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Tag Archive: family justice

WHAT DO WE OWE THE PERPETRATOR IN THE WAKE OF AHLUWALIA

Steve Benmor | July 31, 2026

In the two months since the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16, recognizing a new tort of intimate partner violence (IPV) rooted... Continue Reading...

HOW ELECTRONIC COURT FILING WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE

Steve Benmor | June 22, 2026

How on earth can a court system manage to become even less efficient after moving from paper filing to on-line? After 30 years of practising law in Ontario, I have sat in the front... Continue Reading...

NEWFOUNDLAND’S UNIFIED FAMILY COURT EXPANSION PUTS ONTARIO TO SHAME

Steve Benmor | June 13, 2026

There is a particular kind of institutional embarrassment that arrives quietly, without fanfare, in the form of a provincial news release. On June 4, 2026, Newfoundland and Labrador announced that... Continue Reading...

What do the verdicts in the trials of Canada’s World Junior Hockey Team, Jacob Hoggard & Jian Ghomeshi have to do with Family Justice in Canada?

Steve Benmor | September 12, 2025

As a lawyer turned Family Mediator/Arbitrator, who has spent the better part of his adult life representing spouses, fathers, mothers and children in Family Court, I’ve seen first-hand the profound... Continue Reading...