Recent Posts by Canadian Law Bloggers
🎓 Conférence à venir – lundi 10 novembre 2025 ! Cette activité vise à observer les interactions entre les différents livres du Code civil du Québec et les nouvelles technologies du numérique. La présente s’intéresse particulièrement au Livre 3 des successions. Venez écouter maitre Dahlia Chalati (Chalati Notaire • Notary), ainsi que les professeurs Mustapha Mekki et Ledy Ri... more »
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 10, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter: US Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power Ontario government says withheld LCBO inventory of U.S. booze is a cabinet secret TTC, Metrolinx under fire f... more »
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected... more »
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected... more »
In just the past month, kind of unexpectedly, the Nova Scotia government introduced and passed a new public sector privacy and access to information law that completely replaces the existing Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (known here as “FOIPOP") with a new law that will come... more »
By: Jassmine Girgis Case Commented On: My Mortgage Auction Corp (Re), 2025 BCSC 1520 PDF Version: Ponzi Scheme Payouts as BIA Preference Payments When an insolvent debtor pays one creditor over others, it undermines the goal of ensuring a fair and equitable distribution to the bankrupt’s creditors... more »
In Opsis Airport Services Inc v Quebec (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 17 [Opsis], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or the “Court”) refined the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity (“IJI”) test from its framework in Canadian Western Bank v Alberta, 2007 SCC 22 [Canadian Western Bank]. more »
In the wake of the pandemic and the rapid shift to virtual courtrooms, that long-standing principle may be quietly eroding. more »
The lawyers at Waterstone are pleased to welcome our newest Associate, Jessica Babineau. Jessica’s practice focuses on estate planning, estate administration, and trusts. She will be primarily based in our Langley location, but can also assist clients in both our Abbotsford and Chilliwack offices. more »
On Friday, the Nova Scotia legislature introduced Bill 150, a new statute that consolidates the province’s public sector access and privacy laws and introduces key modernization reforms. Below are some quick highlights from the bill. Class-based exemption for security control information. I just p... 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 »
What duties does a notary (or lawyer) have when witnessing a signature on a document, such as a land transfer document, to ensure that the person signing the document understands that document and is voluntarily signing it? What if you are only retaining this person for the limited purpose of witnes... 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 »