Pulse
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September 30, 2024
Loopstra Nixon expands with addition of 2 associates
Recent news releases from Loopstra Nixon announced the addition of Dylan Gervais and Nikita Sharma as associates.
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September 30, 2024
2 new associates join Wray Legal
A recent news release from Wray Legal announced that Sam Zargami and Catherine Dunne had joined the firm as associates.
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September 30, 2024
Bedside manner: What they don’t teach you in law school
Many lawyers have a difficult time not only in acquiring clients but also in keeping clients or achieving client referrals. Many times, this is the case despite the quality of the work, the speed produced or even the price charged. One large reason for this comes as a result of a lack of “bedside manner” — a term typically used for doctors and patients but extremely applicable in the legal industry.
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September 30, 2024
Not fade away: 5 unresolved questions about good faith since Bhasin v. Hrynew
This November marks the 10-year anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada’s groundbreaking decision in Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71. In the decade since its release, the court’s recognition of a general organizing principle of good faith has impacted the law of contracts in profound and far-reaching ways. At the same time, a number of important questions about the good faith principle have emerged, and many remain unresolved. What follows is an examination of the top five questions that currently exist regarding good faith. Like the Buddy Holly song, these questions will not fade away. Instead, they require guidance from the courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada itself.
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September 30, 2024
A message to lawyers about Wrongful Conviction Day
Oct. 2, 2024, marks the 11th annual Wrongful Conviction Day. This year’s theme is “The Pursuit of Truth.” Setting aside a special day raises awareness of the causes of and remedies for wrongful convictions and recognizes the tremendous personal, social and emotional costs that innocent people’s wrongful convictions impose on them and their families.
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September 30, 2024
Be careful what you wish for | Murray Gottheil
Those of my era may remember the comic book character known as Richie Rich. Nice little kid, but being brought up by wealthy parents, he was not on the same wavelength as some of his friends.
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September 27, 2024
Federal Court offers bar, litigants expedited ‘no-hearing’ judicial review for study permit refusals
In an effort to speed up the judicial review of hundreds of study permit refusals as the Federal Court also contends with thousands of other immigration cases, the national trial court is offering parties who opt into a new pilot project a “simplified” no-hearing, in-writing-only procedure where judges will simultaneously decide a JR leave application and the JR’s merits, and do so within five months rather than the 14 to 18 months usually required for a final decision under the general procedure.
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September 27, 2024
Alberta, Ontario benchers look at client identification rules, liability insurance
Law society benchers in both Alberta and Ontario met on Sept. 26, with one regulator making changes to client identification and verification rules and the other outlining the state of professional liability insurance for 2025.
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September 27, 2024
Is legal AI your next rogue employee? | Tara Sarvnaz Raissi
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered tools tailor-made for the legal industry automate manual processes and accelerate tasks such as research, document review or drafting to support professionals. Legal AI tools integrate into a firm or legal department to generate output by building on a professional’s own data and external databases. With robust cybersecurity measures and continuous oversight, the potential for greater efficiency, accuracy and cost-effectiveness can benefit both lawyers and clients.
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September 27, 2024
New associate joins Clark Wilson B.C.
A recent news release from Clark Wilson LLP announced that Jonathan Fung had joined the firm’s estates and trusts group as an associate.