August 26, 2026
Artificial intelligence is reshaping legal practice — and professionals need to learn strategies to adapt and harness its advantages, while taking stock of its disadvantages. That was the message from presenters at the Ontario Bar Association’s (OBA) Aug. 18 TECHxpo 2026: Your AI Advantage, which tackled issues like psychological stress from constant technological change, building good AI habits (and those to break), and creating successful AI policies for firms and clients.
August 26, 2026
Family court is not built to resolve ordinary disputes. It is built to hold families at the moment they are most unstable. It is where private collapse becomes public process, where fear, grief, control and loss are forced into legal form.
August 26, 2026
Harper Grey has welcomed Anna DeCorby as an associate in its health law group in Vancouver.
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.