Pulse
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May 26, 2025
Supreme Court of Canada welcomes new ELO Byma as Bachand assumes GC post at federal judicial council
Daniel Byma, a commercial litigator at Fasken who is also an avid hiker and elite Ultimate Frisbee player and coach, has succeeded Stéphanie Bachand as the Supreme Court of Canada’s executive legal officer (ELO), with Bachand moving on to the roles of director and general counsel of the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) after serving almost three years as the principal adviser to the chief justice of Canada.
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May 26, 2025
Federation of Ontario Law Associations asking for revamp of civil rules review
The Federation of Ontario Law Associations (FOLA) is calling on the Ontario government to ensure that ongoing reforms to the province’s civil rules are “representative, evidence-based and reflective of the diverse realities of civil litigation across the province.”
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May 26, 2025
Benjamin Herrera joins IMK
IMK has announced the addition of Benjamin Herrera as an associate.
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May 26, 2025
King’s Counsel nominations open in B.C.
Nominations for the honorary designation of King’s Counsel (K.C.) for 2025 are now open in British Columbia.
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May 26, 2025
This phone is made for answering
There is a plumbing company out in the country where I live whose slogan is, “We answer the phone.” It should not be a big differentiator, but it is. I have no idea how good they are at plumbing, but they answer the phone. That tells me that they care about their customers. So, why not call them?
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May 23, 2025
Five new associates at Harper Grey
Harper Grey has welcomed five of its 2024–25 articling students as associates: Jayden Friesen-Kehler, Jasmine Kang, Charlotte Lam, Haiger Ye and Jordan Yonge.
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May 23, 2025
Kosta Kostic joins Dentons as partner in Montreal
Dentons has announced the addition of Kosta Kostic as a partner in its corporate group in Montreal.
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May 23, 2025
Selling legal services: Ads nauseum
The road not taken? Actually, I would not mind taking it if it had fewer lawyers’ billboard ads. To wit, while snowbirding in Florida recently, I could not escape the tsunami of lawyers’ ads inundating the highways.
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May 23, 2025
A different approach to professional success
By and large, most formulas for professional success emphasize some kind of behavioural change or challenge. “Do more of this, and less of that.” Humans love the appeal of a dare or challenge, and we’re always ready to sign up and lay out cash for the next big thing that will make us thinner, stronger or more profitable.
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May 23, 2025
Appeal Court cites misapplication of totality as basis for new sentence
No one would deny that child abuse is serious, and more so when the conduct involves child sexual abuse. Should the abuser’s physical and mental condition be factored into a sentence when that person is sentenced? That was a key question before a Manitoba court recently.