Changes to the Toronto vacant home tax have been incorporated into By Lawyers guides.

The Family Law Rules in relation to costs have been amended. The amended r 24 confirms that an award of costs in family law cases is a summary process. The court can exercise a broad range of discretion when making an award for costs. Read more...

We have revised and updated the Family Law guides as part of the continual updates and enhancements that occur across all our publications.

We have updated our publications to reflect the federal government’s extension of the ban on foreign buyers of Canadian housing from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2027.

The Court of King’s Bench has started a pilot project allowing for a trial date to be set earlier in the litigation process. Publications have been updated to include the procedural steps and requirements for an application to set a trial date under this pilot project.

The binding judicial dispute resolution hearing process is now active in Ontario under r 43 of the Family Law Rules. Read more...

We have published a new guide covering the law and practice of Small Claims Court proceedings in Ontario.

Changes to the speculation and vacancy tax and a new BC flipping tax are effective from 1 January 2025. Read more...

From February 1, 2025, all businesses registered in the Ontario Business Registry need a company key to file annual returns, update their business information in the registry, or conduct transactions through the Ontario Business Registry self-serve portal.

Supreme Court of British Columbia update to the Court Online Booking System comes into effect on November 1, 2024.

The federal government’s criminal interest rate amendments come into effect on January 1, 2025. The criminal interest rate is lowered from a 60% effective annual rate (EAR) to a 35% annual percentage rate (APR).

Effective December 1, 2024, the Rules of Civil Procedure impose new requirements on factums and expert reports.

From June 1, 2024, lawyers must file general filing and claims documents for Family Law actions through the King’s Bench Family and Divorce Filing Digital Service. Publications have been updated to reflect this new mandate.

The first folder in every By Lawyers matter plan is Getting the matter underway, and it does what it says on the tin!

Amendments to the Land Titles Act 2000 come into force on October 20, 2024. These amendments significantly increase registration fees for land transfers and mortgages. The amendments are detailed in s 5 of the Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2024, SA 2024, c 4. The increased registration fees only apply to specific instruments submitted for registration on or after October 20, 2024. Instruments submitted for registration before October 20, 2024, continue to incur registration fees calculated by the Tariff of Fees Regulation, Alta Reg 120/2000. By Lawyers publications in Alberta have been amended to reflect these legislative changes.