June 03, 2026
British Columbia has asked its Supreme Court to add the City of Penticton as a representative plaintiff for municipalities in a proposed national class action against manufacturers of “forever chemicals” for alleged contamination of drinking-water systems.
June 03, 2026
The maxim delegatus non potest delegare (“a delegate cannot delegate”) will play an ever more significant role in reviewing administrative law decisions made by AI.
June 03, 2026
In one of the most closely watched family law decisions in recent Canadian legal history, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a fractured ruling in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16, a case arising from a marriage marred by intimate partner violence.
June 03, 2026
Ontario’s top court has turned back an attempt by an Ontario man to get a defamation case against him dismissed as a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP), with a lawyer saying the court’s findings outline an approach that may lead to fewer appeals of anti-SLAPP decisions.
June 03, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the finding that shareholders were not subject to oppression in a company’s affairs, but found that an alternative remedy to the liquidation ordered by the lower court was available.
June 02, 2026
Much of the debate around Bill C-223 has been framed at the level of principle. Critics argue that the bill’s prohibition on parental alienation evidence will harm children. Supporters argue that parental alienation allegations have become a mechanism for silencing protective parents.
June 02, 2026
The fundamental legal issue in the Tax Court of Canada decision of Zhang v. The King, 2026 TCC 71 (Zhang) relates to appellant motions to enforce a settlement reached with the respondent prior to a hearing.
June 02, 2026
Saskatchewan now has legislation that allows residents to sue those guilty of dealing in illicit drugs — and for the province to void government appointments and grants given to those found to be offenders.
June 02, 2026
The inadvertent disclosure of a privilege document by one side to another during litigation has been likened by one motion judge to the transmission of an infection: “[T]he more quickly it is contained, the easier it may be to eradicate its harmful effect” (White v. 123627 Canada Inc. (c.o.b. Algonquin Petro Canada), 2014 ONSC 2682).
June 02, 2026
In Ontario, a beneficiary under a will or an intestacy cannot be compelled to accept an inheritance or a gift. A beneficiary has the option of choosing whether to accept an inheritance, or alternatively, whether to not accept, or in legalese, to “disclaim” an inheritance.