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October 07, 2026
Most of the strongest legal candidates I speak with are not looking for a new job.
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October 07, 2026
Courts have confronted the problem of anti-Zionism vs. antisemitism.
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October 06, 2026
An Alberta lawyer is calling a number of mandatory training and professional requirements from the provincial law society ideologically driven as part of an appeal of a decision that dismissed his constitutional challenge against the regulator last year.
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October 06, 2026
Ally Bilenkey has joined Aird & Berlis as an associate. According to an announcement from the firm, she will be a member of the firm’s Indigenous practice group, litigation and dispute resolution group, and the mining, energy and environmental group.
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October 06, 2026
Isabelle Montpetit has joined Langlois’s labour and employment law group in Quebec City.
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October 06, 2026
B.C. Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie has announced the appointment of Rose Dattilo as a judicial justice.
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October 06, 2026
Antisemitism is real and dangerous. Jewish Canadians should not have to conceal their identity, fear entering a synagogue or endure harassment because they are Jewish. Governments have an obligation to confront it.
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October 05, 2026
Canada needs to find new ways to sustain and strengthen its democratic institutions, especially to drive home to Canadians how much their independent justice system benefits them in their daily lives, top jurists say. At the Oct. 5 ceremonial opening of the Supreme Court of Canada’s judicial year in Ottawa, Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner told the audience of lawyers and judges he appreciated that “across the country, I’ve seen many of you speak out publicly to reiterate the importance of the rule of law and of an independent judiciary.”
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October 05, 2026
Saskatchewan has appointed its first associate judges to the Court of King’s Bench following legislation that came into force Oct. 1.
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October 05, 2026
Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser has announced the appointment of eight judges in Ontario.
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October 05, 2026
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) has appointed Ryan Tomicic as national business leader, international, in Montreal.
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October 05, 2026
An Ontario paralegal is pledging to continue the fight after the province’s top court dealt him a blow in his attempts to argue that he has a larger scope of practice in immigration matters than the law society allows.
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October 05, 2026
Since the Supreme Court decision in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16, my calendar has been quite busy with in-person court attendances, law association events and CPD programs.
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October 02, 2026
The Supreme Court’s fall session is packed with interesting appeals in diverse areas of law including class actions, contracts, Crown immunity and Charter rights. The top court’s session begins Oct. 5 with an “opening of the court” ceremony in the West Memorial Building at 344 Wellington Street in Ottawa.
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October 02, 2026
Shauna L. MacDonald has been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in Yarmouth.
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October 02, 2026
Justice Alexandre Dalmau has been appointed from the Court of Quebec to the Superior Court of Quebec for the district of Montreal.
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October 02, 2026
Antonio Nadaira has joined Miller Thomson as a partner in its national corporate, M&A and securities group in Montreal.
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October 02, 2026
An Alberta court has denied lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his professional corporation, whose assets are frozen under a Mareva injunction, access to nearly $777,000 for living expenses and legal fees.
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October 02, 2026
Are judges a happy lot? Compared to lawyers especially? A study generated by the Canadian Judicial Council with collaboration from the University of Sherbrooke noted that although some judges experience anxiety and depression, the figure for lawyers was more than double that of judges. In general, judges found a high level of meaning and satisfaction in their work.
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October 02, 2026
1. Principal findings
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October 02, 2026
A single underscore sent an innocent man to prison. In a child sexual abuse material investigation, police were looking for “fus__ro_dah.” But they sought records for “fus_ro_dah.” That was Brandon Klayme’s username. One missing underscore sent the investigation to the wrong person. The discrepancy went unnoticed at trial. Klayme was wrongfully convicted and spent 18 months in custody before the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal declared him factually innocent in R. v. Klayme, 2026 NSCA 59.
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October 01, 2026
Petra Stojnic has joined Lenczner Slaght in Toronto as a 2026-27 Fox Scholar.
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October 01, 2026
Hafeez A. Khan has been appointed a judge of the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba, Family Division, in Winnipeg.
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October 01, 2026
Simon Kennedy has joined Bennett Jones as a senior adviser in its public policy group in Toronto.
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October 01, 2026
Mental health, job stress and keeping up with AI remain “front of mind” for the new president of Manitoba’s law society.