August 24, 2026
A $28,000 lump sum salary boost recommended for Canada’s 1,200 judges and associate judges last year would have cost Ottawa almost $321 million over six years had the government not rejected the advice from an independent judicial pay commission, the Carney government asserts in defending a novel lawsuit launched by the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA) and the Association of Federal Court Associate Judges.
August 24, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the denial of a class action certification against shopping centre owner Cadillac Fairview for alleged collection of mallgoers’ biometric information without their consent.
August 24, 2026
Roman Baber has joined Devry Smith Frank LLP as part-time counsel in Toronto.
August 24, 2026
Appeal by Opabin Sand and Gravel Inc. (Opabin) from decision refusing to strike the amended counterclaim of VINCI GeoInfrastructure Canada Limited (VINCI).
August 21, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted an interlocutory injunction in a dispute over ownership of source code that a startup said it needed to continue operating, finding that the company would suffer irreparable harm from the loss of its business.
August 21, 2026
Legal observers are mixed in their reaction to a decision by Ontario’s top court to overturn a finding that the provincial government’s plans to remove three downtown Toronto bicycle lanes violated the Charter, with some calling it a correct interpretation of constitutional principles but others saying it is troublesome for future cases.
August 21, 2026
Justin Reiter has joined Langlois’ litigation group in Montreal.
August 21, 2026
Appeal by Tiny Township Association of Responsible STR Owners (appellants) and several individual property owners from dismissal of their application to quash Township of Tiny’s (Township’s) 2022 short-term rental (STR) bylaw.
August 20, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that lawyers’ trust ledgers in a multibillion-dollar fraud litigation are presumptively protected by solicitor-client privilege and that bank statement entries detailing payments to counsel may also be privileged, depending on what they reveal.
August 20, 2026
The Federal Court says it is facing a significant number of constitutional challenges to new restrictions on asylum claims that were enacted March 26, 2026 by Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act. As a result, Federal Court Chief Justice Alan Diner, who last month succeeded Paul Crampton as the leader of the national trial court, issued a “practice direction and special order” on Aug. 20.