The Complete Brief
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October 10, 2025
Goldblatt adds Jen Quito as director of legal talent
Goldblatt Partners LLP has welcomed Jen Quito as its director of legal talent, a new position at the firm. She will be based at the Toronto office.
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October 10, 2025
Self-represented litigant loses bid to include trial transcripts
It is common knowledge that when a person testifies, the witness promises to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. That is because the judge, the decision-maker, needs the whole truth to render a just decision. What happens when an appeals court faces a situation where the “whole” truth is not put before it?
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October 10, 2025
LIMITATION OF ACTIONS - Extension, interruption, suspension and inapplicability
Appeal by appellant from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal affirming a decision that an unsuccessful attempt to seize a debtor’s property by notice of execution interrupted prescription. The appellant was a band council within the meaning of the Indian Act.
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October 10, 2025
Marineland belugas deserve legal protection, not posturing and politics
In 2019, Canada enacted groundbreaking federal law banning the capture and breeding of whales, dolphins and porpoises for entertainment, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, also known as the “Free Willy” bill, whereby Canadian facilities are not allowed to hold, breed or import whales and dolphins.
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October 10, 2025
Partners: Stabbing back in the law firm
I liked some of my old law firm partners all of the time; most of my partners most of the time; and one or two, almost never. I suspect that my partners, as a group, had similar sentiments about me.
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October 10, 2025
APPEALS - Misapprehension of or failure to consider evidence - Miscarriage of justice - Unreasonable verdict
Appeal by appellant from his convictions. The appellant was convicted of robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, assault causing bodily harm, and disguise with intent to commit an indictable offence.
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October 09, 2025
New law to allow B.C. to go after vape makers for public health costs
The B.C. government has introduced new legislation which would allow the province to recover public health cost from vaping product manufacturers and wholesalers, according to a release issued on Oct. 8.
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October 09, 2025
New federal Bill C-12 features immigration reforms carved out from contentious ‘strong borders’ bill
The federal government has removed about half of its controversial 140-page omnibus “strong borders” bill (C-2) and inserted excised measures into a newly introduced 70-page “immigration and borders” bill (C-12), which proposes many of the same immigration changes that critics had called on Ottawa to scrap.
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October 09, 2025
B.C. to modernize consumer protection laws on credit fraud
British Columbia is introducing amendments to improve consumer protection laws, allowing consumers to benefit from stronger tools for protection against credit-related fraud and to “support confident financial decision-making.”
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October 09, 2025
Court rules U.S. charities not qualified donees under ITA despite tax convention
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld the revenue minister’s decision to revoke a foundation’s charitable status over its donations to U.S. charities, ruling that a Canada-U.S. treaty provides tax relief but does not make U.S. charities qualified donees under the Income Tax Act (ITA).