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April 01, 2025
Law schools, students need to prep for AI in profession: scholar
With the increased use of artificial intelligence in the legal profession, law schools need to consider new forms of education and a revamp in guidance when it comes to students’ career paths, says a scholar.
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April 01, 2025
What 2024 taught us about trusts and estates litigation in Canada
As litigation in estates and trusts law continues to evolve, 2024 marked a significant year for Canadian courts. Several appellate decisions pushed the boundaries of existing doctrines while reinforcing core principles that define estate planning, administration and disputes. The legal landscape increasingly demands sharper attention to detail from lawyers and trustees alike, particularly around limitation periods, testamentary capacity, fiduciary obligations and procedural fairness.
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March 31, 2025
Judicial Council dismisses Barreau’s complaint; no sanction for sentencing judge’s ethical lapse
The Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) has dismissed a complaint from the Barreau du Québec against a sentencing judge who failed to meet judicial ethical standards in expressing from the bench his personal “disgust and contempt” for an offender and his crime.
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March 28, 2025
Canadian legal groups and regulators slam Trump administration’s ‘attacks’ on U.S. judiciary and bar
Canadian bar groups and the country’s 14 legal regulators are condemning the new U.S. administration’s “attacks” on American legal institutions. The concerns of Canada’s legal community were sparked recently by various calls from U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies to impeach judges who have not ruled in favour of the Republican administration’s actions, as well as by presidential executive orders and negative statements targeting individual lawyers and law firms, the immigration bar and so-called “Big Law” in the United States.
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March 26, 2025
Ontario Law Commission seeking public input on improving protection orders
The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) has launched two surveys aimed at gauging opinions about how to improve protection orders in the province to ensure people are kept safe from intimate partner and family violence.
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March 25, 2025
MARITAL OR FAMILY PROPERTY - Equalization or division - Family property, what constitutes - Inheritances or gifts - Tracing
Appeal by husband from trial judge’s rulings on retroactive child support and spousal support and division of family property; cross-appeal by wife challenging the judge’s valuation of the husband’s excluded property claim.
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March 24, 2025
EI changes introduced to better support workers from impact of tariffs
Workers adversely impacted by the U.S.-Canada trade war could receive employment insurance (EI) benefits sooner under a six-month pilot program launched by the federal government.
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March 21, 2025
Court of Appeal upholds action despite six-year delay, cancels certificates of pending litigation
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court’s decision not to dismiss a legal action despite a six-year delay in prosecution — but overturned a ruling that allowed related certificates of pending litigation (CPLs) to remain in place.
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March 21, 2025
Canada sanctions 8 Venezuelan officials, 3 Haitians individuals with dealings and immigration bans
The Government of Canada has imposed sanctions against three individuals it says have exacerbated the political, security and humanitarian crisis in Haiti and against eight current senior officials of the Venezuelan government it says have engaged in activities that directly or indirectly supported human rights violations or anti-democracy violations in Venezuela.
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March 21, 2025
SCC upholds 9-0 conviction for indecent assault committed against a young child
Underscoring that adults’ intentional sexual contact with children is a crime, regardless of who physically initiates the contact, the Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously affirmed the indecent assault conviction of a babysitter who induced a five-year-old’s oral contact with what he falsely told her was his “ice-cream” maker.