All of us have seen the consequences of a family in distress. Whether through separation, divorce, or child protection, the family justice system profoundly shapes the lives of children—often without truly hearing them.

Too many young people describe feeling invisible, disempowered, and voiceless in the very processes meant to protect their best interests.

That’s why the Family Justice Innovation Lab (via its Youth Voices Initiative) and the Transform the Family Justice System Collaborative are working to find new approaches—by centring youth with lived experience at the heart of reform.

We are expanding our network of young people who have . . . [more]

It is normally frowned upon to suggest that experiences from the past might be indicators of outcomes in the future. The problem is that invariably to follow that line runs a significant risk of naivety, for want of understanding that history does indeed frequently repeat itself, and humans are inclined to repeat their own mistakes, as they search to replicate their successes from the past. It was, therefore, noteworthy that the global US-based law firm, Cleary Gottlieb, has acquired the small London-based AI-focused startup, Springbok AI, the latter described in The Lawyer as “a challenger to the Harvey . . . [more]

Abstract

Authored By: Professor Wissam Aoun, Associate Professor & Member of Windsor Law LTEC Lab and Caitlyn Massad, JD Candidate at Windsor Law

1. INTRODUCTION Pharmascience Inc. v. Janssen Inc.[1] is scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) this coming October. In Pharmascience, the SCC will revisit the decades old prohibition against patenting of methods of medical treatment. The case revolves around a fact pattern common to several recent ‘skinny label’ cases.

URL
https://www.lteclab.com/post/physicians-as-infringers-putting-pharmascience-into-persepective . . . [more]

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec.

CONSTITUTIONNEL (DROIT) : La demande en sursis d’application de la Loi instaurant le Tribunal unifié de la famille au sein de la Cour du Québec pendant l’instance visant à faire déclarer cette loi invalide et inopérante est rejetée.

Intitulé : Goldwater c. Procureur général du Québec, 2025 QCCS 2057
Juridiction . . . [more]

I’ve always prided myself on being a good writer. I spent years honing my grammar skills and natural instinct for sentence flow and ‘what just sounds right’. However, it has also become second nature to rely on some writing tools in my day-to-day work. Like most, I utilize spell check. I also rely upon tools like Hemingway App to ensure my plain-language projects are at the appropriate grade level for the intended audience. Yet I haven’t incorporated Generative AI into my writing toolkit.

What is holding me back from potentially a more efficient writing process? Even if I believe my . . . [more]

Periodically on Thursdays, we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the site’s contact form.

Acts of Darkness: Notorious Criminals, Their Defenders, Their Prosecutors, and Their Jailers

Author: John L. Hill
Foreword by: Salvatore Caramanna
Publisher: Durvile
Publication Date: July 1, 2025
True Cases Series, Book 13
ISBN: 978-1-990735-75-2 (pbk)
E-book and audiobook also available
6” x 9” | 288 Pages | B/W Photographs
$35 in Canada, . . . [more]

Each month, we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about.

For this past month, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were:

1. R. v. Kinamore, 2025 SCC 19

Succession is a critical yet often ignored component of business strategy that left undone can lead to unfortunate outcomes from client and legal talent departures to law firm failure. Best to act now because it’s not how you start; it’s how you finish.

Do you plan to work forever? Or live forever? For your sake, I hope not. After all, as Bugs Bunny—probably the world’s most famous cartoon rabbit—says: “Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive.”

Because change happens throughout our lives is exactly why succession and the planning of it is a critical business . . . [more]

Sometimes it’s nice to know you are not alone. A recent survey of international arbitration practitioners shows that Canadian administrative justice practitioners are not the only ones with frustrations about slow and inefficient processes. The survey results are also a strong indicator of the universality of process challenges – these challenges exist in both public and private sector dispute resolution fora and across many (all?) countries.

Every year, White and Case – an international arbitration firm – conducts surveys of international arbitration participants, including in-house counsel of public and private sectors, arbitrators, private practitioners, representatives of arbitral institutions and interest . . . [more]

One Sunday each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter, to which you may subscribe. It’s a summary of all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted from May 23 – June 26, 2025 inclusive.

Appeals

CRIMINAL LAW: COURT OF APPEAL POWERS
R. v. Bouvette, 2023 BCCA 152; 2025 SCC 18 (40780)

An acquittal was entered herein pursuant to s. 686(2). Quoting Crown counsel at the hearing, “an acquittal is an acquittal is an . . . [more]