Personal Injury
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November 27, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Class or representative actions - Certification - Members of class or sub-class - Representative plaintiff
Appeal by appellants from decision of the Federal Court dismissing their certification motion. The appellants sought certification of a class proceeding, as representative plaintiffs, on behalf of a class of current and former regular members of the RCMP with an operational stress injury. The appellants claimed that the RCMP was systemically negligent and discriminate in delivering Mental Health Services to members of the proposed Class.
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November 26, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: what lawyers really think about their profession
Find out what lawyers really think about their profession in Law360 Canada Pulse’s Lawyer Satisfaction Survey.
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November 26, 2025
Retrospective review of Criterion 8 cases
The Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) has released a steady stream of decisions addressing catastrophic impairment claims under Criterion 8, which concerns mental or behavioural disorders under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule. A review of the decisions for the period of 2023 through 2025 reveals evolving patterns in applicant success rates and recurring themes in how adjudicators assess evidence and apply the AMA Guides, Fourth Edition.
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November 25, 2025
P.E.I. seeking input on proposed regulations for personal services
The government of Prince Edward Island is seeking input from residents on new draft regulations for the province’s personal services industry.
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November 25, 2025
Ontario targets dangerous drivers with lifetime bans, tougher penalties
The Ontario government is cracking down on dangerous drivers in the province, bringing in new legislation aimed at keeping high-risk individuals off the road and strengthening penalties for serious offences.
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November 25, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: lawyers grapple with stress amid financial strain, long hours
The legal profession is going through seismic change as it grapples with things like artificial intelligence, but one issue that has been around for centuries still remains — stress. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — 85 per cent of associates say they are at least sometimes stressed by their finances, along with 77 per cent of those at small firms.
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November 24, 2025
Manitoba introduces intimate images legislation with ‘nearly nude’ addition
Manitoba is proposing legislation to better protect people from the non-consentual sharing of intimate images by expanding the prohibition to include “nearly nude” versions.
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November 24, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: nearly two-thirds of lawyers satisfied with jobs, but concerns remain
A recent survey of the legal profession is showing high marks on issues like job satisfaction and compensation. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — 63 per cent of respondents report being satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs overall, up from 60 per cent last year.
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November 24, 2025
Hosel rockets: A golfer’s biggest danger?
While Mark Twain described golf as “a good walk spoiled,” I don’t think he had in mind some of the serious injuries golfers have inflicted upon themselves and others during a round of golf.
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November 21, 2025
Federal judges say they’ll take Ottawa to court over rejection of independent pay commission’s recommendations
The association representing Canada’s federally appointed judges decided this week to seek judicial review of Ottawa’s rejection of an independent judicial pay commission’s two key recommendations — including the commission’s advice that a $28,000 salary boost (on top of mandatory annual indexing) is necessary to keep attracting outstanding lawyers to the bench.