September 21, 2026
Counsel outside Quebec are generally sound on the threshold question. Asked whether the Charter of the French Language applies to a client’s operations, most get to the right answer, and the amendments introduced by Bill 96 have been analyzed at length since the principal commercial provisions came into force on June 1, 2025.
September 21, 2026
Civil litigation relating to real estate has its limitations and it cannot be used to abuse the process. A British Columbia Court of Appeal case led to this conclusion (1316215 BC Ltd. v. Davis, 2026 BCCA 338).
September 21, 2026
Ishmeet S. Juneja has returned to Robins Appleby as an associate in its litigation and dispute resolution group in Toronto after previously summering and articling with the firm.
September 21, 2026
MLT Aikins has welcomed Janelle Anderson as an associate it its corporate and commercial group in Saskatoon.
September 18, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal ordered a new trial after finding that a party’s deliberate false evidence about a key witness’s neutrality might have tipped the scales in a long-running dispute over a Thai potash-mine royalty interest.
September 18, 2026
What happens when professional judgment is no longer entirely human? Artificial intelligence (AI), once viewed as a farfetched idea, has become increasingly embedded in boardroom strategy.
September 18, 2026
In the previous article, “Clashing swords over the black box of AI legal interpretation,” we looked at the problems with treating AI as if it can “think” or “reason” in the requisite sense. We also examined the controversy over using AI to determine “ordinary meaning.” This time, we shift the focus from what AI cannot do to what it can.
September 18, 2026
Arjun Sodhi has joined MLT Aikins’ Vancouver office as an associate.
September 18, 2026
“Good afternoon. My name is Ms. Ahuja — A-H-U-J-A, for the record. I am an independent correctional adjudicator and will be presiding over your matter today. I have the authority to conduct this disciplinary hearing from the assistant deputy minister under the Correction Act Regulation,” I routinely begin.
September 17, 2026
The Law Society of Ontario is still unsure whether provincial legislation required to reduce the size of Convocation will be in place before the regulator’s next bencher election in April 2027.