Pulse
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June 30, 2025
LSO awards honorary degrees to six distinguished individuals
The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) honoured six individuals with a degree of doctor of laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the June Call to the Bar ceremonies, in recognition of their achievements in the legal profession, the rule of law or the cause of justice.
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July 02, 2025
Smart & Biggar promotes 10 lawyers, 3 to principal roles
Smart & Biggar has announced the promotion of 10 team members, including Dominique Lambert, Artemis Lai and Victoria Townsend, who have all been elevated to principal.
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July 02, 2025
If you love me, if you ever loved me: pay me faster
I pay my bills quickly. It is my way of telling the people with whom I deal that I value their services. I want my suppliers to remember that I am the guy who pays them the same day I receive their invoice. I figure there will be days in January when the furnace stops furnacing, or days in July when the air conditioner stops conditioning.
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June 30, 2025
Saskatchewan regulator’s 2024 report highlights mental health, AI, competency
Saskatchewan’s legal regulator was active last year in continuing its goals of increasing competency, minding members’ mental health and guiding lawyers in the use of artificial intelligence. The Law Society of Saskatchewan (LSS) laid out progress in these areas and others as part of its recently released annual report for 2024.
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June 30, 2025
Six notable members of the legal profession appointed to the Order of Canada
Governor General Mary Simon has made 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including, according to the new release from Rideau Hall, six notable members of the legal profession.
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June 30, 2025
Murray Jamieson welcomes new associate Sarah Walker
Vancouver firm Murray Jamieson has announced that Sarah Walker has joined its team as an associate.
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June 27, 2025
SCC clarifies appeal right from removal orders in immigration judicial review case
In an immigration and statutory interpretation decision that sheds light on administrative law and how to analyze reasonableness in judicial review cases, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that foreign nationals may appeal removal orders to the Immigration and Refugee Board’s Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) if their visas were current on arrival in Canada, even if their visas expire after their arrival here.
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June 27, 2025
Justice Leslie Dellapinna retires from N.S. Supreme Court
The Honourable Leslie J. Dellapinna is retiring from the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Family Division) after more than 24 years on the bench.
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June 27, 2025
Show me the money
For smart people, when it comes to getting paid, lawyers can be stupid.
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June 27, 2025
Limit oral discovery rather than eliminate it, group says in response to Ontario civil rules review
The association representing trial lawyers in Ontario is raising concerns over proposals to radically revamp Ontario’s civil rules, raising concerns that it is being done without the support of proper data.