The Complete Brief
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November 05, 2024
Lawyers talk pathways to spousal separation in Manitoba webinar
There are options for parting spouses wanting to allay the emotional and financial toll of separation and divorce, said experts at a recent legal conference.
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November 05, 2024
SENTENCING - Weapons offences - Breach of undertaking or recognizance
Appeal by Crown from the sentence imposed by the judge against Chief. The Crown argued that the sentence was unfit given the seriousness and dangerousness of the offences and Chief’s degree of moral blameworthiness, that the judge erred in finding exceptional circumstances and in finding that the mandatory minimum sentence under s. 99(2)(a) of the Criminal Code ("Code") violated Chief’s right under s. 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter").
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November 05, 2024
An accounting of profits for passing off
After a long and convoluted history of litigation between the parties, the Federal Court of Appeal granted an accounting of profits to the applicant for passing off by the defendant. The profits were to be determined by way of a reference. In keeping with the history, the refence was hotly contested (Group III International Ltd. v. Travelway Group International Ltd., 2024 FC 119).
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November 05, 2024
New associate joins Harper Grey
A recent news release from Harper Grey LLP announced the addition of Bao Nguyen as an associate in the firm’s construction and engineering and environmental regulation and disputes groups.
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November 05, 2024
New counsel joins Gowling WLG
A recent news release from Gowling WLG announced the addition of John Campbell as counsel in the firm’s Toronto tax group.
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November 05, 2024
Manitoba Court of Appeal overturns conditional sentence
Dawson Paul Alexander Chief was only 19 in 2018 when he found a modified starter pistol and nine bullets wrapped in a sock left in a back alley.
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November 05, 2024
Draft amendments to Canada’s new trust reporting rules proposed
Only one year after implementing new reporting rules for trusts under the Income Tax Act, the federal government is already proposing a number of amendments to the reporting regime.
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November 04, 2024
Non-financial co-op sector sees significant increases after COVID downturn
Non-financial co-operatives in Canada continued to rise in 2022 after seeing declines in 2020 during the pandemic, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada.
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November 04, 2024
B.C. law society updating procedures on demographic data collection
The Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) has adopted a new approach to demographic data collection and use after a vote at its bencher meeting on Nov. 1.
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November 04, 2024
Fed. Ct. judges take to YouTube to address bar’s & litigants’ non-disclosure of gen-AI court filings
Knowing that at least some (if not how many) lawyers and self-represented litigants are failing to disclose their use of ChatGPT or other generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools when they create content for documents filed in Federal Court, the national trial court has taken the novel step of posting YouTube videos, titled “Compliance with the Notice on the Use of Artificial Intelligence,” featuring judges who explain how to comply with the mandatory AI-use disclosure obligations the court imposed 10 months ago.