Recent Posts by Canadian Law Bloggers
“What if?” is a question rooted in curiosity. Hypotheticals are a valuable tool for constitutional analysis that may allow courts to test the limits of legislation beyond the facts before them. However, balancing an individual’s Charter rights with statutory interpretation raises an important question: should there be parameters of a hypothetical scenario analyzed by the […] Read more in a... more »
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 13, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter: 'This is not reconciliation,' judge says, scolding Canada for dragging feet on First Nations land debt deal Works by Canadian authors Margaret Atwood and Ryan North among books banned in U.S. sc... more »
Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Q... more »
Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Q... more »
Asset transfers within families are rarely just financial. They involve trust, relationships, and assumptions. ... more »
By: David V. Wright Matters Commented On: Order in Council PC 2026-0925 (2026) and Explanatory Note for Pacific Link Pipeline Project; Building Canada Act, SC 2025, c 2, s 4 PDF Version: Experimental Deregulation: Next Steps for the Pacific Link Pipeline as the First Official Building Canada Act Pr... more »
C’est le jeudi 1er octobre avril à 10 h qu’Aurore Troussel-Clément fera sa soutenance de thèse de doctorat en droit intitulée : The Struggle for Regulation between Digital Platforms and States. Le jury sera composé de : Président : Nicolas Vermeys, professeur titulaire, Université de... more »
Here’s a simple question: Can you legally wear smart glasses and record people in public in Canada? The short answer is: generally, yes. But—because this is privacy law—the complete answer is a bit more complicated. And I think smart glasses are particularly interesting because the tech... more »
You may think that phishing attempts are easy to spot and you couldn’t be fooled, but not all phishing attempts are created equal. Meet the spear phishing campaign. Spear phishing occurs when fraudsters target a specific person, organization, or group using information they have gathered in advanc... more »
Waterstone Law is pleased to welcome our new associate lawyer, Amrit Dhillon, to our growing Abbotsford office. His practice areas include Business Law and Real Estate Transactions. Amrit was born and raised in Abbotsford and is proud to return to the community where he grew up. He completed his Bac... more »
Waterstone Law is pleased to welcome our new associate lawyer, Amrit Dhillon, to our growing Abbotsford office. His practice areas include Business Law and Real Estate Transactions. Amrit was born and raised in Abbotsford and is proud to return to the community where he grew up. He completed his Bac... more »
Waterstone Law is pleased to welcome our new associate lawyer, Amrit Dhillon, to our growing Abbotsford office. His practice areas include Business Law and Real Estate Transactions. Amrit was born and raised in Abbotsford and is proud to return to the community where he grew up. He completed his Bac... more »
The following is a round-up of noteworthy articles published this month on estate litigation issues: Eric Hendry, tax lawyer at Gowling LLP – Ontario, writes about how estate planners can navigate tax dual-residency and the applicability of ‘tie breaker’ treaties for the All About Estates law... more »
On October 28, 2025, the Court of Appeal of Alberta affirmed that the Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (the OIPC) acted unreasonably in narrowly construing the teaching and research records exclusion in the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA... more »
The Supreme Court of Canada has released its annual report 2024 Year in Review. The report covers the Court's activities over the past year, including information about decisions and statistics. From the message of the Chief Justice of Canada, Richard Wagner: "In our democracy, legitimacy depends... more »
We are excited to publish our second episode of The Lawyer Coach’s Lunch Bites! TLC Lunch Bites are short videos on a variety of topics that come up commonly in coaching conversations with lawyers. These short videos provide an opportunity to learn useful coaching nuggets quickly. As lawyers, we k... more »
During their meeting at the Rideau Club in Ottawa, a few days before Canada’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (September 30th). Wayne Garnons-Williams and Michael Woods reviewed the work of the International Inter-Tribal Trade and Investment Organization (IITIO) [https://iitio.org/] in pr... more »
This will be my last post here at the Law21 blog for awhile. It’s also my first post here in a while, and these two are connected. Today, I’m launching a Substack newsletter that will effectively replace this blog. This is a pretty major change for me, and I feel I owe you an explanation of [... more »
The following pieces of legislation received annotations in Quickscribe Online in January: Family Law Act - John-Paul E Boyd QC, John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers Local Government Act, Community Charter - Don Lidstone, QC, Lidstone & Company Business Corporations Act - Debby Cumberford... more »