Under Canada's self-defence law, a person is allowed to defend themselves and their property from intruders, but the amount of force they use must be reasonable in the circumstances.A high-profile incident in August 2025 sparked heated debate in Canada about the law of self-defence. A man … [Read more...]
Canadian legal minds find success in creating authentic legal shows
Legal movies and television shows are popular, but they also need to be believable. Lawyers behind shows like Diggstown and Billable Hours use their legal skills and experience to create authenticity.For entertainment value, few things can beat a good movie or television show about lawyers. … [Read more...]
Greenwashing: An Update on Recent Trends
Canada's Competition Act bans companies from greenwashing - claiming their products are "greener" than they really are. This has started a new trend of greenhushing - downplaying environmental claims to avoid liability.In May 2025, LawNow published Greenwashing: What it is and what you can do … [Read more...]
Making sense of Alberta’s International Agreements Act
Alberta's International Agreements Act requires parts of international agreements to be passed into provincial law. This raises questions about how key human rights agreements apply in Alberta.In its first act of the 2025 fall legislative session, the Alberta government introduced Bill 1: The … [Read more...]
Calgary Launches Community Court to Tackle Minor Offences, Aid Vulnerable Citizens
Calgary's Community Court is an alternative court space that gives people facing minor offences the support they need to improve their lives."Justice is a basic human need. In our highly regulated and complex society, people confront legal problems in myriad aspects of their daily lives. And … [Read more...]
Coming January 2026: The Family Focused Protocol
On January 2, 2026, the Court of King’s Bench is significantly changing family court in Alberta with its new Family Focused Protocol.Starting on January 2, 2026, the Court of King’s Bench is changing how it deals with family law cases. This new approach is called the Family Focused Protocol … [Read more...]
Caste system in Canada poses legal challenges but hope lies in strong human rights codes
Caste discrimination impacts the lives of many people in Canada, but human rights scholars and advocates are working to change that.Most Canadians might think of a caste system as something that happens somewhere far away, a brutal vestige of times past, and certainly unrelated to life in this … [Read more...]
2025 Employment Law Alberta Year in Review – Part 2
In 2025, Alberta courts decided on important employment law issues, including employment contracts, the duty to mitigate damages for wrongful dismissal, summary judgment, and more.This two-part article summarizes some important employment law decisions in Alberta in 2025. It does not focus on … [Read more...]
The Alberta Legislature repeatedly uses the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to shield controversial laws from court challenges
Alberta's use of the notwithstanding clause in the proposed Protecting Alberta’s Children Statutes Amendment Act and other controversial laws might impact Albertans' Charter rights.EDITOR'S NOTE This article was published on November 24, 2025. The Alberta Legislature passed Bill 9, the … [Read more...]
2025 Employment Law Alberta Year in Review – Part 1
In 2025, Alberta courts decided on important employment law issues, including severance pay and reasonable notice, employment standards, professional regulation, just cause for termination, and more.This two-part article summarizes some important employment law decisions in Alberta in 2025. It … [Read more...]
