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PCL Lawyers elevates 8, including 4 to partners

20/12/2025despair

PCL Lawyers proudly celebrates the promotion of eight exceptional legal professionals, commending their remarkable skills and dedication across diverse practice areas.

The firm’s commitment to recognizing the expertise and supporting the continuous growth of senior lawyers is emphasized by Lauren Croft in her recent article for Lawyers Weekly.

Meet our newly promoted team:

Emma Restall – Building & Construction

Harish Nair – Building & Construction

Chris Karatselios – Commercial

Douglas McMillan – Family Law

Ian Isaacs – Family Law

Phil Drew – Wills & Estates

Tayla Williamson – Building & Construction

Joanna Shaft – Litigation & Disputes

Managing Partner, Glenn

Convicted Surrey Six cop wins another chance to get legal fees paid

21/10/2025despair

Former Mountie Derek Brassington, convicted of breach of trust, may get his legal fees paid after all

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Published May 30, 2023 • Last updated 1 week ago • 3 minute read

Former police officer Derek Brassington arrives at BC provincial court in 2013. Photo by NICK PROCAYLO /PROVINCE

A former lead investigator in the Surrey Six murder case, who was convicted of breach of trust after having an affair with a potential witness, may get his legal fees paid

‘Bullying’ campaign after US graduate speech criticizes Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News

07/10/2025despair

Washington, D.C. – It is not often that Republicans and Democrats in the United States find common ground, but this week, officials from both major parties pursued a shared cause – bashing a New York law school graduate for a speech criticizing Israel.

Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres called The City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law graduates “crazed”; former Republican candidate for governor Lee Zeldin described the speech as “raging anti-Semitism”; Major Eric Adams characterized it as “words of negativity and division”.

Even Republican Senator Ted Cruz, of Texas, joined the pile-on of condemnations against the Yemeni-American graduate

Bill 96: Quebec public servants to rely on ‘good faith’ of people seeking service in any language but French

01/09/2025despair

With Quebec’s new law to protect the French language poised to come into effect June 1, the government has sent provincial agencies a list of criteria clients must meet in order to be served in a language other than French.

CBC News has obtained the instructions the ministry responsible for the French language has given to those agencies and institutions on how to apply the law, known as Bill 96.

The law’s wide scope limits the use of English in the courts and by civil servants, and imposes stricter language requirements on small businesses, municipalities and CEGEPs.

Provincial civil servants

The government wants to toss ‘junk fees’ in the garbage

05/08/2025despair

Consumer advocates in both Canada and the United States are welcoming recent announcements to crack down on the hidden and unexpected charges on purchases that Canadians often pay, but they also say authorities must enforce existing rules for there to be a difference.

Following the footsteps of American lawmakers, the federal Liberals announced that they would be taking a look at the additional fees that are often paired with purchases of items such as concert or event tickets.

In the federal budget released in late March, a small note referring to “junk fees” said the government plans to work to

Mississauga votes to allow legal retail cannabis stores – Toronto

03/05/2025despair

Ontario’s legal cannabis market is poised to grow significantly larger, with the province’s largest city that had banned retail pot stores voting Wednesday to opt in.

Mississauga, Ont., was one of dozens of municipalities to bar retail cannabis stores from their communities when legalization came into effect in 2018. But, four and a half years later, a city report highlighted that Mississauga residents are “disproportionately” served by the illegal market in the absence of legal stores.

City council voted Wednesday 8-4 to opt in.

Mayor Bonnie Crombie also spoke in favour, saying she had supported opting out in 2018, hoping

Moving out of the family Home after Separation

28/04/2025despair

It is a question that virtually all separating couples will ask at some point: if we are no longer a couple, who should live where? More particularly clients want to know if moving out of the family home will impact the settlement of the property before their divorce or separation is finalised.

Should one of us move out? Should I buy a new property? What happens if we have an investment property together? Does it matter if my name is on the title? Who pays the mortgage if only one party moves out? Should we sell our property? What if

23-year-old father from Gjoa Haven called to the Nunavut bar

15/04/2025despair

On the really tough days, when James Takkiruq felt like quitting law school, he’d look over at his five-year-old son and remember why he had to keep going.

“He was a big support,” said Takkiruq, recalling the four years he spent going through the Nunavut Law Program in Iqaluit. “I wouldn’t have been able to make it here without [that] supports.”

He was the youngest member of the 25-person cohort to go through that program — 17 years old when he started. He graduated, along with 21 of his fellow students, last October in Iqaluit.

Now 23, Takkiruq was called

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