On January 10, 2025, the Federal Minister of Health released a long-awaited letter to Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Health...

Are out of hospital private clinics truly the black sheep of the Canadian health care family, or is it more a case of moms always liking their publicly funded hospital counterparts best?

In my opinion, here are the top 10 items that Health Professionals need to know about Discipline Committee hearings...

A few weeks ago, I decided to take a break from reading cases, arguments and alternative arguments to peruse the news (read: basket-cases, facts and "alternative facts") instead.

Gavin Tighe and Stephen Thiele dissect Mazaheri v Law Society of Ontario, 2026 ONLSTH 112, the first case in which "hallucinated" AI-generated authorities were placed before the Law Society Tribunal.

Gavin Tighe and Stephen Thiele step away from Canadian courtrooms and onto the World Cup pitch, examining FIFA's controversial reversal of a red card suspension following a phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump to FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

As we have previously written, many courts are extremely reluctant to grant a winning party recovery for online legal research disbursements when making a costs award.

Defamation has primarily developed from common law. In Ontario, the Libel and Slander Act supplements or modifies the existing common law.

Voltaire once said about the legal system, "I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one".

In true common law tradition, let's start this blog post with some obligatory Latin: audentes Fortuna iuvat. "Fortune favours the bold."

Gavin Tighe and Stephen Thiele unpack the shocking U.S. operation that saw the arrest of Venezuela's controversial leader…without war, without permission, and without apology.

How much is your physical image worth if it is used in an advertisement without your permission? A recent decision of the Ontario Superior of Justice (Ottawa Small Claims Court) ...

A recent decision by the Law Society against the firm Diamond and Diamond spotlights a pivotal aspect of law firm marketing, particularly within the personal injury sector.

Currently, the civil hearings list in Toronto is backlogged and suffering from what one Superior Court Justice has called "unacceptably long timeouts for civil motions and applications...

In Ontario, commercial real estate lenders need to be cautious of their involvement in borrower construction lien matters, especially when it comes to being named as co-defendants. In a lien claim matter.

In our previous blog post,[1] we discussed the Canada Revenue Agency's (the "CRA") expanded trust filing and reporting requirements...

This episode confronts Canada's first Law Society of Ontario disciplinary decision arising from the misuse of artificial intelligence: a landmark case in which a thirty-year practitioner used ChatGPT to produce a factum...

In 2010, the Defendant sought to rent its retail premises to the Plaintiff, Spot Coffee.

When does protecting the public justify reaching into an employee's private life?

Two experienced Canadian lawyers examine contentious legal cases and explore the intersection of law and politics. Stephen Thiele and Gavin Tighe provide insight into how courts function...