July 10, 2026
Many federally appointed trial judges report stress from excessive workloads, limited control over their time in the workplace and too few support resources, according to a new national survey of judges’ physical and psychological health. On July 9, the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) reported on extensive research commissioned from the Université de Sherbrooke between 2024 and 2026 by the council of 44 chief and associate chief justices.
July 10, 2026
When a franchisee walks away mid-term and takes 600 agents with it to a direct competitor, an interlocutory injunction can be the difference between a franchisor’s protected system and an open door for every other franchisee to follow.
July 10, 2026
This case deals with landlocked cottages and a dispute over a right-of-way within the Cressview Lakes Corporation.
July 09, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed a constructive trust claim by investors in a failed land-development project, finding that their rights were limited to a contingent share of project income or remaining net assets and did not amount to an interest in land.
July 09, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that a payment dispute over a construction project first proposed in 2017 — but whose agreement was not executed until 2020 — is governed by Ontario’s former Construction Lien Act rather than the amended Construction Act’s prompt-payment regime.
July 08, 2026
Noah Robinson-Dunning has joined Harper Grey as an associate in its construction and engineering group in Vancouver.
July 08, 2026
On Feb. 18, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments in Aphria Inc. v. Canada Life Assurance Company, et al. The appeal addresses a long-standing remedy in Canadian commercial leasing law: whether a landlord may refuse to accept a tenant’s repudiation, keep the lease alive and sue for rent as it becomes due without an obligation to mitigate its losses, or whether that rule should be revisited in light of broader developments in contract law.
July 06, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed new leaders to head two of Canada’s major trial courts. On July 6, Justice Alan Diner was appointed chief justice of the Federal Court, the national superior trial court that decides disputes in the federal domain. He succeeds Paul Crampton, who retired from the post Oct. 31, 2025.
July 02, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada’s newest judge says his key areas of legal expertise are constitutional and criminal law, including the rules of evidence and procedure, though he has also presided over many civil and administrative law cases in his generalist trial court. Glenn Joyal, a former federal and Manitoba prosecutor and the longtime chief justice of the Manitoba Court of King’s Bench, was elevated by the prime minister to the top court on June 30, succeeding Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin of Alberta, the highly respected constitutional and criminal law litigator, academic and judge who retired from the bench May 30.
June 30, 2026
Jeffrey Mak has joined Clark Wilson as an associate in its commercial real estate group in Vancouver.