recent legal news

Man faces 1st-degree murder charge in shooting of Montreal Mafia figure’s daughter-in-law

01/11/2025despair

With the help of the Ontario Provincial Police, Montreal police have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of Montreal Mafia member Moreno Gallo’s daughter-in-law last month.

Claudia Iacono, 39, was shot five times at 4:30 pm on May 16 in the parking lot of her beauty salon, Salon Deauville, in the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.

the Service de police de la Ville de Montreal (SPVM) said the suspect was arrested Tuesday night in Milton, Ont., near Toronto.

A spokesperson for Quebec’s prosecutor, the Directeur des poursuites criminelles et penalessaid Joel Richard Clarke is accused of committing first-degree

Exercising an option to renew a retail lease in Victoria.

28/09/2025despair

The Victorians Retail Leases Act 2003 (RLA) is the legal framework which regulates the leasing of retail premises in Victoria. “Retail premises” means premises used wholly or predominantly for the sale or hire of goods by “retail”, or the “retail” sale of services. There are, however, certain premises which are exempt from being considered retail premises.

“Retail” means the sale of goods, or the provision of services to the public or end users, as opposed to a wholesaler.

The RLA seeks to provide tenants with a level of security of tenure, which is particularly important in the retail

Call for Canada to braid Indigenous rights with endangered species law

23/09/2025despair

Caribou from the Klinse-Za herd in northeastern BC graze in this handout photo. Line Giguere, Wildlife Infometrics.

Climbing caribou numbers in northeastern British Columbia prove that collaborations between Indigenous and colonial governments can reverse decades-long declines, but focus needs to shift to culturally meaningful recovery targets, a consortium of researchers and community members say in a new paper published this week in Science.

UBC Okanagan’s Dr. Clayton Lamb and West Moberly First Nation Chief Roland Willson co-lead the paper, Braiding Indigenous Rights and Endangered Species Lawalongside nine others for the influential journal.

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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

Benefits of having a written partnership agreement.

03/04/2025despair

Many business partners simply don’t have a written agreement in place.

While this can be ok during the good times it can become troublesome and expensive to resolve disputes, especially if the terms of the partnership have not been properly documented in writing.

Partnership agreements can pre-emptively act to head off disputes as they layout clear obligations, rights and dispute resolution methods.

Resolving disputes quickly can mean that the commercial relationship is not damaged and can be quickly corrected if you do have an issue. Furthermore, it will enhance the business brand and image if the partners are in sync

Family law in Canada: What happens when a sponsorship relationship breaks down?

23/03/2025despair

Published on March 30th, 2023 at 09:00am EDT

Family law problems in the immigration law context usually occur because a relationship or marriage breaks down after the spouse or partner has been sponsored to come to Canada. When this happens, there may be concerns about maintaining immigration status, sponsorship undertakings and spousal financial support.

Sponsor your family for Canadian immigration

The sponsor and the sponsored person must be in a relationship under one of three categories:

Spouse: the sponsor and the sponsored person are married.
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Law Society Introduces “Strategic Priorities”

22/09/2024despair

The New Zealand Law Society has announced its moves to adapt to the rapidly changing legal marketplace by working on ‘strategic priorities’.

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A news release from the Society (published below) shows that the Society is developing a “fit-for-future” role as the profession’s regulator after a tumultuous time both within the profession and within the NZ Law Society itself, following the resignation of both the former recently appointed Chief Executive Joanna Simon and the resigning of the elected president Jacqui Lethbridge.

Among the strategic changes being made by the Society include changes to the Conduct and Client Care Rules, which include