Legal News

By Law Society of British Columbia The BC government has declined the Law Society’s request to bring amendments to the Legal Profession Act into force that would allow for the licensing of …

By Law Society of British Columbia Former lawyer William James Heflin has been suspended for six months and ordered to pay $4,348 in costs after committing professional misconduct by sexually …

Loopstra Nixon LLP announced that Feige Nawrocki LLP will join it effective July 1, 2023. The five-lawyer law firm has a 40-year history of serving some of Canada’s most successful owner-managed businesses and family offices, it said in …

Robert T. O’Neill, K.C., has joined the Edmonton office of DLA Piper Canada as a partner in the litigation, arbitration and investigations group. O’Neill is a senior litigator with an …

Toronto law firms Loopstra Nixon LLP and Macdonald Sager LLP are merging effective July 1, 2023. Etobicoke-headquartered, Loopstra Nixon LLP expanded into the downtown core with a seven-lawyer team in …

Clio, a provider of cloud-based legal technology, announced that Hemant Kashyap has joined the company as chief product officer. In this role, Kashyap will oversee Clio’s product strategy, development, and execution, …

Bradford F. Smith, K.C., a distinguished sole practitioner based in Kamloops, has been appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Kamloops. This appointment follows the …

Christopher Millsap, K.C., a Partner at O’Neill, Hurley, O’Keeffe, Millsap/Liberty Law LLP in Grande Prairie, has been appointed as a Justice of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta in …