The Lawyers Weekly

The Ontario Court of Appeal's creation of a potentially sweeping new tort for invasion of privacy will generate litigation and other revenue opportunities for a broad cross section of the Bar, lawyers predict.
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A Canadian taxpayer who unknowingly invested in a Ponzi scheme run by now convicted fraudster Andrew Lech is walking away with $1.3 million.
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A pedestrian steps off a curb and gets hit by a car. He survives, and while his bones begin to heal and his bruising goes away, he may be left with significant psychological scars from the accident.
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Last July, with much fanfare, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced the creation of a Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) most-wanted list.
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Did you hear the one about the summer student who licked her fingers before shaking hands with a lawyer? Or the articling student who, when asked to choose a wine over lunch with a client, went with a $300 bottle?
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A Charter challenge aiming to pave the way for foreign domiciled same-sex couples who married here to obtain Canadian divorces has opened up a can of legal worms, says a family law expert.

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Justices Marshall Rothstein and Louise Charron were the core members of most of the Supreme Court majorities in 2011, but Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin wrote more law for the court than anyone, a Lawyers Weekly analysis discloses.
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There is a growing focus in Canada on pricing representations that fail to clearly disclose additional costs up front. The concerns about hidden costs have manifested in several different ways.
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When essential information is just out of reach, many lawyers are reaching for Norwich orders to get the evidence they need.
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Ned Steinman's personal flair on Twitter doesn't quite compare with another lawyer who recently rose to notoriety.
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