The Complete Brief
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September 26, 2025
McMillan adds partner in Toronto
McMillan LLP has announced that Christie Gibson has joined the firm’s municipal, land use planning and development practice.
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September 26, 2025
New partner joins Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
This week Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP announced that Katy Allen has joined the firm as partner in the employment and labour group.
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September 26, 2025
Ontario opening of the courts ceremony highlights digitization, reform of Rules of Civil Procedure
On Sept. 25, judges, attorneys general, leaders of law associations and others met for Ontario’s opening of the courts ceremony, discussing various strategies that have been and will be undertaken to improve access to justice. This included digitization and reformation of the Rules of Civil Procedure.
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September 26, 2025
CIBC, Renaissance Mutual Funds reach $11M settlement in trailing commissions class action
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), CIBC Trust Corporation and Renaissance Mutual Funds have agreed to pay $11 million to settle a class action alleging that they improperly paid trailing commissions to discount brokers from mutual fund assets leading to diminished returns for investors.
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September 26, 2025
The world of incivil litigation
Can hotheads keep lawyers busy? Let’s take a ride to Seville Spain.
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September 26, 2025
Appeals - Insufficient reasons - Powers of appellate court - To receive new evidence
Appeal by Crown from a judgment of the Alberta Court of Appeal which varied Sheppard’s sentence. Motion by Sheppard to adduce new evidence. Sheppard was found guilty by a jury of sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching and sexual assault.
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September 26, 2025
CUSTODY, PARENTING, AND ACCESS - Removal of child from jurisdiction - Offences and penalties
Appeal by appellant from a decision of an application judge declining to exercise her jurisdiction to return the child to the United Kingdom (UK). This appeal was about what it meant for a parent to consent to or acquiesce in a child’s retention in a foreign country.
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September 26, 2025
Landmark Canadian cryptocurrency platform takedown: A look at the other side of digital coin
The RCMP’s recent seizure of the controversial cryptocurrency exchange TradeOgre, alongside over $56 million in crypto assets, marks a watershed moment in Canadian digital finance regulation and risk management. As authorities pat themselves on the back for this law enforcement success story, the operation also sparks uncomfortable debate about due process, the collateral damage to non-criminal users and the regulatory minefield that risk managers in the digital asset sector must navigate.
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September 26, 2025
Arbitrator’s disclosure back in the spotlight with SCC’s dismissals in Aroma and Vento
The Supreme Court of Canada has recently issued its verdicts on two conflicting decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario regarding the setting aside of two international arbitration awards, on the grounds of arbitrators’ bias.
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September 26, 2025
Nearly $2 million awarded in landmark online defamation case
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice released its decision in Canadian Aids Treatment Information Exchange et al. v. Blackwell, 2025 ONSC 4678 on Aug. 19, 2025, granting one of the largest awards ever issued in a Canadian defamation lawsuit.