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November 12, 2026
New Brunswick’s top court has denied the appeal of a man who claimed self-defence in causing severe head injuries to a drunken opponent in a bar fight. The Oct. 29 ruling by the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick in R. v. Cook, 2026 NBCA 121 involved Arthur Cook, who was convicted of causing Brian Clarke to suffer a fractured skull and brain bleed after the former punched the latter while in a Saint John pub.
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November 12, 2026
When I began presiding over disciplinary hearings for B.C. Corrections, I quickly realized I had to relearn how to listen. Incarcerated individuals navigate their environment using their own distinct vocabulary; without understanding it, you risk missing essential pieces of the story, or misinterpreting it entirely.
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November 12, 2026
Canada’s new immigration plan is a necessary correction. Yet without stronger integrity controls, transparent targets and accountable enforcement, it risks confusing lower intake with effective management.
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November 12, 2026
On Oct. 27, Ontario’s Ministry of Energy and Mines released the long-awaited final report from the Panel for Utility Leadership and Service Excellence (the PULSE report).
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November 12, 2026
In our recent article, An estate lawyer’s guide to the estate litigation galaxy, we discussed will challenges and raised that on the planning side, lawyers may consider including a no-contest clause in a will as a deterrent to potential litigation. In this article, I will be highlighting the use of no-contest clauses in wills.
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November 12, 2026
Appeal by husband from judgment ordering unequal division of net family property, retroactive and ongoing child and spousal support, sale of matrimonial home, and costs. The parties separated after a 13-year marriage and had two children in the wife’s care.
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November 11, 2026
An October 2026 call and a 2025 graduate of the University of Saskatchewan College of Law, Luke Lynett-Howes has joined the boutique NIKA LAW.
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November 11, 2026
The Women’s Law Association of Ontario (WLAO) has announced its new board of directors and executive committee following its annual general meeting on Nov. 9.
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November 11, 2026
The Federal Court has ruled that a party successful on a motion to strike for lack of jurisdiction may recover justified costs for the entire proceeding, including preparation for motions that were never heard.
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November 11, 2026
Lauren Dinwoodie has joined Crawford Munroe Thomson LLP’s Vancouver office as an associate.
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November 11, 2026
The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal in a case where a noting in default was set aside, then restored, finding that a court may consider the test for setting aside a default judgment when deciding whether to lift a noting in default.
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November 11, 2026
When it comes to evidence in motor vehicle matters, “nothing to produce” does not mean spoliation. Before alleging destruction of vehicle data amounting to spoliation, counsel must investigate what records existed, who held them and whether the opposing party took reasonable steps to retrieve them.
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November 11, 2026
The rule of law rests on a simple bargain. Parliament makes the law, the executive carries it out, and the courts say what the law means. Each branch has to respect the role of the others. When officials charged with enforcing a statute decide they are not bound by the courts’ interpretation of it, the bargain breaks down.
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November 11, 2026
On Nov. 5, the federal government tabled Budget 2026: Masters of Our Destiny (Budget 2026), which includes a plan to extend the existing prohibition on non-Canadians purchasing residential property in Canada for an additional two years, to Jan. 1, 2029. The proposed extension includes a carve-out for new residential properties.
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November 11, 2026
Canada is continuing two earlier immigration initiatives announced under Budget 2025. These measures are separate from the new 200,000-person initiative.
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November 11, 2026
In Ontario, a common tax law subject is whether a taxpayer should have charged GST/HST on the sale of a home and remitted same to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). At the core of the issue is whether the home was constructed or substantially renovated for residential purposes or for profit. If the latter, was the taxpayer engaged in a business or an adventure or concern in the nature of trade? A business characterization involves identifying ongoing commercial activity while an adventure or concern in the nature of trade may result from a single transaction.
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November 11, 2026
In the third quarter of 2026, class action decisions from the courts in Ontario, British Columbia and the Federal Court demonstrated that courts continue to act as active gatekeepers of class proceedings, both when policing the threshold for certification and at the settlement stage of a proceeding.
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November 11, 2026
A trial judge must instruct a jury on a defence that has an air of reality, even when defence counsel has not clearly advanced it as part of the accused’s case. The British Columbia Court of Appeal reinforced that principle by overturning Duite Simms’s assault conviction and ordering a new trial (R. v. Simms, 2026 BCCA 363).
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November 11, 2026
Appeal by Crown from conditional discharge imposed on Ramsay for committing indecent acts. Ramsay pleaded guilty after exposing his genitals to women on 16 occasions over nearly two years, usually in the early morning on trails.
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November 10, 2026
An owner cannot rely on payments made to subcontractors who do not have a lien to reduce the security posted to vacate a general contractor’s lien, Ontario’s top court has ruled.
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November 10, 2026
Canada and five other countries have signed a declaration to reaffirm interest and common responsibility in building advanced artificial intelligence that is safe, secure and widely available to all.
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November 10, 2026
Ottawa says it aims to process by the end of next year the thousands of outstanding permanent residence applications languishing in the closed Hong Kong pathways and Ukraine family reunification pathway. Federal Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab met with leaders of Canada’s Ukrainian and Hong Kong communities on Nov. 7 to give them details about a new temporary measure proposed in the Nov. 5 federal budget for people already in Canada.
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November 10, 2026
Samuel Keen has joined Hicks Morley as an associate in its Toronto office.
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November 10, 2026
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP has welcomed retired vice-admiral Ron Lloyd, former commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, as a special adviser in Vancouver.
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November 10, 2026
Scott Bomhof has joined Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP as a partner in its financial restructuring and insolvency practice in Toronto.