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Intelligence Law · Oct 15, 2026Federal Court sets aside work experience refusal over undisclosed payroll inference
Immigration officials relied on a new adverse inference about supervisory work without giving the applicant an opportunity to respond.
Intelligence Law · Oct 15, 2026BC court gives weight to a negotiated foreclosure timeline
A September B.C. ruling shows when a forbearance agreement can influence redemption periods and orders for sale in commercial foreclosure.
Intelligence Law · Oct 15, 2026Later safety standards don't automatically explain what happened at Mount Polley
A B.C. court refused a request for later engineering guideline records while separating that request from disciplinary investigation material.
Intelligence Law · Oct 15, 2026BC court keeps judicial review record narrow in agricultural land challenge
In an agricultural land judicial review, the BC Supreme Court allowed limited changes to the petition and record, but refused most requested additions.
Intelligence Law · Oct 15, 2026BC court refuses broad demand for CBC records in workers compensation dispute
Defendants sought records and testimony from journalists while disputing whether a fatal collision was work related. A BC judge rejected the requests, stressing third party rights, relevance and limits on out of province examinations.
Intelligence Law · Oct 15, 2026Two judicial appointments announced for Alberta courts
Justice Thomas Rothwell has been appointed to Alberta's Court of Appeal, while Malcolm Lavoie, K.C., has joined the Court of King's Bench in Edmonton. The federal Justice Department announced both appointments on October 8.
Intelligence Law · Oct 15, 2026BC court considers what happens when a financing condition expires
An expired financing condition and a lower second offer did not establish a breach of the original real estate purchase contract.
Intelligence Law · Oct 15, 2026Appeal court returns unexplained retransmission tariff date to Copyright Board
Federal appeal judges set aside an unexplained retroactive settlement date in a copyright tariff redetermination.
Intelligence Law · Oct 15, 2026BC appeal court gives physician another chance to amend civil claims
The BC Court of Appeal allowed a physician to seek permission to replead certain civil allegations against a regulator and health authority, without deciding whether either institution was liable.
Intelligence Law · Oct 15, 2026Alberta appeal court declines to revisit faculty grievance remedy
The Alberta Court of Appeal refused Mount Royal University's request to appeal a labour board decision requiring an arbitrator to reconsider a dismissed professor's remedy. Procedural fairness and academic freedom figured in the decision.
Intelligence Law · Oct 13, 2026BC court orders new trial over restaurant patron's battery claim
A customer appealed the dismissal of his battery claim after a confrontation with a restaurant employee. The BC Supreme Court found the trial judge had misapplied the legal test for harmful or offensive contact and ordered a new trial. The ruling does not establish that the restaurant is liable.
Intelligence Law · Oct 13, 2026Test drive crash leaves customer liable to BC car dealership
A customer damaged a Corvette during a test drive and the dealership obtained a $17,182.23 judgment. The BC Supreme Court dismissed the customer's appeal, holding that section 86 of the Motor Vehicle Act didn't transform the customer into an employee or relieve him of responsibility for his own negligence.
Intelligence Law · Oct 13, 2026Alberta appeal court refuses to extend deadlines in dismissal lawsuit
The Alberta Court of Appeal refused extensions in a former employee's wrongful dismissal litigation. The ruling concerns limitation and appeal deadlines rather than whether the underlying dismissal was lawful.
Intelligence Law · Oct 13, 2026BC court dismisses challenge to insurance appraisal award
The BC Supreme Court dismissed a judicial review application involving a statutory appraisal of strata water damage losses. The decision addresses fairness and the standard for setting aside an appraisal, not a new determination of coverage for every loss.
Intelligence Law · Oct 13, 2026Canada's Forced Labour Proposal Is Not Yet the Same Thing as a Legal Duty
Ottawa's October consultation reports distinguish an existing import prohibition, a proposed stronger import regime and possible future civil liability rules.
Intelligence Law · Oct 12, 2026Stelco has been here before. What the first U.S. Steel lawsuit tells us
Canada sued an earlier American owner of Stelco over acquisition promises. The 2011 Federal Court of Appeal ruling explains the enforcement framework, while the current dispute still turns on the words of the 2024 undertakings.