Personal Injury
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November 21, 2025
Federal judges say they’ll take Ottawa to court over rejection of independent pay commission’s recommendations
The association representing Canada’s federally appointed judges decided this week to seek judicial review of Ottawa’s rejection of an independent judicial pay commission’s two key recommendations — including the commission’s advice that a $28,000 salary boost (on top of mandatory annual indexing) is necessary to keep attracting outstanding lawyers to the bench.
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November 21, 2025
TikTok faces class action over alleged misuse of Canadians’ data
TikTok is set to face a proposed class action over allegations that it collected and used users’ sensitive personal information, including data from children and minors, without their consent, to sell advertisements.
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November 21, 2025
Ontario’s impaired-driving restitution proposal: Legal and policy challenges ahead
As reported by Law360 Canada, the Ontario government is exploring a new measure that would require impaired drivers who kill a parent or guardian in a motor vehicle accident to make ongoing financial support payments to the victim’s surviving children. The idea mirrors Bentley’s Law in Texas, enacted in 2023, which mandates long-term restitution — essentially child support — whenever an impaired driver is convicted of what Texas law refers to as “intoxication manslaughter” (the Canadian analogue most closely maps to “Impaired Operation Causing Death” under s. 320.14(3) of the Criminal Code).
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November 21, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Parties - Class or representative actions - Certification - Common interests and issues
Appeal by appellants from decision of the motion judge rejecting their motion for certification. The appellants alleged that for decades, many young players in major junior hockey leagues endured serious abuse.
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November 20, 2025
Ontario Superior Court rules delayed medical malpractice case can move forward
The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that a delayed medical malpractice lawsuit over the death of a patient can proceed, finding that plaintiffs had adequately explained procedural delays and that the case was ready to be set down for trial following mediation.
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November 20, 2025
Ontario Superior Court issues AI guidelines for civil, family cases
The Ontario Superior Court has published new artificial intelligence (AI) practice directions for both civil and family law proceedings.
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November 19, 2025
Manitoba Court of Appeal affirms rigorous approach to causation in medical malpractice: Tripp v. Ross
The Manitoba Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Tripp Estate v. Ross, 2025 MBCA 25 is a significant reaffirmation of the principles governing causation in medical malpractice cases, particularly where a defendant’s negligence has created uncertainty about the cause of a plaintiff’s injury or death.
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November 19, 2025
Self-defence for lawyers, part three
It’s Friday, shortly after 5 p.m. at a small, nondescript law office. You have gathered some court briefs to review at home over the weekend and lock the office door without a quick scan before proceeding through a darkened parking lot to your car. Your strong hand is pulling a wheeled file case, and the other is tasked with getting your car keys when suddenly, you hear someone screaming expletives.
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November 18, 2025
Ontario to hold impaired drivers accountable for child support if they kill a parent
The Government of Ontario is creating new measures that would “require impaired drivers to pay ongoing child support if they kill a child’s parent or guardian.”
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November 18, 2025
Court finds delayed treatment caused toddler’s quadruple amputation, awards $15M in damages
KB v. Guhle (KB v. Guhle, 2025 ABKB 472 and KB v. Guhle, 2025 ABKB 474) is a medical malpractice case involving an 11-month-old girl who required a quadruple amputation after she developed a bacterial infection in her lungs which led to sepsis. The action revolved around three physicians who treated KB and whether their care fell below the standard, and if so, whether those failures caused her injuries.