The Complete Brief
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April 17, 2025
Securities regulators cut red tape for companies looking to raise capital
Amid ongoing global financial market uncertainty, Canadian securities regulators have announced a series of measures aimed at making it easier and more cost-effective for companies to go public and raise capital in Canada.
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April 17, 2025
Saskatchewan looking to classify fentanyl, meth, needles as ‘street weapons’
Saskatchewan is planning legislative changes that would classify fentanyl, meth and hypodermic needles as street weapons.
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April 17, 2025
Shane Hardy and Brigeeta Richdale join Gowling WLG’s intellectual property group
Gowling WLG has announced the addition of Shane Hardy and Brigeeta Richdale to its intellectual property group, with Hardy based in Toronto and Richdale in Vancouver.
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April 17, 2025
B.C. Appeal Court: Step-up principle ‘one of restraint rather than mandatory escalation’
B.C.’s top court has ruled a judge incorrectly applied the “step-up principle” when sentencing a woman for criminal contempt in relation to her actions when protesting logging operations in the province.
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April 17, 2025
Ashley Landesman joins WeirFoulds
WeirFoulds LLP has welcomed Ashley Landesman as an associate in its construction practice group.
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April 17, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Costs - Offers to settle - Appeals - Cross-appeals
Appeal by Maharaj and cross-appeal by Town of Rosetown (Town) from costs order made by chambers judge (Judge).
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April 17, 2025
Discharge of bankrupt - Debts not released by discharge - Student loans
Appeal by Piekut from judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal, which affirmed a decision denying Piekut’s release from government student loans debts.
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April 17, 2025
Top jurists urge ‘vigilance, courage’ to defend rule of law amid rising political attacks abroad
Top judges from Canada and around the world recently gathered with other jurists in Ottawa for the Supreme Court of Canada’s 150th anniversary symposium, where a prominent Canadian legal expert remarked that the new U.S. administration’s stance towards courts and the rule of law reflects expansive conceptions of executive power and impunity espoused by Germany’s Nazi regime in the 1930s.
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April 17, 2025
Personal autonomy: The right to decide when making controversial gifts
In our aging society where many of us live well into our nineties, often with diminished capacity, the issue of autonomy to make gifts is of increasing importance.
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April 17, 2025
How judges respond to divorcing spouses who weaponize social media
In the digital age, social media has become a battleground for high-conflict divorces. Courts are increasingly faced with cases where one party uses online platforms to disparage, harass or intimidate their former spouse.