[{"description":"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 blogs are 1. Environmental Law and Litigation 2. Canadian Combat Sports Law Blog 3. Eloise Gratton 4. Michael Geist 5. Family Health Law Blog Environmental Law and Litigation The Canadian consumer: Regional differences and buying behaviour A franchise system opens its first Canadian location in the Greater Toronto Area and . . . [more] The post Monday’s Mix appeared first on Slaw","id":3259858,"source":"Slaw","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/11/02/mondays-mix-671/","titre":"Monday’s Mix","pubDate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:13:37 +0100"},{"source":"Slaw","description":"The purpose of this piece is to introduce a new national paper from the Action Committee on Access to Justice , Towards Justice as a Common Good . [1] For transparency, I am a co-author of this paper, together with the Chair of the Action Committee, the Honourable Andromache Karakatsanis, Supreme Court of Canada, Véronique Morissette, Executive Director of the Action Committee, and Brea Lowenberger, Strategic Advisor of the Action Committee. This Towards Justice as a Common Good paper is designed to provide new energy and a renewed vision for access to justice in Canada. [2] People-Centred Justice Significant strides . . . [more] The post A New Vision for Access to Justice appeared first on Slaw","id":3259857,"url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/11/02/a-new-vision-for-access-to-justice/","titre":"A New Vision for Access to Justice","pubDate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:13:36 +0100"},{"url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/11/01/summaries-sunday-supreme-one-liners-53/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners","pubDate":"Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:04:54 +0100","description":"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 Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Appeals Criminal Law: MV Offences R. v. Moshfeghi Zadeh , 2026 SCC 35 (41996) Clarifications re serious driving offences. . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw","id":3258184,"source":"Slaw"},{"pubDate":"Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:04:54 +0100","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/11/01/summaries-sunday-soquij-651/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ","id":3258185,"description":"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 Québec. PÉNAL (DROIT) : Lorsqu’on applique en l’espèce la définition usuelle du mot «importer» et que l’on retient que la cocaïne a été importée au Canada au moment où elle a franchi la frontière, la déclaration de culpabilité de l’appelant doit être confirmée. Intitulé : Donciu c. R., 2026 QCCA 1289 . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw"},{"url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/30/who-dunnit-part-2-persons-machines-under-upl-laws/","titre":"“Who Dunnit?” Part 2: Persons & Machines Under UPL Laws","pubDate":"Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:56:19 +0100","description":"The globe-trotting Law via the Internet Conference returned to Canada on October 13 and 14 in Montreal. It was just in time for CanLII’s 25th anniversary , convened under the theme of Trusted Past, Open Future to share developments and trends in the delivery of legal information across the world. On day one, University of Ottawa law professor Amy Salyzyn updated us on her research inventorying direct-to-public digital legal tools in Canada. The inventory is not new (it started in 2016, with updates in 2019, 2021, and 2023)—but it has certainly grown. In 2023, 118 tools were cataloged (you can . . . [more] The post “Who Dunnit?” Part 2: Persons & Machines Under UPL Laws appeared first on Slaw","id":3254674,"source":"Slaw"},{"description":"I recently read about an interesting concept about reframing one’s point of view. It stated that if you wake up with the sun, you are still asleep. However if you awaken the sun, then you are truly awake. I had to read it a few times to actually understand its meaning. Finally, I realized that what this means, is that the way our day develops is completely up to us. For example, if we set an intention for the day to unfold in a calm and peaceful manner, knowing that we are fully capable of dealing with whatever challenges may . . . [more] The post The Wellness Lawyer: “Awakening the Sun” appeared first on Slaw","id":3253182,"source":"Slaw","titre":"The Wellness Lawyer: “Awakening the Sun”","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/30/the-wellness-lawyer-awakening-the-sun/","pubDate":"Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:56:36 +0100"},{"pubDate":"Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:54:29 +0100","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/28/managing-client-expectations/","titre":"Managing Client Expectations","source":"Slaw","id":3248423,"description":"In almost every context, first impressions are key. I would argue that, for lawyers, communicating clear expectations during that first meeting is an essential skill. It is not a skill that comes easily. I have spoken about this topic with many lawyers over the years. There seems to be a clear divide between newly-called lawyers who have a tendency to make grand promises and seasoned lawyers who temper expectations. There is no “right” or “wrong” approach here. Everyone has to figure out their own style. My own style has been to keep expectations low…. very low. I conduct on average . . . [more] The post Managing Client Expectations appeared first on Slaw"},{"source":"Slaw","id":3246890,"description":"This submission is part of a column swap with the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) bimonthly member magazine, AALL Spectrum . Published six times a year, AALL Spectrum is designed to further professional development and education within the legal information industry. Slaw and the AALL Spectrum board have agreed to hand-select several columns each year as part of this exchange. Maria spent three weeks searching Google for divorce forms. She reworked an old petition a relative had filed 15 years ago and later paid for updated forms online that were actually available for free elsewhere. By the time she . . . [more] The post The Invisible Law Library: Making Legal Information Visible Through Outreach appeared first on Slaw","pubDate":"Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:54:22 +0100","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/28/the-invisible-law-library-making-legal-information-visible-through-outreach/","titre":"The Invisible Law Library: Making Legal Information Visible Through Outreach"},{"titre":"Monday’s Mix","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/26/mondays-mix-670/","pubDate":"Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:55:55 +0100","description":"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 blogs are 1. The Court 2. Canadian Securities Law 3. Precedent: The New Rules of Law and Style 4. Robeside Assistance 5. Michael Geist The Court Delete at Your Own Risk: Spoliation in SS&C Technologies v BNY Mellon Destroying evidence should never leave a party better off. In SS&C Technologies . . . [more] The post Monday’s Mix appeared first on Slaw","id":3246025,"source":"Slaw"},{"description":"Last week, the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) released its updated Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Canadian Courts. Credit is due to the CJC for its ongoing thoughtful engagement on this important topic. Similarly, several Quebec courts released their own guidelines on judicial AI use last month. This column looks at one feature that both sets of guidelines have in common: guidance for judges on using AI tools to summarize material filed with the court, including evidence and submissions. This is far from the only aspect of the CJC and Quebec guidelines worthy of discussion, but it is . . . [more] The post Summarize This? appeared first on Slaw","id":3244415,"source":"Slaw","titre":"Summarize This?","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/27/summarize-this/","pubDate":"Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:53:40 +0100"},{"pubDate":"Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:55:38 +0100","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/25/summaries-sunday-soquij-650/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ","source":"Slaw","id":3241431,"description":"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 Québec. PÉNAL (DROIT) : Une peine totale de 8 ans d’emprisonnement, de laquelle est soustraite la détention provisoire, est imposée à l’auteur de fraudes amoureuses ayant causé des pertes de centaines de milliers de dollars ainsi que des risques de pertes et ayant entraîné des conséquences majeures pour les 4 femmes . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ appeared first on Slaw"},{"url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/25/summaries-sunday-supreme-one-liners-52/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners","pubDate":"Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:55:37 +0100","source":"Slaw","description":"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 Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Appeals Torts: Causation; Medmal Hemmings v. Padmore , 2026 SCC 34 (41350) Factual causation analysis & remoteness analysis. Leaves to Appeal Granted Aboriginal Law: Status Bocchini Estate v. Canada (Attorney General) , 2026 ONCA 55 (42278) Indian status issues. Civil Litigation: Covid Litigation; Emergencies . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw","id":3241430},{"pubDate":"Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:01:48 +0200","titre":"Book Review: Legal Ethics and the Attorney General: A Canadian Analysis","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/22/book-review-legal-ethics-and-the-attorney-general-a-canadian-analysis/","id":3235829,"description":"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 (CALL/ACBD) , and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law. Legal Ethics and the Attorney General: A Canadian Analysis . By Andrew Flavelle Martin. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2025. xxi, 288 p. Includes bibliographic references and index. ISBN 9781487554736 (hardcover) $55.00; ISBN 9781487554774 (ePUB) $55.00; ISBN 9781487554767 (PDF) $55.00. Reviewed by Emma Scott Librarian Legislative Library of British Columbia Law . . . [more] The post Book Review: Legal Ethics and the Attorney General: A Canadian Analysis appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw"},{"pubDate":"Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:59:03 +0200","titre":"A Victim’s Criminal Justice Journey: The Value of Visual Mapping","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/21/a-victims-criminal-justice-journey-the-value-of-visual-mapping/","id":3233085,"description":"Over the past few years, I’ve delivered presentations to legal groups and member organizations focussed on “Journey Mapping”. [1] Journey Mapping is the visual representation of an individual’s journey through a process that happens over time. It is a collection of touchpoints from the beginning to the end looking at the individual’s experience, the stages in a process, the actors and emotions. It sounds like a simple concept, right? But, what is most complex is trying to explain the value of Journey Mapping in the law, because there is exceptional value, and you only have to see it to see . . . [more] The post A Victim’s Criminal Justice Journey: The Value of Visual Mapping appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw"},{"id":3230806,"description":"A longstanding sore spot in the world of dispute resolution is the gap between education and experience. For decades now, I have encountered mediation students eager to put their learning to work only to struggle to find the opportunity to do so. For those pursuing the ADR Institute of Canada’s Qualified Mediator (Q.Med) designation in Ontario, this real-life experience criterion is often the most elusive. After all, who would select a mediator with no experience? I touched upon this question slightly in this column years ago when I questioned the value of mediators promoting their mediation counts . For aspiring . . . [more] The post You Get Out What You Put In: All Is Fair in Love and Mediation appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:51 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/20/you-get-out-what-you-put-in-all-is-fair-in-love-and-mediation/","titre":"You Get Out What You Put In: All Is Fair in Love and Mediation"},{"pubDate":"Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:58:39 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/19/mondays-mix-669/","titre":"Monday’s Mix","id":3228875,"description":"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 blogs are 1. Legal Feeds 2. Lash Condo Law 3. Great LEXpectations 4. Family Health Law Blog 5. ABlawg.ca Legal Feeds Canadian Legal Summit: Big ideas in the profession for 2026 The pace of AI adoption has given Canadian law firms plenty to discuss, but few definitive answers. How are . . . [more] The post Monday’s Mix appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw"},{"id":3226736,"description":"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 Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Appeals Criminal Law: Admissibility/Use Re Complainant Sexual Activity R. v. A.M, 2026 SCC 33 (41528) s. 276 screening regime not automatically apply re sexual services/trafficking. Leaves to Appeal Granted Aboriginal Law: Title British Columbia v. Nuchatlaht , 2026 BCCA 137 (42379) Aboriginal title to . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:56:57 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/18/summaries-sunday-supreme-one-liners-51/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners"},{"id":3226737,"description":"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 Québec. PÉNAL (DROIT) : La Cour accueille en partie une requête de la poursuite en rejet d’appel, l’accusé ayant, après le dépôt de son appel, mais avant l’imposition de la peine, quitté le Canada pour se soustraire à la justice. Intitulé : Malo c. R., 2026 QCCA 1266 Juridiction : Cour . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:56:57 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/18/summaries-sunday-soquij-649/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ"},{"source":"Slaw","description":"This column presents excerpts from a student paper, completed under the University of Toronto’s Community Research Partnership in Ethics program; the full paper will be published by the National Self-Represented Litigants Project later this year. Over the past 20 years, Alberta’s family justice system has distinguished itself from other jurisdictions by implementing mandatory forms of assistance. In 2005, the Alberta government launched mandatory meetings for SRLs in provincial court, pursuant to the Intake and Caseflow Management Regulation. [1] Building on this, and recognizing the inherent difficulties associated with an SRL’s journey through the family law system, the new Family Justice . . . [more] The post The Utility of Mandatory Assistance for Self-Represented Litigants in Alberta appeared first on Slaw","id":3220228,"url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/15/the-utility-of-mandatory-assistance-for-self-represented-litigants-in-alberta/","titre":"The Utility of Mandatory Assistance for Self-Represented Litigants in Alberta","pubDate":"Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:57:54 +0200"},{"source":"Slaw","id":3217670,"description":"Your mid-sized firm invested $500,000 recruiting four to five new students last year. By year five, 91 percent are gone. Your per-person investment was roughly $100,000 to $125,000. Add salary, training, and mentorship. Then they leave. The question worth asking is whether you hired the wrong people, or whether you didn’t integrate them. The data suggests the latter. When the National Association for Law Placement Foundation surveyed departing Canadian associates, 29 percent cited work quality concerns. Sixteen percent pointed to productivity standards they felt they weren’t meeting. Thirteen percent said the advancement path was unclear. Thirteen percent mentioned fit. Another . . . [more] The post Beyond Day One: The Onboarding System Firms Still Haven’t Built appeared first on Slaw","pubDate":"Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:57:55 +0200","titre":"Beyond Day One: The Onboarding System Firms Still Haven’t Built","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/14/beyond-day-one-the-onboarding-system-firms-still-havent-built/"},{"titre":"Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/11/summaries-sunday-supreme-one-liners-50/","pubDate":"Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:56:52 +0200","source":"Slaw","description":"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 Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Appeals Bankruptcy & Insolvency: Preferential Payments R. v. Cope, 2026 SCC 32 (41431) Protecting Indigenous women victims doesn’t displace Gladue. . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw","id":3211018},{"source":"Slaw","description":"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 Québec. PÉNAL (DROIT) : Dans une affaire de voies de fait commises par un père à l’endroit de ses enfants, le juge de première instance, qui a imposé à l’accusé une peine de 90 jours d’emprisonnement à purger de manière discontinue, a commis 3 erreurs de principe; la Cour supérieure, accueillant . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ appeared first on Slaw","id":3211019,"titre":"Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/11/summaries-sunday-soquij-648/","pubDate":"Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:56:52 +0200"},{"id":3208263,"description":"Is this a rabbit, or is it a duck? It’s both. (You’ll see the two animals after a few seconds if you haven’t already). Known as Jastrow’s rabbit/duck, this image has been amusing people ever since it first appeared in a German newspaper in 1892). How much time and money should be spent trying to prove that Jastrow’s drawing is really a duck, or really a rabbit, or more one than the other? No time and no money at all. Our civil justice system tries to search for truth , in order to bring each lawsuit to a just resolution . . . [more] The post A Futile Search for “Truth”? Epistemically Unproductive Expenditures in Civil Lawsuits appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:57:51 +0200","titre":"A Futile Search for “Truth”? Epistemically Unproductive Expenditures in Civil Lawsuits","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/09/a-futile-search-for-truth-epistemically-unproductive-expenditures-in-civil-lawsuits/"},{"titre":"Book Review: Leading in the Law With Emotional Intelligence: The Path to Becoming a Twenty-First-Century Leader","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/08/book-review-leading-in-the-law-with-emotional-intelligence-the-path-to-becoming-a-twenty-first-century-leader/","pubDate":"Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:59:51 +0200","description":"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 (CALL/ACBD) , and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law. Leading in the Law with Emotional Intelligence: The Path to Becoming a Twenty-First-Century Leader. By Rob Durr & Cliff Zimmerman. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2025. 342 p. Includes index. ISBN 9781531029654 (softcover) US$49.50; ISBN 9781531029661 (eBook) US$39.60. Reviewed by Marnie Bailey Manager, Knowledge Services Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Emotional intelligence, . . . [more] The post Book Review: Leading in the Law With Emotional Intelligence: The Path to Becoming a Twenty-First-Century Leader appeared first on Slaw","id":3205683,"source":"Slaw"},{"description":"There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that outsourcing your cognitive processes to AI — whether by letting it do your writing or thinking or analyzing for you — is a bad idea. Partly, of course, this is because the AI might do a poor job of it, leaving you on the hook for badly reasoned arguments or banally worded text. In the bigger picture, though, the worry is that by delegating your thought processes to a machine, your own cognitive muscles will atrophy, and you’ll be less able to apply acute reasoning when you don’t have the AI to rely . . . [more] The post Holding Serve With AI appeared first on Slaw","id":3202991,"source":"Slaw","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/07/holding-serve-with-ai/","titre":"Holding Serve With AI","pubDate":"Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:58:11 +0200"},{"pubDate":"Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:58:11 +0200","titre":"Wednesday: What’s Hot on CanLII? – September 2026","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/07/wednesday-whats-hot-on-canlii-september-2026/","source":"Slaw","id":3202992,"description":"Each month, we tell you which five English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about using CanLII-published AI-generated summaries of the case or case excerpts. For this past month, the five most-consulted English-language decisions were: 1. Kerr v. Baranow , 2011 SCC 10 AI-generated summary: Facts: Two unmarried partners cohabit for about 12 years and have two children together. The female partner leaves employment to relocate and assumes most childcare and domestic labour while the male partner builds a . . . [more] The post Wednesday: What’s Hot on CanLII? – September 2026 appeared first on Slaw"},{"source":"Slaw","id":3200948,"description":"Mediators are often asked by parties or their counsel to send them a copy of their “standard Agreement to Mediate” for review. But is there such a document? If by “standard” we mean some prescribed form followed by all mediators, the answer is no. Virtually every mediator has his or her own Agreement. Some are based on agreements provided in mediation training, while others are quite customized. This article has its origin in a recent mediation. One of the three lawyers attending had clearly not read the Agreement to Mediate, although it had been sent to him weeks earlier. When . . . [more] The post The “Standard” Agreement to Mediate appeared first on Slaw","pubDate":"Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:57:09 +0200","titre":"The “Standard” Agreement to Mediate","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/06/the-standard-agreement-to-mediate/"},{"id":3198959,"description":"INTRODUCTION The Ontario Court of Appeal’s (“CA”) recent decision in Knauff v. Ontario (Human Rights Tribunal) (“ Knauff ”) sought to resolve two CA panels’ disagreement about the continuing relevance of the test for leave to appeal in Sault Dock Co. Ltd. and City of Sault Ste. Marie (Ont. CA) (“Sault Dock”). (I considered the two CA decisions, West Whitby Landowners Group Inc. v. Elexicon Inc. [“ West Whitby ”] and Davis v. Aviva General Insurance Company [“ Davis ”] in my January 7, 2025 Slaw post, “ Tension on the Ontario CA: Thwarting a Judicial Coup? ”.) My focus . . . [more] The post The Court of Appeal’s Consideration of Sault Dock: A New Test, Refinement or More of the Same? appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:57:37 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/05/the-court-of-appeals-consideration-of-sault-dock-a-new-test-refinement-or-more-of-the-same/","titre":"The Court of Appeal’s Consideration of Sault Dock: A New Test, Refinement or More of the Same?"},{"id":3197233,"description":"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 Québec. PÉNAL (DROIT) : L’omission de la juge de première instance d’aborder le critère du consentement de l’accusé à la présence de l’arme à l’intérieur du véhicule dans lequel il était passager constitue une erreur de droit; il y a lieu d’appliquer la disposition réparatrice (art. 686 (1) b) (iii) C.Cr.). . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:58:13 +0200","titre":"Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/04/summaries-sunday-soquij-647/"},{"id":3197232,"description":"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 Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Leaves to Appeal Granted Criminal Law: NCR; High Risk G. v. R., 2025 ONCA 873 (42341) High-risk accused designation in NCR context. Criminal Law: Restraint & Management Orders Nest Exchange Limited (formerly known as Nest Services Limited), et al. v. R ., 2025 ONSC . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:58:12 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/04/summaries-sunday-supreme-one-liners-49/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners"},{"pubDate":"Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:48 +0200","titre":"When Strategy Is Not the Problem. Translation Is.","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/10/02/when-strategy-is-not-the-problem-translation-is/","source":"Slaw","id":3194791,"description":"Professional services firms spend a lot of time developing strategy. There are leadership retreats, partner interviews, market assessments, client discussions and competitive reviews. There are conversations about growth, succession, technology, culture, new markets and the future of the firm. Once the strategic plan emerges and the most significant priorities identified, the plan is presented to the partnership, everyone agrees, and then everyone goes back to work. So why do so many firms that created a perfectly good strategic plan, struggle so much with execution? This is typically because the strategy exists at one level of the organization while the work . . . [more] The post When Strategy Is Not the Problem. Translation Is. appeared first on Slaw"},{"id":3189148,"description":"For Professor Seánna Howard , Director of the International Human Rights Advocacy Workshop, international legal research begins with a simple but important recognition: the most valuable sources are not always the most familiar ones. Her research has taken her to Tucson, where she joined the renowned Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program at the University of Arizona College of Law. Along the way, she has worked as an advocate, lawyer, researcher, independent expert, and educator on issues involving Indigenous Peoples, international human rights law, and social justice. Her work also reflects the importance of developing research strategies for areas . . . [more] The post Researching Beyond the Familiar: An Interview With Professor Seánna Howard appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:02:35 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/30/researching-beyond-the-familiar-an-interview-with-professor-seanna-howard/","titre":"Researching Beyond the Familiar: An Interview With Professor Seánna Howard"},{"source":"Slaw","id":3186323,"description":"Can a lawyer be disbarred for misconduct that is directly caused by mental illness? Until recently, my educated guess would have been no. In May and June of 2026, a Hearing Panel of the Ontario Law Society Tribunal issued an important pair of decisions that carefully and deliberately resynthesize the role and impact of mental illness in lawyer regulation. [1] These decisions set out and apply a “unified approach” to alleged misconduct by lawyers where mental illness may be a factor. [2] At first glance, this new approach seems to reject case law, including case law by the Appeal Panel . . . [more] The post The Role of Mental Illness in Lawyer Regulation (In Ontario) appeared first on Slaw","pubDate":"Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:00:52 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/29/the-role-of-mental-illness-in-lawyer-regulation-in-ontario/","titre":"The Role of Mental Illness in Lawyer Regulation (In Ontario)"},{"id":3184111,"description":"Preoccupation with the ongoing armed conflict in Iran has diverted attention from the grim aftermath of Iran’s nation-wide protests that began on 28 December 2025, during which tens of thousands of protestors were killed, arrested, or disappeared. Lawyers were prevented from reaching their detained clients. Lawyers themselves were among those detained simply for trying to do their jobs. Protestors are now being tried without legal representation before courts that lack any semblance of independence or impartiality. Frequent executions are now being carried out following hasty and grossly unfair proceedings. Dissidents who flee Iran may be subjected to transnational repression in . . . [more] The post Iranian Lawyers Under Attack in Iran and Abroad appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:38 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/28/iranian-lawyers-under-attack-in-iran-and-abroad/","titre":"Iranian Lawyers Under Attack in Iran and Abroad"},{"url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/27/summaries-sunday-soquij-646/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ","pubDate":"Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:14 +0200","description":"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 Québec. PÉNAL (DROIT) : Dans une affaire de voies de fait graves commises à l’endroit d’une inconnue à la sortie d’un bar, en se limitant à énoncer les conséquences indirectes de la peine et en les qualifiant de facteurs neutres, sans les analyser véritablement dans l’exercice de détermination de la peine, . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ appeared first on Slaw","id":3182014,"source":"Slaw"},{"titre":"Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/27/summaries-sunday-supreme-one-liners-48/","pubDate":"Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:14 +0200","description":"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 Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Leaves to Appeal Granted Arbitration: Same-Issue Estoppel; Standard of Review Vancouver School District No. 39 v. Kingsgate Property Ltd., et al., 2026 BCCA 98 (42350) Same-issue estoppel & standard of review in arbitration context. Family Law: Common Law Relationships Tanguay v. Zicat, 2025 QCCA . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw","id":3182015,"source":"Slaw"},{"description":"A perpetual question from clients is whether a new development should be protected by filing a patent application or kept as a trade secret? Patents are granted by national patent offices for new, useful and not obvious inventions. Patents require a full and public description of the idea and the details needed by a skilled person to put that idea into practice. For example, Section 27(3)(c) of the Patent Act requires that for machines, the patent “explain the principle of the machine and the best mode in which the inventor has contemplated the application of that principle”. This quid pro . . . [more] The post Trade Secrets as an Alternative to Patent Protection appeared first on Slaw","id":3178670,"source":"Slaw","titre":"Trade Secrets as an Alternative to Patent Protection","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/25/trade-secrets-as-an-alternative-to-patent-protection/","pubDate":"Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:01:53 +0200"},{"titre":"Book Review: How to Succeed (And Stay Human) in Law School: Pathways to Happiness and High Performance in the Study and Practice of Law","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/24/book-review-how-to-succeed-and-stay-human-in-law-school-pathways-to-happiness-and-high-performance-in-the-study-and-practice-of-law/","pubDate":"Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:02:00 +0200","description":"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 (CALL/ACBD) , and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law. How to Succeed (and Stay Human) in Law School: Pathways to Happiness and High Performance in the Study and Practice of Law. By Lynda Collins. Toronto: Emond, 2025. 160 p. Includes appendices and selected resources. ISBN 9781774625590 (softcover) $31.00; ISBN 9781774625606 (eBook) $31.00. Reviewed by Katarina Daniels Research Lawyer, Library Services . . . [more] The post Book Review: How to Succeed (And Stay Human) in Law School: Pathways to Happiness and High Performance in the Study and Practice of Law appeared first on Slaw","id":3175901,"source":"Slaw"},{"description":"The new federal omnibus bill on the economy – Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act – contains in Part 2 (“Keep Canada Moving”) Division 8, the Enabling Digital Trade Act. This text implements for international trade in Canada the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR). It allows, though does not require, the use of electronic versions of transferable records. Transferable records transfer title to the goods or sums mentioned in them by the transfer of the records themselves. Bills of lading are a common example, promissory notes another. The provisions are a pretty straighforward reproduction of MLETR. . . . [more] The post Electronic Transferable Records – Canada Steps Up appeared first on Slaw","id":3175902,"source":"Slaw","titre":"Electronic Transferable Records – Canada Steps Up","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/24/electronic-transferable-records-canada-steps-up/","pubDate":"Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:02:00 +0200"},{"description":"This is the final article in my series on RECLAIM , a cultural operating system for law firms. Having worked through Respect, Equity, Clarity, Learning, Autonomy and Inclusion, I finish with M for Meaning. You can find the full list of articles here . I began this series in January 2026, in response to what I was reading about culture, and to hearing about law firms exploring culture at long last as an important part of their operations. In strategic planning work with Carina Bittel, we have come to understand the relationship of culture to legal business this way: Strategy . . . [more] The post RECLAIM: M Is for Meaning appeared first on Slaw","id":3173148,"source":"Slaw","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/23/reclaim-m-is-for-meaning/","titre":"RECLAIM: M Is for Meaning","pubDate":"Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:01:43 +0200"},{"pubDate":"Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:32 +0200","titre":"Invisible Ink: Claude Watermarking and the Canadian Legal Profession","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/22/invisible-ink-claude-watermarking-and-the-canadian-legal-profession/","id":3170741,"description":"One of the recurring themes of this column has been the extent to which the governance of artificial intelligence in Canada is increasingly being shaped by institutions outside the country while regulatory action within the country is largely stalled. Anthropic’s recent announcement that future versions of Claude will place an invisible watermark in generated text offers the most recent example of this phenomenon. A transparency requirement enacted in the European Union will alter the operation of Claude globally and may therefore leave a detectable signal in legal work prepared in Canada, including work produced through specialized legal-focused AI platforms that . . . [more] The post Invisible Ink: Claude Watermarking and the Canadian Legal Profession appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw"},{"id":3168794,"description":"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 blogs are 1. Canadian Combat Sports Law Blog 2. PierreRoy & Associés 3. Canadian occupational health & safety law 4. Legal Feeds 5. ABlawg.ca Canadian Combat Sports Law Blog Study – Brain Damage in Strikers vs Grapplers A recent study conducted neuropsychological testing on a group of strikers and grapplers. . . . [more] The post Monday’s Mix appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:00:57 +0200","titre":"Monday’s Mix","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/21/mondays-mix-668/"},{"id":3166942,"description":"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 Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Appeals Elections: Irregularities Sinclair-Desgagné v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer), 2026 SCC 31 (42076) Federal election irregularities; annulment. . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:01:21 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/20/summaries-sunday-supreme-one-liners-47/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners"},{"description":"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 Québec. FAILLITE ET INSOLVABILITÉ : La créancière hypothécaire est autorisée à poursuivre l’exécution du jugement ayant autorisé la vente sous contrôle de justice d’un immeuble, principal actif de la débitrice, qui a été rendu avant que celle-ci ne dépose son avis d’intention; exerçant le pouvoir discrétionnaire que lui reconnaît l’article 69.4 . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ appeared first on Slaw","id":3166943,"source":"Slaw","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/20/summaries-sunday-soquij-645/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ","pubDate":"Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:01:21 +0200"},{"id":3162821,"description":"The Society for Children and Youth of BC (SCYBC) recently published a series of research papers on child capacity in the context of children’s participation rights [Note 1]. The papers examine capacity generally and in four specific contexts: health care, mental health, family law, and child welfare and adoption. Why does this matter? Traditionally, we have tended to assume that a child must first demonstrate sufficient “capacity” before being permitted to meaningfully participate in decisions affecting their life. And capacity has often been assessed primarily through the lens of cognitive ability. The SCYBC reports challenge both assumptions. I found them . . . [more] The post Busting Myths About Children’s Capacity to Meaningfully Participate appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw","pubDate":"Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:01:03 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/18/busting-myths-about-childrens-capacity-to-meaningfully-participate/","titre":"Busting Myths About Children’s Capacity to Meaningfully Participate"},{"pubDate":"Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:01:37 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/16/claiming-whats-ours-preserving-the-public-in-the-public-domain/","titre":"Claiming What’s Ours: Preserving the “Public” in the Public Domain","source":"Slaw","id":3157820,"description":"December 30, 2022 was a momentous day in Canada’s copyright history, although it may not have been on the radar of the majority of the Canadian public. That is the date that the term of copyright protection in Canada changed to align with that of the United States, a requirement of the Canada-US-Mexico (CUSMA) trade agreement that came into force on July 1, 2020. Previously, Canada had the shortest copyright term of the three North American countries: the life of the author plus an additional 50 years. The CUSMA agreement forced the extension of that term to life plus 70 . . . [more] The post Claiming What’s Ours: Preserving the “Public” in the Public Domain appeared first on Slaw"},{"titre":"Access to Legal Services: From Sisyphean Quest to a Sustainable Community","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/15/access-to-legal-services-from-sisyphean-quest-to-a-sustainable-community/","pubDate":"Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:58:11 +0200","description":"“The Access to Legal Services Boulder Was Never the Point” BC Day 2025 Origins Like many things Amici Curiae Friends of Court (AC) does, it starts with my waking up one morning and thinking to myself, hmmm, I think we could do better improving the services we provide British Columbians. BC Day 2025 was no different. For many of us who are working in the access to justice ecosystem, solving these complex issues can feel Sisyphean. Sisyphus was a legendary king who was condemned by Zeus and the gods eternally for his cleverness, to repeatedly roll a heavy rock up . . . [more] The post Access to Legal Services: From Sisyphean Quest to a Sustainable Community appeared first on Slaw","id":3155798,"source":"Slaw"},{"pubDate":"Tue, 15 Sep 2026 07:58:29 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/14/mondays-mix-667/","titre":"Monday’s Mix","source":"Slaw","id":3153683,"description":"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 blogs are 1. Double Aspect 2. Civil Resolution Tribunal blog 3. David Whelan 4. Know How 5. The Court Double Aspect How Power Corrupts VI In years past, I had an occasional series of posts going to address the various meanings and implications of “Lord Acton’s Dictum” — power tends . . . [more] The post Monday’s Mix appeared first on Slaw"},{"pubDate":"Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:57:47 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/13/summaries-sunday-supreme-one-liners-46/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners","source":"Slaw","id":3151906,"description":"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 Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Leaves to Appeal Granted Criminal Law: Post-Verdict Sentencing Delay R. v. R.B.-C., 2026 SCC 30 (41677) Clarification re post-verdict sentencing delay. . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw"},{"url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/13/summaries-sunday-soquij-644/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ","pubDate":"Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:57:47 +0200","description":"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 Québec. PÉNAL (DROIT) : Il y a lieu d’intervenir à l’égard de la décision ayant déclaré l’appelant coupable à la fois de l’infraction de proxénétisme prévue par l’article 286.3 C.Cr. et d’avoir obtenu les services sexuels du plaignant moyennant rétribution en vertu de l’article 286.1 C.Cr., cette décision étant erronée en . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ appeared first on Slaw","id":3151907,"source":"Slaw"},{"url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/11/joy-wears-groucho-marx-glasses/","titre":"Joy Wears Groucho Marx Glasses","pubDate":"Sat, 12 Sep 2026 07:59:53 +0200","source":"Slaw","description":"Last night, I danced the night away on a Toronto rooftop with 500 other women at a sober rave. The bass pounded up through the floor, spreading from our feet to our hearts. We moved, sang, drank slushies, laughed. We connected. It was joyous. In the way that people often think of joy. It was loud and boisterous and ... obvious. There are quieter joys in life. I love slipping into used bookstores. Breathing in the musty, paperback smell while I look around till I get a good feeling from a dilapidated book by an author I don’t know. A . . . [more] The post Joy Wears Groucho Marx Glasses appeared first on Slaw","id":3148639},{"source":"Slaw","description":"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 (CALL/ACBD) , and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law. Genocide in International Law: The Crime of Crimes . By William A. Schabas. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. xvi, 879 p. Includes abbreviation list, bibliographic references, and index. ISBN 9781009460811 (hardcover) $273.39; ISBN 9781009460781 (softcover) $120.95; 9781009460828 (eBook) $105.00. Reviewed by Emily Landriault Research Librarian (Law) Brian Dickson Law . . . [more] The post Book Review: Genocide in International Law: The Crime of Crimes appeared first on Slaw","id":3146105,"titre":"Book Review: Genocide in International Law: The Crime of Crimes","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/10/book-review-genocide-in-international-law-the-crime-of-crimes/","pubDate":"Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:57:23 +0200"},{"titre":"Push Button Access to Justice: Too Much of a Good Thing?","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/09/push-button-access-to-justice-too-much-of-a-good-thing/","pubDate":"Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:59:14 +0200","description":"Ease of access to justice is a good thing but can there be too much access? The Employment Tribunals in the United Kingdom have discovered the downsides of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) with an inundation of interim applications for relief. The tsunami of recent applications prompted the issuing of new guidance . Before we get to the tools the employment tribunals have devised to attempt to address the issue, it is worth talking about friction in dispute system design. “ Friction ” is the effort, steps or complexity involved in completing an action: “Every extra step between intention and action . . . [more] The post Push Button Access to Justice: Too Much of a Good Thing? appeared first on Slaw","id":3143531,"source":"Slaw"},{"pubDate":"Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:57:12 +0200","titre":"Meanwhile, Law Publishing Life Goes On","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/08/meanwhile-law-publishing-life-goes-on/","source":"Slaw","id":3141654,"description":"The often-blurred lines, as among legal information publishing, legal information technology, legal research tools and beyond, certainly give the impression that the only serious moving and shaking is that which focuses on artificial intelligence, though perhaps almost exclusively at the top end of the legal practice market . It would be safe to suggest, however, that even if law publishing activity is not as we have known it in the past, reports of its death may have been somewhat exaggerated . In recent times, my attention has been grabbed by online soliciting from UK law publishers, among them, for example, . . . [more] The post Meanwhile, Law Publishing Life Goes On appeared first on Slaw"},{"pubDate":"Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:57:23 +0200","titre":"Monday’s Mix","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/07/mondays-mix-666/","id":3139841,"description":"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 blogs are 1. Great LEXpectations 2. Canadian Class Actions Monitor 3. Robichaud’s Criminal Law Blog 4. Doorey’s Workplace Law Blog 5. Precedent: The New Rules of Law and Style Great LEXpectations New King’s Bench Practice Direction Where an individual seeks a variation of an order for release issued by the . . . [more] The post Monday’s Mix appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw"},{"source":"Slaw","description":"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 Québec. PÉNAL (DROIT) : Après l’incident survenu à la fin du procès lors duquel 2 boîtes ont été déposées par erreur dans la salle de délibération du jury, l’enquête menée par la juge était suffisante. Intitulé : Theus c. R., 2026 QCCA 1107 Juridiction : Cour d’appel (C.A.), Montréal Décision de . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ appeared first on Slaw","id":3138017,"url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/06/summaries-sunday-soquij-643/","titre":"Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ","pubDate":"Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:56:35 +0200"},{"titre":"Summaries Sunday: Supreme Advocacy","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/06/summaries-sunday-supreme-advocacy-134/","pubDate":"Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:56:35 +0200","description":"One Sunday each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, to which you may subscribe . It’s a summary of all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted from June 26 – August 31, 2026 inclusive. Appeal Civil Litigation: Spoliation of Evidence SS&C Technologies Canada Corp. v. Bank of New York Mellon Corp , 2024 ONCA 675 ; 2026 SCC 29 (41543) July 31, 2026 Spoliation is the intentional destruction, alteration, mutilation, or concealment of evidence . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme Advocacy appeared first on Slaw","id":3138018,"source":"Slaw"},{"source":"Slaw","description":"In my last post, The Dangers of Catastrophizing in Client Communications , I outlined the negative impact of catastrophizing on lawyer well being. While lawyers need to predict outcomes and envision worst-case scenarios, several conditions such chronic pain, anxiety, depression and fatigue are exacerbated by catastrophic thinking. I proposed that our catastrophic thinking could bleed into our client communications and cause them similar harm. We must strike a balance between utilizing our catastrophizing skillset and delivering options to clients in a way that allows them to make informed decisions without causing unnecessary anxiety. Substituting catastrophic language with more neutral language . . . [more] The post Tips for Avoiding Catastrophic Language appeared first on Slaw","id":3135275,"titre":"Tips for Avoiding Catastrophic Language","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/04/tips-for-avoiding-catastrophic-language/","pubDate":"Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:57:15 +0200"},{"pubDate":"Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:59:07 +0200","titre":"The Argument for Encouraging Student Use of AI in First-Year Law","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/03/the-argument-for-encouraging-student-use-of-ai-in-first-year-law/","source":"Slaw","id":3133345,"description":"A consensus is emerging in law schools across Canada and the US that AI has no place in teaching the core curriculum, because it impedes student learning, especially in first year. Schools are beginning to follow the University of Chicago’s lead in banning AI in first-year core courses. Some profs are also banning laptops in classrooms — taking every precaution to shield students’ developing minds from the corrosive effects of AI. Michael Plaxton, one of the leading voices in Canada thinking through the many challenges AI poses to legal education, crystallizes the argument: “The case for law schools must be . . . [more] The post The Argument for Encouraging Student Use of AI in First-Year Law appeared first on Slaw"},{"titre":"The Law Firm Series","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/02/the-law-firm-series/","pubDate":"Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:59:20 +0200","description":"My five-part “The Law Firm” series frames issues and proposes solutions to the global legal service market’s juggernaut triplets – Artificial Intelligence, Pricing, and Talent Transience. For some unfathomable reason, many law firms have tended not to run as businesses, choosing instead to emphasize top line revenue rather than bottom line profitability. This is one of the reasons why many law firms have historically considered themselves to be successful. Ironically, it is also why law firm mergers and acquisitions have increased with the speed of summer lightning of late as have insolvencies and failures. The Juggernaut Triplets The juggernaut triplets . . . [more] The post The Law Firm Series appeared first on Slaw","id":3131141,"source":"Slaw"},{"titre":"Wednesday: What’s Hot on CanLII? – August 2026","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/09/02/wednesday-whats-hot-on-canlii-august-2026/","pubDate":"Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:59:20 +0200","description":"Each month, we tell you which five English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about using CanLII-published AI-generated summaries of the case or case excerpts. For this past month, the five most-consulted English-language decisions were: 1. Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc. , 2026 ONCA 568 AI-generated summary: Facts: An employee works as a controller and head of finance under an employment contract containing “without cause” and “with cause” termination provisions. Van Dolder terminates the employee’s employment without . . . [more] The post Wednesday: What’s Hot on CanLII? – August 2026 appeared first on Slaw","id":3131142,"source":"Slaw"},{"source":"Slaw","description":"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 learning, and provide feedback. All those things are important. However, some of the most valuable learning opportunities are not found in the curriculum at all. Sometimes, they arrive in an email. I remember an interaction with a student from several years ago. The student had sent a series of emails that were, . . . [more] The post The Learning Opportunities We Don’t Plan For appeared first on Slaw","id":3127233,"titre":"The Learning Opportunities We Don’t Plan For","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/08/31/the-learning-opportunities-we-dont-plan-for/","pubDate":"Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:01:36 +0200"},{"pubDate":"Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:01:36 +0200","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/08/31/mondays-mix-665/","titre":"Monday’s Mix","id":3127234,"description":"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 blogs are 1. ABlawg.ca 2. Crossroad Family Law Blog 3. The Court 4. Hull & Hull Blog 5. Risk Management & Crisis Response ABlawg.ca Intimate Image Abuse in the Age of Deepfakes: Reforming Alberta’s Civil Legislation: Part 1 One in ten American teenagers personally knows someone who has had deepfake . . . [more] The post Monday’s Mix appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw"},{"pubDate":"Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:57:42 +0200","titre":"Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ","url":"https://www.slaw.ca/2026/08/30/summaries-sunday-soquij-642/","id":3124770,"description":"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 Québec. PÉNAL (DROIT) : La notion de «cannabis illicite» qui se trouve à l’article 2 (1) de la Loi sur le cannabis est définie d’une manière telle que, même si le cannabis inséré dans l’anus de l’appelant — qui était détenu dans un établissement de détention — avait été acquis légalement, . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ appeared first on Slaw","source":"Slaw"}]