July 07, 2026
When a court awards damages in lieu of reasonable notice, should the award include vacation pay that would have accrued over the notice period?
July 07, 2026
Artificial intelligence is no longer an emerging issue in Canadian immigration law. It is now firmly embedded in both immigration administration and the practice of immigration litigation.
July 07, 2026
The King Charles tax disclosure creates no legal obligation in Canada and establishes no precedent that Canadian courts are required to follow. What it does is illustrate — at the level of a head of state — a principle that is deeply embedded in Canadian tax law and frequently litigated: that those who administer the tax system, and those who are subject to it, operate within a framework governed by the rule of law, institutional transparency and procedural fairness.
July 07, 2026
Appeal by appellant from an order dismissing his application for judicial review of an adjudicator’s decision confirming a Notice of Administrative Penalty (NAP) for failing or refusing to comply with a breath demand. The appellant was stopped by police following a trespass complaint and, after multiple unsuccessful attempts to provide a breath sample on an approved screening device administered by a second officer, was issued a NAP.
July 06, 2026
British Columbia’s opioid class actions against manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and consultants will proceed to trial in early 2028 after the B.C. Court of Appeal dismissed the final appeals challenging certification, Attorney General Niki Sharma said in a statement issued July 6.
July 06, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed new leaders to head two of Canada’s major trial courts. On July 6, Justice Alan Diner was appointed chief justice of the Federal Court, the national superior trial court that decides disputes in the federal domain. He succeeds Paul Crampton, who retired from the post Oct. 31, 2025.
July 06, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal, agreeing that a First Nation band cannot deny certain reinstated members the right to vote in band elections because the prohibition was rooted in sex-based discrimination and could not be justified under the Charter.
July 06, 2026
The federal government has made four judicial appointments across Ontario, the Department of Justice has announced.
July 06, 2026
Canada’s government is holding another round of consultations on revamping labour relations policies for workers in federally regulated industries — this time with a focus on grievance arbitration, bad faith bargaining, and strikes and lockouts. In a July 3 news release, Ottawa announced that “additional consultations will take place over the summer” in a bid to further “protect the rights of … workers, including the right to strike.”
July 06, 2026
Would you buy insurance that only helps you 10 per cent of the time? The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association says that is what accident victims face at the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT), where insurers win about 90 per cent of coverage disputes.