In a pair of decisions on Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously upheld that the presumption of a standard of review ...

The House of Commons is nearing final debate on an age verification bill that critics say includes provisions that would be ...

Regaining Trust was released at a council meeting of the Nova Scotia Barrister’s Society on Tuesday. It captures a pattern of ...

LEAF report highlights need for robust national accountability framework given devastating lack of progress on ending ...

A Senate bill that would expand the fiduciary duties of corporate directors and officers to include their company’s social and environmental impacts is “very scary,” some lawyers say. Introduced last ...

Woodland caribou, the iconic bellwether species that graces the Canadian quarter, are in peril. The North American subspecies of reindeer is also at the center of a heated tussle between Ottawa and ...

The Section has made recommendations to improve access to justice for children. These suggestions are part of a submission to the United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of the Child, which is ...

The Alberta government is on the cusp of changing automobile insurance in the province. If the government is following its stated core principles (affordability, stability, simplicity, care-focused, ...

If you’ve been thinking about quitting the practice of law, you’re not alone. Canadian statistics are hard to come by, but in the U.S., up to 40 per cent of lawyers want to leave the profession, and ...

Ottawa et Québec n’arrivent pas à s’entendre, une fois de plus. À l’heure où se joue le destin du caribou des bois, les autorités fédérales prennent les grands moyens, et Québec est loin de s’en ...

Introduction: What is "Plain" language? Plain language is language that is clear and understandable – and as simple as the situation allows. Legal language that is plain poses special challenges, but ...