Pulse
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May 22, 2025
Samantha Lucifora, Miguel Mangalindan promoted at Monkhouse
Samantha Lucifora and Miguel Mangalindan are now senior partners at Monkhouse Law.
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May 21, 2025
600 kilometres north of Sweet Grass
It’s 3:27 in the morning, and I’m at my desk in the basement. A fan clicks on behind the furnace-room door, and my fingertips scatter keystrokes across my MacBook like dropped pins. Other than that, it’s silent.
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May 21, 2025
Nova Scotia’s Honourable C. Richard Coughlan retires
The Honourable C. Richard Coughlan has retired after serving 24 years as a justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.
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May 21, 2025
The Honourable Robert Mainville rejoins Gowling WLG
Gowling WLG has announced the return of the Honourable Robert Mainville as a partner in its Montreal office.
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May 21, 2025
Ill winds that blow no good
I recently wrote what I thought was a rather nifty article about the ills in the legal profession, and concluded, as I often do, that many of them can be traced to a culture of greed in Big Law. I got that part past my editors without a problem. I then went on to say that law schools are complicit. That is where my editors decided to take a stand.
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May 21, 2025
Should TV cameras be allowed in Canadian courtrooms?
The month of May has seen Canadians unusually fixated on courtroom drama. In the United States, we watched as the Menendez brothers sought resentencing to end their “life without parole” for shooting their parents, allowing them in future to go before a parole board to rejoin free society.
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May 20, 2025
New judge and justice of the peace appointed to the Court of Quebec
Quebec Minister of Justice Simon Jolin-Barrette has announced the appointment of Karine Beaudry as a judge and Karen Inkel as a justice of the peace of the Court of Quebec.
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May 20, 2025
Ontario Court of Justice appoints 42 new justices of the peace
The Ontario government has announced the appointment of 42 new justices of the peace to the Ontario Court of Justice, effective May 14, 2025.
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May 20, 2025
Drip pricing under the microscope following Quebec Court of Appeal ruling
A Quebec Court of Appeal ruling that ordered Air Canada to pay more than $10 million in punitive damages in a class-action lawsuit underscores the growing risks that companies engaging in drip pricing face, according to legal pundits.
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May 20, 2025
Quick guide to specialized peace bonds
The Criminal Code contains eight types of peace bonds, set out in ss. 810 to 810.2. The purpose of this article is to detail their similarities and differences, and in doing so, offer some clarity for those seeking to prevent future harm.