Legal Insight
Current news, cases, and ideas affecting law and practice.

This post explains how legal researchers can use westlaw Canada's new auto-suggest feature to find cases by name even faster and more efficiently.

In self-represented litigation, the "pleadings" rarely reflect meaningful details of the issues to be tried.

This post provides an update on recent changes to the Estate Administration Tax Act, 1998 in Ontario.

This post summarizes a recent case in which several journalists were found to have defamed a climate researcher.

Fuhr v. Churchbridge (Regional Municipality) No. 211 | 2013 CarswellSask 610 (Sask. Prov. Ct.) | Klause Prov. J.

To understand these appeals one must first gain an understanding of how the process of credentialing and privileging physicians within [the health authority] actually works, an understanding that likely is beyond the general knowledge of most people in [the province].

The move to a virtual practice represents a number of potential cost savings and benefits for solo and small law firms. Discover what they are in the White Paper written by Jared Correia.

Issues include failure to remain at the scene of an accident and Immediate Roadside Prohibitions.

This post summarizes a recent Alberta Court of Appeal case which examines the correct approach to summary judgement under Rule 7.3 of the Alberta Rules of Court.

Van Breda v. Village Resorts Ltd. | 2012 CarswellOnt 4269 (S.C.C.) | LeBel J.

In new judge's school they tell you that there are a couple of rules you should follow.

This issue discusses threats of violence, dangerous offenders and treatment order.