July 10, 2026
This case deals with landlocked cottages and a dispute over a right-of-way within the Cressview Lakes Corporation.
July 10, 2026
Prince Edward Island’s Bill 76 replaces the province’s existing Employment Standards Act (ESA). The bill received royal assent in November 2024 and has been proclaimed into force as of June 30, 2026.
July 09, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed a constructive trust claim by investors in a failed land-development project, finding that their rights were limited to a contingent share of project income or remaining net assets and did not amount to an interest in land.
July 09, 2026
Mathews Dinsdale has announced that John-Paul Alexandrowicz has joined its Toronto office as a partner and will lead its education practice group.
July 09, 2026
Diamond & Diamond Lawyers has announced that Ronald Davis has joined the firm as senior counsel in its class actions department.
July 09, 2026
Nathan Baines has joined BD&P as senior counsel in Calgary.
July 09, 2026
On July 8, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) released a statement on privacy-preserving age assurance. The statement, adopted at the G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities (G7 DPAs) Roundtable, emphasizes a commitment to children’s privacy and raises several key data protection issues being considered globally.
July 09, 2026
Employment and Social Development Canada has released compliance inspection numbers for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, noting that between 2025-2026 more than $10.2 million in penalties were issued to non-compliant employers.
July 09, 2026
Clients do not like being nickeled-and-dimed. They can get their heads around paying $750 an hour, but charging for photocopies annoys them.
July 09, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that a payment dispute over a construction project first proposed in 2017 — but whose agreement was not executed until 2020 — is governed by Ontario’s former Construction Lien Act rather than the amended Construction Act’s prompt-payment regime.