The Complete Brief
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June 13, 2025
Former Supreme Court Justice La Forest dies
Former Supreme Court Justice Gérard Vincent La Forest has died. Justice La Forest, whose long legal career also encompassed government work, private sector lawyering, teaching and sitting on an East Coast appeal court, died June 12, according to a news release. He was 99.
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June 13, 2025
Trial judge erred in interpreting resulting trust in property dispute, finds B.C. Court of Appeal
In a mother-son dispute over a property, the B.C. Court of Appeal has found that the lower court judge committed a palpable and overriding error in interpreting the respondent’s resulting trust claim.
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June 13, 2025
OSC releases framework for distributing disgorged funds collected to harmed investors
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has issued final rules to “implement a new statutory framework that will facilitate distributing amounts collected by the OSC under disgorgement orders to harmed investors.”
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June 13, 2025
Musings do not always give rise to enforceable promises, Ontario court says in dispute over farm
Ontario’s top court has overturned a decision that awarded damages to a man and his partner in a dispute over his parents’ farm, saying the judge in the case was wrong to raise the issue of proprietary estoppel.
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June 13, 2025
Christopher Johnson receives CBABC award for contributions to legal aid
The Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch (CBABC) has recognized criminal justice lawyer Christopher Johnson with the Georges A. Goyer, QC Memorial Award for Distinguished Service.
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June 13, 2025
FOR TORTS - Fraud and misrepresentation
Appeal by appellants from trial judge’s finding of liability and remedy in respondent’s (McKenzie-Barnswell) action against them seeking nullification of their mortgage and construction contract, alleging fraud.
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June 13, 2025
Court allows administrator appointment for condo corp.’s various failures
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has allowed an application to appoint an administrator in a case where a condominium corporation failed to rectify numerous issues on premises.
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June 13, 2025
EVIDENCE - Methods of proof - Complainant’s sexual activity
Appeal by Kinamore from a judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal affirming his conviction for sexual assault.
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June 13, 2025
Tax Court gives guidance regarding shared custody and the Canada Child Benefit in Wong v. The King
Disputes over the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) are among the most sensitive in tax litigation, particularly when they involve shared custody. These cases raise questions that are not only legal and financial but also deeply personal. The recent decision of the Tax Court of Canada in Wong v. The King, 2025 TCC 24, provides important guidance on how courts assess eligibility for the CCB in shared parenting arrangements.
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June 13, 2025
Kramer v. Kramer?
We are all familiar for example with the iconic 1932 House of Lords case of Donoghue v. Stevenson, where the court broke the ice on the law of negligence enabling the customer to successfully sue the manufacturer of a bottle of ginger beer that contained a non-invited snail. AI will generally give you a decent summary of the case. But what might happen if in our search we throw in some random word, like say “Seinfeld”?