Pulse
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March 03, 2025
Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc welcomes new associate
Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc (SML) has announced that Rachel Hung (she/her) is now an associate with the firm practising in all areas of professional regulation.
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March 03, 2025
Torkin Manes expands with new partner
Torkin Manes LLP has welcomed incoming partner Joseph (Joe) Morrison to the firm’s Labour & Employment Group.
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March 03, 2025
Reframing legal technology: From institutional efficiency to user-centric access to justice
Legal practitioners and courts have long anticipated the transformative potential of technology in law. From digitized case management systems to artificial intelligence-driven legal research tools, technological advancements promised efficiency, accessibility, and, ultimately, greater and more meaningful access to justice. However, despite significant investment and integration of digital tools, legal professionals and courts increasingly express skepticism about the tangible benefits of legal technology for justice and access to it.
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March 03, 2025
Shout-out to law libraries and librarians | Gary S. Joseph
I can’t tell you how important the law library at Osgoode Hall (known as the Great Library) was to me for so many years of my career. First may I say that I am smitten with what I consider to be one of the most beautiful buildings in Toronto. If you have never attended, do so. It is home to the Court of Appeal, judges’ chambers and a law library among other facilities.
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February 28, 2025
The Great Drain Robbery | Marcel Strigberger
Here it is, the crime overshadowing the 1963 British Great Train Robbery. And even more devious than the theft of Dorothy’s ruby slippers. I am talking about the crime of the century, namely the heist of the $6-million golden toilet from Blenheim Palace in the Oxford, England area. The trial of several accused started a few days ago. And I’ll get to the banana connection shortly.
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February 28, 2025
I am perfect, why aren’t you? | Murray Gottheil
Paul is a junior lawyer. His supervising lawyer expects every document that Paul creates to be perfect. In order to ensure that this standard is met, all of Paul’s draft documents, no matter how routine, are reviewed and often revised. Paul resents the extra time that is required to achieve that standard, especially since he is working many, many hours.
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February 28, 2025
New partner at Woods
Érika Normand-Couture has been named partner at Woods.
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February 28, 2025
New partner for Stockwoods
Dan Goudge has become a partner at Stockwoods.
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February 28, 2025
R. v. Jarvis: Did the SCC cast the criminal liability net too wide? Part two
In a landmark decision that has sparked heated debate across legal and public spheres, the Supreme Court of Canada redefined the boundaries of privacy in R. v Jarvis, [2019] 1 S.C.R. 488. The case, involving a high school teacher who secretly recorded his female students, has pushed the limits of what constitutes a “reasonable expectation of privacy” in the digital age.
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February 27, 2025
Field Law welcomes five partners, two counsel
Lee Carter, Carolyn Paterson, Pat Robinson and Matt Vernon, based in Calgary, and Paul Kolida, in Edmonton, have been promoted to the position of partners while Don Blackett and Karen Wiwchar named counsel at Field Law., according to an announcement on the firm’s website.