June 05, 2026
Yukon’s Supreme Court has issued a directive on the use of generative AI “in written and oral representations” in a bid to reinforce the “integrity and credibility of legal proceedings.”
June 05, 2026
When a Canadian court or tribunal finds that a party has relied on a case that does not exist, the consequence is far from uniform. In one decision, the lawyer responsible was ordered to pay $17,550 in costs personally. In another, the order was $100. In 60 of the 177 decisions we reviewed, the adjudicator identified the problem but imposed no consequence at all.
June 05, 2026
Hayley Main has rejoined Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS) as a litigation associate in its Winnipeg office.
June 05, 2026
An Ontario farm operator has lost its arguments at the province’s highest court that it should not bear responsibility for the collapse of a bridge on its land.
June 04, 2026
As a civil litigation lawyer who has practised in Ontario for more than two decades, I have spent much of my career navigating the province’s justice system.
June 02, 2026
The Northwest Territories has introduced legislation to strengthen presumptive health coverage for the region’s firefighters and other first responders.
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.
May 29, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has awarded $22.5 million in a class action against a Toronto plastic surgeon who had surveillance cameras throughout his clinic but did not inform patients or staff.
May 28, 2026
Ontario’s civil justice system is in the middle of a quiet architectural shift. The visible changes are procedural, e-filing, virtual appearances, digital evidence platforms and integrated case records. The less visible shift is analytic: the growing use of machine learning systems to classify, predict and “price” dispute trajectories.
May 28, 2026
The Federal Court has refused to grant summary judgment in a class action concerning allegations claiming physicians conducting mandatory pre-employment medical examinations for RCMP applicants committed sexual assaults and other misconduct over more than four decades.