Civil Litigation
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June 05, 2025
Court rules reform proposal downloads red tape on doctors
The medical profession is under enormous strain right now because family doctors are spending too much time on unnecessary administrative tasks. There is an unrelenting demand for doctors to complete forms from multiple sources and different levels of government. This avalanche of red tape is driving doctor burnout and, in some cases, reducing clinical hours for doctors to do what they do best — care for their patients.
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June 05, 2025
Alberta Appeal Court divided over review of coal mining decision
Alberta’s top court has dismissed an appeal of a decision that denied judicial review of a mining project, but the province’s chief justice issued a dissent that said that judicial review on questions of fact or mixed fact and law are constitutionally protected.
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June 05, 2025
PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURIES - Body injuries - Considerations impacting on award - Degree of impairment - Pre-existing injury
Appeal by appellant, Mr. Chan, against a court order regarding the findings on causation and damages assessment arising from a motor vehicle accident, and cross-appeal by respondent, Mr. Yu, from a court’s assessment on degree of liability and damages assessment.
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June 05, 2025
Yukon enacts transparency laws for corporations
In a bid to lessen the potential for companies to be used in financial crimes, the Yukon is making corporations — including incorporated law firms — identify those who stand to profit from company shares.
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June 05, 2025
Undue influence and suspicious circumstances
Lawyers who deal with potentially vulnerable clients must always be on the lookout that such clients are not the subject of undue influence. Undue influence can be exerted by people in a position to exploit the client’s vulnerabilities, such as caregivers, parents and children, and can include those who have been granted power of attorney for property or personal care.
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June 05, 2025
Were health, safety concerns overlooked in sentencing?
Michael Allen Wiens was sentenced by a judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia on May 29, 2024, to three years’ imprisonment for sexually assaulting a female while the victim was unconscious in her home. The judge in Surrey, B.C., also ordered Wiens to register under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act (SOIRA) for 20 years.
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June 05, 2025
Ineffective counsel plea in family law
Family law counsel are quite familiar with client complaints. Our clients are experiencing an emotionally taxing event in their lives, and blaming is often part of the process. In previous published articles I have described my blaming hierarchy: blame the other spouse, blame the opposite counsel, blame the judge and then… blame your own lawyer. We live with this reality in our practices.
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June 04, 2025
‘Strong borders’ bill would expand police & spy agency powers, federal tools to control migration
A wide-ranging federal omnibus bill — introduced by the minority Liberal government under the rubric of border security — would expand the powers of federal officials to restrict refugee claims and migration while also boosting the investigative and other powers of law enforcement and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) in the name of protecting national security and clamping down on money laundering, fentanyl trafficking and other organized crimes.
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June 04, 2025
Judge Brian Hutcheson retires from B.C.’s provincial court
The Provincial Court of British Columbia has announced that Judge Brian Hutcheson retired on May 31, 2025.
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June 04, 2025
Labour leaders call on Ottawa to impose immediate retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel, aluminum
The leader of Canada’s largest labour organization is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to immediately match increased U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, which doubled to 50 per cent effective June 4.