Real Estate
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March 23, 2026
Deepfakes, texts and secret recordings: Growing role of digital evidence in Ontario family law disputes
Digital communications are everywhere: text messages, emails, social media posts and recorded conversations. They are an entrenched part of modern daily life.
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March 23, 2026
Proposed settlement of $650K reached in Toronto fire class action
A proposed settlement of $650,000 has been reached in a class action relating to a fire at a Toronto residential building.
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March 23, 2026
Snippets from recent cases in failed real estate transactions: Buyers and sellers beware
Failed real estate transactions often give rise to disputes between buyers and sellers. While most of these disputes are mutually settled by the buyers and the sellers, there are some that don’t and make their way to the courtroom. Although these courtroom dramas are scary, they teach us a lesson so we, as lawyers, get better when advising our respective clients in those situations. I have picked three cases.
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March 23, 2026
Seismic Bill 21 case draws record counsel & intervener presence at this week’s four-day SCC hearing
This week’s blockbuster Bill 21 appeal at the Supreme Court involves 140 counsel of record — with 64 of them slated to make oral argument over four days on behalf of the seven main party groups and the record 51 interveners.
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March 20, 2026
Langlois adds Rémi Leprévost as partner
Langlois has added Rémi Leprévost as a partner in its litigation group, according to the firm.
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March 19, 2026
Court dismisses appeal of breached property sale for environmental contamination
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed a real estate appeal involving a purchase agreement dispute, upholding an order of more than $2 million against the appellant for breach of contract despite her claim that the property was environmentally contaminated.
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March 18, 2026
Affordable housing bylaw did not violate municipal governance legislation: Alberta Court of Appeal
Alberta’s top court has ruled that a municipal bylaw meant to help generate revenue for affordable housing did not run afoul of provincial legislation.
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March 18, 2026
The mask of professionalism: Stress of maintaining the ‘good lawyer’ image
In the first part of this two-part series (see link below), I wrote that in addition to actual legal work, most lawyers are also expected to act, speak and dress in certain ways. This added layer of effort can feel like a performance. It requires constantly monitoring yourself to maintain the image of a “good lawyer,” and it is exhausting. Here, I turn to what can be done to reduce the stress associated with all this extra labour.
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March 16, 2026
Court of Appeal for Ontario confirms stay where enforcement sought against non-party to arbitration
In Sociedad Concesionaria Metropolitana de Salud S.A. v. Webuild S.p.A., 2026 ONCA 28, the Court of Appeal confirmed that enforcement proceedings in Ontario should be stayed based on forum non conveniens.
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March 16, 2026
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bot
Over the past several decades, law became intertwined with numerous technologies that we simply incorporated into our workflow. We anticipate more creative destruction with generative AI, but with AI, we look into the mirror and sense the mirror looks back. Something more seems to exist than just the simple context window interface, and we tend to anthropomorphize. If all Roomba owners put googly eyes on their machine, most would believe the little guy was truly alive.