What was the last good first date you had? There may have been an element of physical interest, but it is highly likely it ...

Section 73(3)(b) of the Patent Act permits the Commissioner of Patents to reinstate a patent that is deemed to be abandoned if he receives a proper application on time and if “the Commissioner ...

As we contemplate 2025, the NSRLP is considering how to tackle the ongoing challenges in access to justice. While the barriers facing individuals attempting to access justice remain many, it is ...

Chief Justice Richard Wagner has made one of his objectives steering the Supreme Court of Canada (“the SCC” or “the Court”) in a way that makes it more accessible to Canadians for whom in the normal ...

In recent years, the landscape of Canadian academic law libraries has changed dramatically. For greater efficiencies, several existing law libraries have shifted from reporting to their law school to ...

The Supreme Court of Canada (“the SCC”) has granted leave to appeal English Montreal School Board, et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec, et al., in which the English Montreal School Board and others ...

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 ...

This week’s top three summaries: R v Haley, 2025 ONSC 265: s.7 #disclosure, R v AV, 2025 ONSC 57: #similar fact, and R v Lemay-Storms, 2025 ABKB 39: #principled exception R v Haley, 2025 ONSC 265 ...

Gary P. Rodrigues is a publishing industry consultant, advising both private sector and government, and a columnist for slaw.ca, Canada's online legal magazine. He has had extensive experience at the ...