Marlene Kazman: The judge’s pen is mightier than the sword law360.ca/ca/family/arti… "...it never fails to amaze me how kind and gentle the bench can be when writing decisions concerning the behaviour of bad parents."

Russell Alexander: Navigating AI in legal practice: Responsibilities, risks and realities, part one law360.ca/ca/pulse/artic… "As AI becomes more embedded in legal practice, lawyers must navigate complex ethical and professional obligations..."

#SCC has overturned adult sentence for a youth found guilty of murder based on notion that young people are less morally culpable: R. v. I.M., 2025 SCC 23.

Russell Alexander: Navigating AI in legal practice: Responsibilities, risks and realities, part two law360.ca/ca/pulse/artic… "...hallucinations make it risky to make untrammeled use of AI...it must be used cautiously and only after the results have been vetted and verified."

Travis Bissett: Auto body repair fraud likely a nationwide problem law360.ca/ca/personalinj… "Given the high rates of auto body repair fraud reported..., concerns about affordability may be more meaningfully addressed by reforms to address auto repair costs and associated fraud."

Russell Alexander: Navigating AI in legal practice: Responsibilities, risks and realities, part three law360.ca/ca/pulse/artic… "...another budding solution for addressing the risks inherent with AI use involves disclosure to the courts (and...to clients and the opposing side)."

Kris Bonn: Court rules reform proposal poses ethical challenges for lawyers law360.ca/ca/personalinj… "The way forward must prioritize true access to justice — ethical reforms that enhance, rather than diminish, the capacity of lawyers to represent clients effectively."

#SCC upheld 9-0 constitutionality of Criminal Code crimes of procuring & obtaining material benefit from sexual services; the offences do not prohibit sex workers from taking Bedford safety measures nor infringe their Charter s. 7 right to security of the person: R. v. Kloubakov.

Ron Shulman: Divorce, second time around — it can hit your clients twice as hard law360.ca/ca/family/arti… "Courts are... sensitive...to the economic reality that there is often less runway left, financially and otherwise, when a second divorce occurs in one’s later years."

In its first interpretation of “unfit to stand trial” in Criminal Code s. 2, #SCC dismissed 6-3 an appeal brought by an Ontario man convicted of murder, who argued he was unfit to stand trial and wanted to introduce new evidence on appeal: R. v. Bharwani, 2025 SCC 26.

Charlie Kim, Matthew McGuigan and Sébastien Tuli: Protecting the interests of minority shareholders in unanimous shareholders’ agreements law360.ca/ca/business/ar… "...USAs may give rise to obligations that impose significant burdens on minority shareholders... "

Victoria Edwards: Appeal dismissed despite trial judge’s concession error law360.ca/ca/personalinj… "Even where a trial judge errs in interpreting a concession, appellate courts may uphold the decision if the error is not material, and the award is supported by the evidence."

In a PIL ruling on the jurisdiction of Canadian courts over tort claims involving foreign defendants, #SCC ruled 5-4 that a Canadian injured in a Venice water taxi crash cannot sue 3 Italian companies here because Ontario’s courts lack jurisdiction: Sinclair v. Venezia Turismo.

SCC rules Ontario court lacks jurisdiction over Ont. man’s tort claims against Italian defendants law360.ca/ca/business/ar…

Steve Benmor: Parenting adult children with disabilities post-divorce law360.ca/ca/family/arti… "D.F. v. R.W.F....affirms...that courts must navigate a delicate balance between protection, autonomy and relational continuity."

Tara Sarvnaz Raissi: Agentic AI in law: Navigating the evolution of artificial intelligence law360.ca/ca/pulse/artic… "The ability to interact with external tools and act independently introduces new reliability, transparency and privacy risks."

Concillia Muonde: The Friendly Bar Series, No. 7: Out of office, out of guilt — the radical act of taking a real break law360.ca/ca/pulse/artic… "It should be enough to say: I am not available...simply because I am a whole person with a life...outside of litigation."

Jasmine Daya -- When the system fails: Why I pivoted from personal injury to private lending law law360.ca/ca/personalinj… "My hope...is to spark dialogue, encourage reform and remind the legal profession that we owe it to our clients — and to ourselves — to demand better."

Alison Boyce: Presumption of resulting trust and post-separation liabilities: ONCA clarifies in Alami v. Haddad law360.ca/ca/family/arti… "Alami... reminds practitioners that beneficial entitlement may arise independent of legal title..."

Cris Best -- Living proof: Showing evidence of permanent residence key to unlocking GST/HST housing rebate law360.ca/ca/tax/article… "Intention is not always obvious and may be hard to prove."