PHARA (Pender Harbour and Area Residents Association) posted the following announcement on X on May 1, 2026. Please consider contributing to PHARA’s cause. Robin Junger (McMillan LLP) is lead counsel in PHARA’s constitutional challenge to DRIPA. As Junger puts it in his conversation with Stuart McNish: “…it’s all the more important now that the constitutional challenge…
I do not typically use my platform to comment on political matters. Like many Canadians, I value respectful dialogue and trust in our public institutions. However, recent developments in British Columbia and across Canada on land use, governance, and public policy have raised important questions that deserve open discussion and greater transparency. Across Canada, decisions…
The following articled called “The Role of Adjudicators: Fairness, Equity and the Courage to Decide” is a thought-provoking article written by Antoine Collins. It was published on December 5, 2025 on the Ontario Bar Association’s website of justmag.ca. His discussion of the role of a decision-maker, and the need for fairness, humility, and courage, particularly…
On October 9, 2025, Crown Counsel formally withdrew all charges against Shaun Pollard, former Chief Financial Officer of Westhaven Gold Corp., bringing an end to a prosecution that has now come to symbolize deeper problems within British Columbia’s regulatory system. The decision followed explosive revelations during trial that exposed serious investigative misconduct and systemic failures…
In Spinney v. Fowlie, 2025 ONSC 2632, the Ontario Superior Court set aside an arbitration award issued by Arbitrator, Richard W. Pound. The applicants, wrestling coaches David Spinney and Ahmed Shamiyah, had been found to have harassed a former Wrestling Canada official, Dr. Frank Fowlie, and challenged the fairness of the arbitration process. Key Findings…
Gowling WLG published this article entitled: “Top 10 Canadian Arbitration Cases of 2024: Key lessons for in-house counsel” on January 21, 2025. It was written by a four Gowling lawyers: Todd J. Burke, Mark W. Crane, Thomas Yates and James Plotkin. As a busy arbitrator, I found the summary of the key lessons very helpful…