August 12, 2026
Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Geneviève Cotnam, who once recalled “my career as a lawyer didn’t always provide a smooth sailing to the bench,” is Quebec's new top judge, succeeding Quebec Court of Appeal Chief Justice Manon Savard who became a part-time (supernumerary) judge on Aug. 10.
August 12, 2026
The Ontario government has announced a $32.5 million investment in tools aimed at helping police fight illicit drugs, guns and cross-border crime.
August 12, 2026
Kaley Pulfer has joined Lawson Lundell as a new partner in its Kelowna office.
August 11, 2026
The current debate over Israel and Palestine provides a particularly difficult test of whether we can maintain those distinctions when political passions run high.
August 12, 2026
Appeal by appellants from an order granting an oppression remedy under s. 227 of the Business Corporations Act. The chambers judge ordered the appellant, MAJ Enterprises Inc. to purchase the respondent’s shares, with the price to be determined by a chartered business valuator retained and instructed by a receiver, without requiring court approval of the valuation.
August 11, 2026
A constitutional litigator has launched a multipronged constitutional attack on Bill 4, the Quebec law that purports to unilaterally abolish the Constitution’s requirement that elected members of the national assembly(MNAs) of Quebec must swear allegiance to the King before taking their seats in the provincial legislature.
August 11, 2026
The Aboriginal Lawyers Forum (ALF), a section of the Canadian Bar Association’s B.C. Branch (CBABC), is set to become an independent association, according to an Aug. 11 news release.
August 11, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has reduced by $125,640 the damages awarded to a former towing-company employee, finding that he was not entitled to compensation for losing the use of a company tow truck and cellphone that were work tools and not personal benefits.
August 11, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal and remitted a homeownership dispute back to a different judge in a case where the trial judge made numerous errors relating to an allegedly fraudulent sale agreement.
August 11, 2026
Josef Rosenthal has joined Cochrane Sinclair as senior counsel in its Vancouver office.