The Complete Brief

  • May 22, 2026

    EVIDENCE - Hearsay rule - Application of rule - Hearsay defined

    Appeal by Crown from decision quashing Saddleback’s conviction for second-degree murder and ordering new trial. Saddleback had been convicted at trial in relation to the killing of the victim. A key issue at trial was whether Saddleback had exclusive opportunity to commit the offence after others left the scene.

  • May 22, 2026

    McCarthy Tétrault names Awanish Sinha Ontario managing partner

    McCarthy Tétrault has named Awanish Sinha as regional managing partner for Ontario.

  • May 22, 2026

    Harper Grey promotes 5 articling students to associates

    Harper Grey has added five associates from its 2025-26 articling class.

  • May 22, 2026

    Competition Bureau reaches agreement to protect grain farmers in Saskatchewan

    The Competition Bureau has reached an agreement with Parrish & Heimbecker, Ltd. (P & H) to “address concerns related to its proposed acquisition of GrainsConnect Canada Operations Inc. (GrainsConnect).”

  • May 22, 2026

    Trademarks: A sweet case, completed

    Last July we dealt with a decision of the Federal Court that has now been resolved (GRC Food Services Ltd. v. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, 2026 FC 594).

  • May 22, 2026

    Lost opportunity, rising risk: Why the RNLUP must now move to decision

    In June 2023, following nearly two decades of consultation, revisions and public processes, the Nunavut Planning Commission (NPC) completed and submitted the Recommended Nunavut Land Use Plan (RNLUP). Under the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) and the Nunavut Planning and Project Assessment Act (NuPPAA), the plan requires review and approval by three signatories: Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the government of Nunavut and the government of Canada. Yet nearly three years later, the plan remains neither accepted nor rejected.

  • May 22, 2026

    2025 recorded execution count highest since 1981

    Amnesty International’s latest annual report on the global state of the death penalty paints a sobering picture.

  • May 22, 2026

    TITLE - Boundaries

    Appeal by Village of Buena Vista (Village) from a decision dismissing its originating application. The application sought declarations that the bed and bank of Last Mountain Lake and the submerged portions of certain lakeside lots were owned by the Crown, together with orders redrawing the lot boundaries and directing the Registrar to issue new titles.

  • May 21, 2026

    Court allows judicial review in immigration case based on humanitarian grounds

    The Federal Court has allowed a judicial review application finding that an immigration officer did not give discernable weight to factors in the applicant’s permanent residence application on humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) grounds.

  • May 21, 2026

    Manitoba to open trade office in India as part of diversification push

    Manitoba has announced plans to establish a regional representative office in India as part of the province’s broader effort to diversify exports beyond the United States.

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