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July 31, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously set out the presumptions, procedure and remedies applicable to litigated claims of “spoliation” — i.e., claims against parties who engage in the “intentional destruction, alteration, mutilation, or concealment of evidence with a view to subverting the truth-finding process during litigation.”
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July 31, 2026
British Columbia’s amendments to its Employment Standards Act and the Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act will be in effect as of Aug. 1. The changes aim to improve the complaint and dispute-resolution process at the Employment Standards Branch.
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July 31, 2026
Artificial intelligence is reshaping economies, industries and the global competitive landscape at an unprecedented pace. Recognizing both the opportunities and the risks presented by this technological shift, the federal government launched Canada’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All on June 4, 2026.
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July 31, 2026
Two days before Southampton FC was scheduled to play Middlesbrough FC in the recent two-leg English Football League (EFL) championship playoff semifinal, with a promotion-deciding final against Hull City FC set to follow, allegations emerged that a Southampton staff member had been observing and recording Middlesbrough’s training session.
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July 30, 2026
In an administrative law landmark that addresses the scope of the Constitution’s guarantee of judicial review, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 9-0 that legislatures cannot validly use privative clauses to bar “legality review” by courts — i.e., the availability of curial review is constitutionally guaranteed for all aspects of delegated administrative decisions, including on questions of law, fact or mixed law and fact.
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July 30, 2026
Ontario’s Appeal Court has highlighted that labour standards protections still apply if someone’s employer is in another jurisdiction, says the lawyer of a man suing a company in England for wrongful dismissal.
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July 30, 2026
Harry Scannell has joined Pallett Valo’s employment and labour practice in Mississauga, Ont.
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July 30, 2026
Ontario has entered a new phase in provincial immigration. In June 2026, the province amended the regulations governing the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program, closed the former stream structure, and introduced the Ontario Workforce Priority stream as the first phase of a broader redesign intended to align nominations more closely with labour-market demand, employer retention needs and program integrity.
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July 30, 2026
George Santayana’s famous bon mot “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” is part of a longer passage that is particularly relevant to President Donald Trump’s bizarre conclusion that bad forestry practices in Manitoba should be met with a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian exports to the U.S., to be paid primarily by American importers and consumers.
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July 29, 2026
As artificial intelligence grows more capable, human skills are becoming more valuable, not less. For decades, the legal profession around the world has rewarded expertise built on deep research, careful analysis and meticulous attention to detail. Today, AI can perform many of those tasks in seconds, summarizing thousands of documents, identifying relevant case law, drafting contracts, analyzing litigation trends and even suggesting legal arguments.
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July 28, 2026
Rachel Au has joined Roper Greyell as an associate in its Vancouver office.
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July 27, 2026
Yukon is fast-tracking the licensing of family doctors from a group of countries outside Canada in a bid to address a physician shortage in that northern region.
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July 27, 2026
Appeal by Public Interest Commissioner of Alberta (Commissioner) from a judicial review decision. The fundamental issue in this case was the relationship between the legislative objective of protecting employees who made disclosures and participated in investigations under the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (PIDA), and the duty of procedural fairness.
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July 24, 2026
The law governing damages arising from the manner of dismissal appeared to be settled nearly two decades ago. In Honda Canada Inc. v. Keays, 2008 SCC 39 (Honda), the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the approach that had developed under Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd., (c.o.b. Public Press), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 701 (Wallace), and replaced it with a framework focused on “actual damages.” Under Honda, damages flowing from an employer’s bad faith conduct in the manner of dismissal were to be assessed according to the same principles and in the same way as moral damages rather than through an extension of the employee’s notice period.
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July 24, 2026
The intersection of psychology and criminal law has seldom posed greater challenges than in cases involving recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse.
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July 23, 2026
Many entrepreneurs seeking to establish or expand a business into the United States encounter the same unexpected challenge: that while there are a variety of options, there is no dedicated U.S. startup visa. Rather than being applicable to a single immigration category designed for founders, entrepreneurs must determine which of the several immigration options best fits their business goals, qualifications and long-term objectives.
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July 22, 2026
Thomas J. Moran is a new partner at DLA Piper, based in the firm's Vancouver office.
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July 22, 2026
Let’s be honest: the legal profession was never built with Black people in mind. While progress has been made, too many Black students still walk into law schools, courtrooms and boardrooms wondering if they truly belong. That’s exactly why mentorship is more than guidance; it's resistance.
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July 22, 2026
Nine provinces have agreed to a deal on interprovincial sales of alcohol they say will remove trade barriers and improve customer choice. The premiers of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador signed the “landmark” agreement July 21 that will allow direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales of alcoholic beverages between individual jurisdictions for personal use.
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July 22, 2026
For decades, Canadian courts have struggled to find an effective remedy when police fail to meet their constitutional disclosure obligations. Adjournments reward delay. Excluding evidence may distort the truth-finding process. Allowing proceedings to remain entirely closed allows serious offenders to escape conviction. An overlooked alternative — a substantial costs award against the Crown — may ultimately prove to be the most effective means of encouraging proper police conduct while preserving the integrity of criminal trials.
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July 22, 2026
Public service delivery strikes are routinely framed in popular discourse as localized, binary disputes between individual employers and their workforces. Yet, when these disruptions hit independent delivery networks, the stalled bargaining tables reflect a much broader systemic crisis.
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July 22, 2026
Imagine you are a partner in a large downtown law firm being blackmailed by a new associate. Several months ago, you started an illicit relationship with another partner, communicating via email on your firm’s business account.
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July 21, 2026
Canada is set to intensify trade talks with the United States after the U.S. announced plans to impose additional 50 per cent tariffs on a significant number of Canadian goods, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement issued July 20.
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July 21, 2026
Joshua D. Sutherland (Awootaninaw) and Dan Fogarty are new partners at Aird & Berlis.
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July 21, 2026
The results of a recent study by an Ontario university and a non-profit organization have been published, and the conclusions are startling: the use of AI in family law disputes could produce legally accurate and fair outcomes at a fraction of the cost usually incurred — in most cases, in less than three minutes.