The Complete Brief
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August 12, 2025
Maggie Williams new associate at Roper Greyell
After her 2025 call to the British Columbia bar, Maggie Williams has been named an associate at labour and employment law experts Roper Greyell.
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August 12, 2025
Is ‘C’s get degrees’ always good advice for young lawyers?
I was spending time with some young folks the other night. I heard a phrase which was new to me, but apparently not to the rest of the world. “C’s get degrees” has something to do with prioritizing the enjoyment of life, and physical and mental health, over stressing out to achieve high grades. Are the people who live by this adage low on ambition or high on life? I really don’t know. I suppose that it depends on your perspective.
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August 12, 2025
Admissibility of fresh evidence in question in murder appeal
On June 30, 2019, rival groups, which included two men, Moadd Maadani and Ryan Kabuya-Ntumba, clashed outside the PPL bar in Ottawa’s ByWard Market.
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August 12, 2025
Employers suing employees for negligence
Whether acting as counsel, mediator or arbitrator, I almost always tell employers the same thing: do not sue your employee just because they did a bad job. The law makes it very difficult to succeed and the attempt can backfire badly. Some courts have even awarded bad faith damages when a counterclaim was seen as nothing more than retaliation (e.g. “He has the nerve to sue us? Well, we are going to file a counterclaim!”).
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August 12, 2025
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT - Development charges and levies
Appeal by the appellant (“Ironclad”) of an order made on a petition for judicial review affirming the decision of the City of West Kelowna to impose a latecomer charge on the appellant.
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August 11, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal overturns lower court ruling related to temporary foreign worker class action
In a split decision, the B.C. Court of Appeal has rejected a lower court ruling that found one of Canada’s largest convenience store chains was vicariously liable for illegal fees that an immigration consultant hired by Mac’s Convenience Stores Inc. charged to hundreds of temporary foreign workers who were recruited for jobs at the chain, now known as Circle K.
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August 11, 2025
‘The fight of our lifetime’: ABA president receives award for defending rule of law
“This is the fight of our lifetime,” said American Bar Association (ABA) president William Bay while receiving the Ontario Bar Association’s (OBA) President’s Award on behalf of American lawyers on Aug. 7. The award comes as the ABA has launched a lawsuit against the United States federal government for allegedly using its powers to coerce lawyers and law firms to abandon clients, causes and policy positions President Donald Trump opposes.
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August 11, 2025
Court dismisses Bayer’s appeal on timing of patent and retroactive eligibility
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by pharmaceutical manufacturer Bayer regarding a subsequent entry version of the drug aflibercept by a competitor that did not cite the appellant’s patent despite being filed first.
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August 11, 2025
Court overturns acquittal in sexual assault case, says proving specific time frame unnecessary
Ontario’s highest court has made the rare move of overturning an acquittal in a sexual assault case, saying the trial judge was wrong when he ruled it was necessary for the Crown to prove the time frame in which the alleged assault occurred beyond a reasonable doubt.
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August 11, 2025
CBSA launches investigation into alleged dumping of oil country tubular goods
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has launched an investigation into whether “certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) are being sold in the Canadian market at unfair prices.”