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The thorny issue of service of proceedings continues to take up Court time with applications when it goes wrong. This article is intended as a timely reminder of a wrinkle of the service rules...

Although the Solicitor General's brief advocated against a grant of review in this case, it provides resounding support for Midland's substantive position.

Legal privilege protects information from disclosure. That is, if your conversation with another person qualifies as privileged, that person cannot be compelled to reveal the contents of that conversation.

The focus of this article is to examine the entitlement of a client of a law firm that employs accountants to assist its lawyers in the provision of legal advice...

The Court found in favour of the Lender, and that damages for a breach of warranty of authority are not apportionable.

The Tax Court of Canada's decision in Gaudreau v The King, 2023 CCI 115 (Gaudreau) and recent changes to the Income Tax Act (the Act) highlight the importance of solicitor-client privilege...

There has been a flurry of recent case law discussing the proper approach to instructing expert witnesses; in particular the appropriateness of solicitors instructing medical experts...

Relatively speaking, barristers usually have rather broad practices. Even if (like me) a significant part of their practice is concerned with advisory work and drafting...

After more than five years, the Prince Edward Island Information and Privacy Commissioner has completed her review into more than sixty records withheld by a local school board....

The hidden complexities of insolvency law and what every director, administrator, and shareholder needs to understand before making their next big decision.

In early November, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed amendments to its advertising and cash solicitation rules (Rules 206(4)-1 and 206(4)-3)...

Mr. Elwood said: "Allon is one of the most talented Supreme Court advocates in the country.

Joe Palmore spoke to The National Law Journal for an article covering how the Biden administration could move to undo Trump administration policies involving immigration, labor, and more.

Where there is scope for disagreement over the meaning of a clause or covenant and a solicitor is aware of a potential dispute, the solicitor is under a duty to give more cautious advice than simply to advise on a clause's effect alone.

Few solicitors will by now be unaware of the new law created by Part 7 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 which is concerned with money laundering. This legislation, implemented in February 2003, together with the Money Laundering Regulations 2003 effective from March 2004, have attracted a high degree of concern and uncertainty within the profession. Key issues are their impact upon the solicitor-client relationship and the extent to which privilege may abrogate or modify any reporting obligatio

In Chambre des notaires, the SCC found that the ITA creates a conflict between legal advisors' duty of professional secrecy and their statutory duty of disclosure to the tax authorities.