Pulse
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April 08, 2025
Caroline Healey takes helm at Ship and Rail Compensation Canada
The new administrator of Ship and Rail Compensation Canada, Caroline Healey, has taken office for a five-year term.
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April 08, 2025
The truth about burnout | Norm Bowley
“I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less.” — Anna Quindlen
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April 08, 2025
University of Calgary names director of new Centre for Transformation
The University of Calgary has announced the appointment of Diana Lowe as the inaugural director of its newly established Centre for Transformation.
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April 08, 2025
State-ordered executions topped 1,500 globally: Amnesty International | Aubrey Harris
Canada long ago abolished the death penalty. However, many of us were abruptly reminded of our connection to the human rights of those in other countries when we learned last month of the execution of four Canadians in China this year.
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April 08, 2025
The sounds of court | Norman Douglas
I am retired and miss the sounds of the courtroom. I say “strangely” because until retirement, I never gave any thought to them.
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April 07, 2025
A critique of Ontario’s Civil Rules review | Allan Rouben
Excessive cost and delay have become so endemic to our civil justice system that the authors of the Civil Rules Review consider that the only remaining solution is to redesign the rules “from the ground up.” The fault for this is placed squarely at the feet of lawyers who, aided and abetted by the existing rules, adopt a “maximalist” approach to documentary and oral discovery.
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April 07, 2025
Leading digital justice transformation: New Brunswick puts users at centre | Daniel J. Escott
In August 2023, I had the distinct privilege of co-organizing the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice’s (CIAJ) New Brunswick Access to Justice Summit at the University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Law. Our final report on this groundbreaking summit, aptly titled Digital Transformation: Putting People at the Heart of the System, was a watershed moment for New Brunswick and Canada. It marked an essential commitment to ensuring digital transformation serves as a catalyst for genuine, meaningful access to justice, rather than merely institutional modernization.
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April 07, 2025
More on mental health and the practice of law | Gary S. Joseph
I want to get onboard with the movement to bring more attention to the problem of mental health issues in the profession. In my view, it is undeniable that the practice of law has become more stressful in my almost half century of practice.
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April 07, 2025
FEDERAL INCOME TAX - Business and property income - Expenses - Legal fees
Application by applicants for permission to appeal a court order affirming a review officer’s decision on the legal fee for tax planning advice related to a business sale.
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April 07, 2025
Kristi Wong joins Roper Greyell
Roper Greyell has welcomed Kristi Wong to the firm as an associate. According to a statement from the Vancouver-based firm, Wong joins Roper Greyell with extensive employment and labour law experience