August 26, 2026
François Rolland has been appointed chair of the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments.
August 26, 2026
Lucy Williams has joined Roper Greyell as an associate in its Vancouver office.
August 26, 2026
Woodville Consultants Limited, which called itself a litigation funder and has been widely and wrongfully described as such in the media, has collapsed and is in administration in the United Kingdom. Still, its demise raises serious questions for Canadian law firms who have or are seeking loans.
August 25, 2026
I recently read an article about the Gottman Institute’s famous “Four Horsemen” — four patterns of behaviour that relationship researchers have identified as powerful warning signs of marital breakdown: criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling.
August 25, 2026
MLT Aikins has added Melissa Creech, Allie da Silva and Jeffrey Williams as associates in its Vancouver office.
August 25, 2026
Justice Frans Slatter has retired from the Alberta Court of Appeal after 25 years on the bench.
August 25, 2026
Amanda Heale has joined Torys as a partner in its tax practice in Toronto.
August 25, 2026
Following the collapse last week of tariff-related talks with the United States, Ottawa unveiled a multipronged package of retaliatory tariffs, loans and employment supports aimed at protecting and supporting Canadian businesses and workers after the Trump administration imposed a 50 per cent U.S. tariff on $27.6 billion of Canadian goods.
August 24, 2026
A $28,000 lump sum salary boost recommended for Canada’s 1,200 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
A national civil liberties group has launched a Charter challenge against what it calls the “chronic” underfunding of criminal legal aid in Manitoba. And a leading voice for criminal lawyers in the province is echoing the sentiment that funding has long stagnated.