth up to $150 million to help them manage financial pressures resulting from elevated jet fuel costs linked to disruptions in global energy markets including the Iran war.
June 08, 2026
The Law Society of Saskatchewan turned out a “solid” annual report for 2025 — and members should pay particular attention to the implementation of limited licensing in the province, says the regulator’s past president.
June 08, 2026
Procido LLP has welcomed Aun Syed as an associate in its Saskatoon office.
June 08, 2026
The Federal Court has blocked the removal of Mohamed Harkat, an Algerian refugee previously found to have operated a guest house for an associate of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, been part of the bin Laden network and assisted Islamist extremists in Canada.
June 08, 2026
In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) reaffirmed the single proceeding model in insolvency matters, driven by a desire to avoid the inefficiency and fragmentation associated with multiple separate proceedings.
June 08, 2026
Artificial intelligence is not a “magic toolbox” for conducting legal research.
June 08, 2026
A decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice a few years ago in Simone v. 1312733 Ontario Inc., 2019 ONSC 4420 (appeal dismissed by Divisional Court at 2020 ONSC 6546) set out some important principles to be applied when seeking an order for partition under the Partition Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.4. In particular, the court in Simone addressed the circumstances in which an order may be obtained for the partition of property instead of its sale and payment of sale proceeds to the co-owners (for a more detailed analysis of this case, see Partition orders are rare, for good reason).