Monday’s Mix
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. NSRLP 2. Precedent: The New Rules of Law and Style 3. Canadian Securities Law 4. Legal Feeds 5. Family Health Law Blog
NSRLP
Does Access to Justice Include Access to Judges?
At the beginning of January, the Globe and Mail ran an article about the Chief Justice of Ontario’s visits to communities across Ontario, part of an outreach undertaking. From Chief Justice Tulloch’s perspective, this type of initiative provides the members of the bench with an opportunity to gain a, “better understanding of the people we are serving.” While this is a crucial consideration for adjudicators, such outreach serves to benefit communities as well. Not only does it humanize the law by putting an actual face on justice, but it serves to humanize the individuals who are engaged in interpreting and applying the law. As such, these outreach and community-level dialogue efforts provide both individualized as well as systemic benefits. …
Precedent: The New Rules of Law and Style
How can a junior lawyer stand out on the job market?
Junior lawyers hit the job market for all kinds of reasons: to find a role that better matches their interests, to improve their work-life balance or to practise under a committed mentor. For the most part, this process plays out as you’d imagine. It involves identifying opportunities, optimizing resumés for each position, writing intriguing cover letters and, finally, nailing every round of interviews. The qualities that firms look for in associates will also come as little surprise: legal knowledge commensurate with the candidate’s year of call, plus a familiar array of soft skills and character traits, such as strong communication and professional integrity. …
Canadian Securities Law
SEC Exempts D&Os of Canadian Issuers from Section 16(a) Insider Reporting
On March 5, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order (the “Order”) granting directors and officers of certain foreign private issuers (“FPIs”) an exemption from the insider reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”). The Order provides relief to directors and officers of Canadian issuers who report their securities holdings on the System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (“SEDI”) pursuant to National Instrument 55-104 Insider Reporting Requirements and Exemptions (“NI 55-104”). …
Legal Feeds
Associate judge can decide whether to set aside default judgment: BC Court of Appeal
Revisiting its prior decision that subsequent jurisprudence had since overtaken, the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruled that an associate judge had jurisdiction to decide whether to set aside a default judgment without breaching s. 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867. In 1991, in Euro Ceramics Tile Ltd. v. T & C Ceramic Tile Contractors, 1991 CanLII 1463 (BC CA), the BC Court of Appeal held that an associate judge lacked jurisdiction to decide whether to refuse to set aside a default judgment because it violated s. 96. …
Family Health Law Blog
Ontario Updates Dementia Care in Long-Term Care: What’s Changing?
On February 24, 2026, Ontario announced new dementia-care investments in long-term care: the first 17 homes in the new Improving Dementia Care Program (IDCP), plus funding to expand Behavioural Specialized Units (BSUs) with up to 153 new BSU beds in five homes. Part of the announcement discusses the implementation of emotion-based models of care. …
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