Pulse
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June 30, 2025
Saskatchewan regulator’s 2024 report highlights mental health, AI, competency
Saskatchewan’s legal regulator was active last year in continuing its goals of increasing competency, minding members’ mental health and guiding lawyers in the use of artificial intelligence. The Law Society of Saskatchewan (LSS) laid out progress in these areas and others as part of its recently released annual report for 2024.
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June 30, 2025
Six notable members of the legal profession appointed to the Order of Canada
Governor General Mary Simon has made 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including, according to the new release from Rideau Hall, six notable members of the legal profession.
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June 30, 2025
Murray Jamieson welcomes new associate Sarah Walker
Vancouver firm Murray Jamieson has announced that Sarah Walker has joined its team as an associate.
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June 27, 2025
SCC clarifies appeal right from removal orders in immigration judicial review case
In an immigration and statutory interpretation decision that sheds light on administrative law and how to analyze reasonableness in judicial review cases, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that foreign nationals may appeal removal orders to the Immigration and Refugee Board’s Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) if their visas were current on arrival in Canada, even if their visas expire after their arrival here.
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June 27, 2025
Justice Leslie Dellapinna retires from N.S. Supreme Court
The Honourable Leslie J. Dellapinna is retiring from the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Family Division) after more than 24 years on the bench.
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June 27, 2025
Show me the money
For smart people, when it comes to getting paid, lawyers can be stupid.
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June 27, 2025
Limit oral discovery rather than eliminate it, group says in response to Ontario civil rules review
The association representing trial lawyers in Ontario is raising concerns over proposals to radically revamp Ontario’s civil rules, raising concerns that it is being done without the support of proper data.
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June 27, 2025
Socrates v. the Republic of Greece and Olympus Bigpharm Ltd.
Did Socrates really die after ingesting that hemlock? Huge evidence just surfaced that he survived. Check out Socrates v. the Republic of Greece and Olympus Bigpharm Ltd., a decision of the Ancient High Court of Southern Athens, recently discovered by anthropologist lawyers.
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June 26, 2025
Federal Court Chief Justice Crampton to retire in fall after 14 years leading national trial court
The Federal Court announced that its chief justice, Paul Crampton, will retire from the bench next fall, after almost 14 years as the court’s leader and 16 years as a puisne judge with the itinerant national trial court.
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June 26, 2025
Bennett Jensen receives Law Foundation of Ontario’s 2025 Guthrie Award
The Law Foundation of Ontario has awarded the 2025 Guthrie Award, which recognizes exceptional access-to-justice champions, to Bennett Jensen.