July 03, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has set aside a nearly $1.25-million summary trial judgment in a shareholder dispute after admitting fresh evidence that was available earlier and finding gaps in the record on contract interpretation and damages.
July 03, 2026
The chair of the advisory board that recommended ex-Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal and one other unnamed jurist for appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada defended the board’s decision not to shortlist three to five names, which was contrary to the mandate from Prime Minister Mark Carney.
July 03, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has largely dismissed seven appeals in a case in which an employer was found in contempt for not adhering to an arbitral order to cut employee hours.
July 03, 2026
In-person litigants Kelly Eccles and Justin Eccles are racking up more travel miles in Alberta’s Court of Appeal, following Ms. Eccles’ latest appeal — appeal number seven, but who’s counting?
July 03, 2026
Trial judges must be careful with their comments to lawyers and other parties to avoid the appearance of bias — particularly with family law matters, which often involve “difficult facts, difficult personalities and emotionally charged circumstances,” says a lawyer. The June 16 Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruling in Stronach v. Stronach, 2026 NSCA 47 involved a parenting and child support dispute.
July 03, 2026
Eleven years ago, elder law scholar Israel Doron described the movement for a United Nations convention on the rights of older persons as a journey to Ithaka, borrowing from C.P. Cavafy’s famous poem. The destination matters, but so too does the path toward it — one marked by setbacks, detours and incremental progress. At the time, an international treaty remained largely aspirational. Yet this year, the United Nations took a historic step forward when a working group began the drafting process. After years of debate about whether older persons required a dedicated human rights instrument, the conversation has shifted to what it might contain.
July 02, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has struck a judicial review application challenging a preliminary Copyright Board ruling in an online royalty tariff proceeding, finding that the challenge was premature because the board’s process had not yet run its course.
July 02, 2026
Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette has appointed Eli Kano as a judge of the Court of Quebec and Amélie Roy as a justice of the peace magistrate, the province has announced.
July 02, 2026
Munir Abdulhadi and Jill T. Wolkowski have joined McDougall Gauley LLP as associates in its Regina and Saskatoon offices, respectively.
July 02, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada’s newest judge says his key areas of legal expertise are constitutional and criminal law, including the rules of evidence and procedure, though he has also presided over many civil and administrative law cases in his generalist trial court. Glenn Joyal, a former federal and Manitoba prosecutor and the longtime chief justice of the Manitoba Court of King’s Bench, was elevated by the prime minister to the top court on June 30, succeeding Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin of Alberta, the highly respected constitutional and criminal law litigator, academic and judge who retired from the bench May 30.