July 09, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed a constructive trust claim by investors in a failed land-development project, finding that their rights were limited to a contingent share of project income or remaining net assets and did not amount to an interest in land.
July 09, 2026
Diamond & Diamond Lawyers has announced that Ronald Davis has joined the firm as senior counsel in its class actions department.
July 09, 2026
A coroner’s inquest in New Brunswick has made recommendations on improving suicide prevention in health-care settings and correctional institutions after an inmate committed suicide in one of the province’s jails.
July 09, 2026
What happens when someone declared legally dead turns out to be very much alive? On April 10, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada confronted precisely that question in Riddle v. ivari, 2026 SCC 9, issuing a unanimous ruling on the annulment of a declaratory judgment of death with significant implications for Quebec civil procedure and life insurance litigation.
July 09, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that a payment dispute over a construction project first proposed in 2017 — but whose agreement was not executed until 2020 — is governed by Ontario’s former Construction Lien Act rather than the amended Construction Act’s prompt-payment regime.
July 09, 2026
Modern corporate rodeos like the Calgary Stampede’s animal events are not benign traditions. They are disciplined spectacles of risk transfer: animals absorb the danger while humans collect status, sponsorship visibility and curated views of the consequences.
July 09, 2026
Appeal by Oleynik from an order dismissing his appeal from a decision of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador (Law Society) rejecting his complaint. The complaint was against a lawyer acting for Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador in ongoing litigation involving Oleynik.
July 08, 2026
British Columbia has retained counsel in both Canada and the United States to pursue legal action against artificial intelligence company OpenAI over its failure to notify law enforcement of threats made on its ChatGPT platform prior to the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School earlier this year. The province has retained Vancouver’s CFM Lawyers and California-based Stranch, Jennings & Garvey (SJ&G) to explore all legal avenues open to it over the February 2026 shooting, which left eight dead and 27 others wounded.
July 08, 2026
Mediation doesn’t always end with a handshake. After 39 years of handling commercial and employment disputes, I can tell you that a failed mediation is not necessarily a failure of the process; often, it is useful information. It tells you something about where the parties actually stand, and it forces a decision that matters as much as anything that came before it: arbitration or litigation?
July 08, 2026
Last week, I had a settlement conference scheduled at the Milton, Ont., courthouse on one of my “remaining” litigation files.