Intimate Image Abuse in the Age of Deepfakes: Reforming Alberta’s Civil Legislation: Part 2

The Annual Symposium on Contract Law takes place on December 1, 2026. Read more in dorsafa's latest article: Annual Symposium on Contract Law... more »

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The beginning of another academic year has me reflecting on what more we can give students beyond the curriculum. We spend considerable time thinking about what students need to know and what they need to be able to do. We develop learning outcomes, create assignments, design simulations, evaluate l... more »

The beginning of another academic year has me reflecting on what more we can give students beyond the curriculum. We spend considerable time thinking about what students need to know and what they need to be able to do. We develop learning outcomes, create assignments, design simulations, evaluate l... more »

Ontario family courts are tightening rules on evidence and procedure. Learn what actually matters in your case and what mistakes to avoid. more »

If you care about privacy, the internet, artificial intelligence, social media, free expression, cybersecurity or government surveillance, you probably want to keep an eye on Ottawa this fall. Because Parliament comes back from its summer break on September 21st, and waiting for MPs and Senators ar... more »

A new fraud scheme involving insurance settlement funds has a familiar end: the cheque is fraudulent. A fraudster approaches a lawyer, usually with no previous relationship, asking the lawyer to review settlement documents, provide ILA, and receive the settlement funds into the lawyer’s trust acco... more »

    Préface de l’ouvrage de Ledy Rivas Zannou Les enjeux juridiques de la consommation mobile en Afrique de l’Ouest : analyse du processus contractuel Vincent Gautrais Professeur, CRDP, Faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal Élégance. Professeur Ledy Rivas Zannou, avec l’élé... 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 [â€... 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 »