Real Estate
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June 17, 2025
Canada ramps up sanctions against Russia for Putin regime’s ‘continued aggression’ against Ukraine
Canada announced new sanctions against Russia as leaders of the G7 Western countries met for a second day in Kananaskis, Alta.
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June 17, 2025
CBA backs constitutional amendment to constrain federal use of Charter’s ‘notwithstanding’ clause
In a rare move, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has thrown its support behind a Senate public bill (S-218), which proposes a constitutional amendment to restrict and structure the discretion of the federal government to breach Charter rights via the contentious s. 33 “notwithstanding” clause.
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June 16, 2025
Nova Scotia announces faster approvals process for metal mining projects
The Nova Scotia government has announced a streamlined approvals process for metal mining that will feature phased, post-approval submission of key operational plans. But environmental advocates are raising concerns that the new system will reduce transparency and public input.
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June 16, 2025
Indigenous legacies: Legal considerations for gifting cultural assets, possessory interests
Assisting Indigenous clients with estate planning can give rise to questions that simply do not come up when preparing wills for other clients, given the unique property interests that Indigenous clients may hold. Two such property interests that wills and estates practitioners may be unaccustomed to addressing in wills are cultural assets and possessory interests in reserve land.
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June 16, 2025
POWERS OF MUNICIPALITY - Types of authority - Legislative - Special statutes - Expropriation
Appeal by appellant from orders of chambers justice regarding the extension of time to vacate a property following expropriation by the respondent.
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June 16, 2025
Bill C-5: A legal feeding frenzy at the expense of Indigenous jurisdiction
The federal government’s proposed Bill C-5 — which includes the Building Canada Act — sets a two-year timeline for major project approvals. On the surface, it promises efficiency and economic momentum. But from the perspective of many Indigenous leaders and legal professionals, this legislation signals a looming crisis: the sidelining of Indigenous law, the erosion of meaningful consultation, and a surge of culturally incompetent legal advocacy that risks deepening colonial harm.
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June 13, 2025
Competition Bureau monitoring Loblaw’s elimination of property controls
With Loblaw’s recent commitment towards ending its property controls, the Competition Bureau has announced that it will be monitoring the company’s activities on the matter.
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June 13, 2025
Trial judge erred in interpreting resulting trust in property dispute, finds B.C. Court of Appeal
In a mother-son dispute over a property, the B.C. Court of Appeal has found that the lower court judge committed a palpable and overriding error in interpreting the respondent’s resulting trust claim.
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June 13, 2025
Musings do not always give rise to enforceable promises, Ontario court says in dispute over farm
Ontario’s top court has overturned a decision that awarded damages to a man and his partner in a dispute over his parents’ farm, saying the judge in the case was wrong to raise the issue of proprietary estoppel.
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June 13, 2025
FOR TORTS - Fraud and misrepresentation
Appeal by appellants from trial judge’s finding of liability and remedy in respondent’s (McKenzie-Barnswell) action against them seeking nullification of their mortgage and construction contract, alleging fraud.