August 28, 2026
Litigator Stefanie Holland has joined Aird & Berlis as the firm’s chief growth officer, leading the firm’s business development, marketing and communications functions and advising on the firm’s growth strategy, with a focus on client experience, business development and service excellence.
August 28, 2026
A legal truism is that you need to put your best forward at trial and that you cannot count on an appeal to change the outcome. Appeals are based on identifying errors in law — mere disagreement with the trial judge’s findings of fact will not suffice.
August 28, 2026
It is not often that the Ontario Court of Appeal hands employers and employees each a win within the same week, but that is what happened this summer. And if you act for either side, or, like me, you spend much of your week mediating these disputes and nudging both parties toward a sensible number, the court just gave you two decisions worth reading.
August 27, 2026
Lawyers in Nova Scotia are examining whether a legal challenge could be launched against the province after it made what they called the “cruel” move of amending income assistance regulations to make homeless people living in tents and cars ineligible for an enhanced welfare benefit.
August 27, 2026
Airline passengers can pursue contractual claims for standardized flight-disruption compensation before the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) and may assign those claims to third parties, the B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled.
August 27, 2026
Alberta’s Court of King’s Bench has made some tweaks to its rules on digital orders while offering a new guide for litigants in family law cases.
August 27, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by plaintiffs who alleged they were injured by mesh products made by Johnson & Johnson that were implanted during hernia surgery, upholding a finding that the limitation period had passed despite arguments that they were unaware of any potential defect.
August 27, 2026
After the death of the testator, it is sometimes the case that a party asserts that the testator’s will contains a mistake that does not reflect the testamentary intentions of the deceased. In Ontario, in certain limited circumstances, the court can “fix” the will by employing the legal doctrine of rectification.
August 27, 2026
The inability to afford a lawyer remains the biggest barrier to legal services in Manitoba, but obstacles also arise when various bodies operate in silos rather than coming together to serve the “whole person,” an official says following the release of a survey on access to justice in the province. Earlier this month, the Law Society of Manitoba (LSM) released its “What We Heard from Community Report” as part of its ongoing Access to Justice (A2J) Initiative.
August 27, 2026
As AI-generated court filings by self-represented litigants proliferate, appellate counsel should read trial transcripts that are ostensibly “certified” more closely than ever and do so earlier in the appeal process as they might be AI-created fakes, advises a senior family law practitioner.