Earlier this year, a motion at the Ontario Superior Court paused while everyone in the room went looking for a quotation. The factum on one side quoted a decision of the Court of Appeal, and opposing ...

As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of ...

Not all mystery cases are caused by a mistyped citation or AI hallucination. Sometimes people remember only the vague details of a case (“it was an employment case involving someone who insisted on ...

I watch a lot of hockey – but mostly on television. This year I attended a playoff game of the PWHL’s Ottawa Charge at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. It was an exciting game, but for me there was ...

Artificial intelligence has become, in one way or another, a part of many dispute resolution practices. Counsel use AI to prepare mediation briefs, assess litigation risk, test settlement ranges, or ...

Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries ...

In late April, two groundbreaking decisions concerning legal regulators in Canada were announced — one by a court, and one by a law society. The first decision came from the British Columbia Supreme ...

Threats to lawyers and judges in the United States (US) have triggered worldwide alarm. In 2025, research by Canadian law societies uncovered widespread public concern that erosion of the rule of law ...

In recent years we have made significant strides in recognizing the prevalence of mental health issues amongst lawyers and attempting to defeat the stigma that discourages lawyers from disclosing ...

I learned what a “third place” was long before I knew the term. At the time, it didn’t feel like a lesson. It felt like a demotion. When I was practising law at the City of Toronto, space was at a ...