Pulse
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November 25, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: lawyers grapple with stress amid financial strain, long hours
The legal profession is going through seismic change as it grapples with things like artificial intelligence, but one issue that has been around for centuries still remains — stress. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — 85 per cent of associates say they are at least sometimes stressed by their finances, along with 77 per cent of those at small firms.
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November 25, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds nine-year sentence despite Gladue
In R. v. Billy, 2025 BCCA 405, Clint Aaron Jeremy Billy appealed his nine-year cumulative sentence for a series of robberies and related imitation-firearm offences.
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November 24, 2025
Former Parliamentarians and members of the legal community receive Democracy Awards
The Parliamentary Centre will present the “Dedication to Democracy” award to former Liberal deputy prime minister Anne McLellan and former Conservative deputy leader of the opposition Lisa Raitt.
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November 24, 2025
Tatti joins Aird & Berlis Vancouver office
Alexander Tatti has joined the Vancouver office of Aird & Berlis as an associate and member of the firm’s capital markets, corporate/commercial and mergers & acquisitions groups.
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November 24, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Summary judgments - To dismiss action - Reasonable apprehension of bias
Appeal by appellant from summary dismissal of his claim and application to adduce new evidence. The appellant was arrested in August 2018 on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography.
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November 24, 2025
Issue estoppel in question in decision upholding $1 million forfeiture despite acquittal
It was a million-dollar gamble, but one that Marcel Breton fought to win.
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November 24, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: nearly two-thirds of lawyers satisfied with jobs, but concerns remain
A recent survey of the legal profession is showing high marks on issues like job satisfaction and compensation. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — 63 per cent of respondents report being satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs overall, up from 60 per cent last year.
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November 24, 2025
Humans practising law inhumanely
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do, but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. — Edmund Burke
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November 21, 2025
Federal judges say they’ll take Ottawa to court over rejection of independent pay commission’s recommendations
The association representing Canada’s federally appointed judges decided this week to seek judicial review of Ottawa’s rejection of an independent judicial pay commission’s two key recommendations — including the commission’s advice that a $28,000 salary boost (on top of mandatory annual indexing) is necessary to keep attracting outstanding lawyers to the bench.
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November 21, 2025
Supreme Court decision fundamentally changes how courts treat internal prison decisions
Lawyers practising prison law have a new and very powerful arrow added to their quiver.