Western provinces and N.S. seeking input on training, competency initiative
Leah Kosokowsky, CEO, Law Society of Manitoba.
The WCCP initiative will ensure articling students in Western Canada and Nova Scotia recieve similar training, says Law Society of Manitoba CEO Leah Kosokowsky.

Thursday, June 25, 2026 @ 2:43 PM

A group of provincial law societies is seeking input from the profession on an initiative that sets uniform competency standards for those entering the profession. ... [read more]

Court varies $100K costs order in failed class action, plaintiff’s indemnity disputed

Thursday, June 25, 2026 @ 2:39 PM

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has varied an order to make class counsel responsible for costs in a case where indemnity of the representative plaintiff in a failed class action was unknown. ... [read more]

Canadian Cyber Centre calls for stronger defences amid growing frontier AI risks

Thursday, June 25, 2026 @ 2:06 PM

The federal cyber security authority is calling on organizations across Canada to strengthen their cyber security practices to address emerging risks linked to frontier artificial intelligence (AI). ... [read more]

Admission of secret recordings OK in sexual assault case, Ontario court says

Thursday, June 25, 2026 @ 9:27 AM

Ontario’s top court has upheld the convictions of a man accused of sexual assault, saying he did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in recordings the complainant made that allegedly included conversations they had about the assaults. ... [read more]

B.C. court splits data-breach class action between B.C. and Ontario

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 @ 5:21 PM

The British Columbia Supreme Court has certified statutory privacy tort claims in a 2023 data breach affecting nearly 1.5 million Canadian investors, but held that overlapping negligence and breach-of-contract claims should proceed in an existing national class action in Ontario. ... [read more]