May 14, 2026
During my more than 20 years as a member of the parole board, it was normal (not required) that after a hearing had ended (no further questions from the panel members), the chair of that panel would ask the parole officer who had presented the case whether they had any comments that flowed from the hearing process.
May 13, 2026
Toronto-based employment and workplace human rights law firm Rubin & Co. LLP has begun operating under its new name. The firm succeeds Rubin Thomlinson LLP, which ceased operating under that name on April 30 after more than 20 years in practice.
May 13, 2026
Dentons has welcomed Kamil Umar back to the firm as a partner in its national real estate group in Calgary.
May 13, 2026
Practising in rural Ontario and the North gives me a perspective on the access-to-justice crisis we are currently facing. Many vulnerable people face child protection proceedings while also dealing with addiction, poverty, mental health challenges and isolation. These are real, human stories, families at risk of being separated, children caught in uncertainty and communities trying to help with fewer resources.
May 12, 2026
The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has become an exercise in unaccountability.
May 12, 2026
The federal government has named Jeffrey W. Locke, associate counsel at Stewart McDannold Stuart, a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Victoria.
May 12, 2026
McCarthy Tétrault has added Terri-Lee Oleniuk as a partner in its business law group in Calgary.
May 12, 2026
An American poet and critic named James Russell Lowell once said, “The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.” He forgot someone: Big Law lawyers.
May 11, 2026
The federal government has appointed lawyer Eric Wildhaber as vice-chairperson of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) for a five-year term, the Department of Finance has announced.
May 11, 2026
The federal government has appointed J.C. André Lehoux, a sole practitioner in Hearst, as a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Haileybury.