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Practical Guidance updates deliver new tools across Capital Markets, M&A, corporate governance, employment compliance, family law, and probate. Key highlights include LIFE financing, AI risk management, provincial probate guides, joint venture planning, and French-language HR resources. These additions enhance efficiency, streamline workflows, and improve client support for Canadian legal professionals.
Legal professionals continue to navigate evolving regulatory requirements, changing market conditions, and increasingly complex legal matters across practice areas. The latest Practical Guidance content updates for May and June 2026 expand the collection with new practice notes, resource kits, checklists, and practical tools designed to help lawyers work more efficiently while staying current with legal developments across Canada.
This release introduces new content across Capital Markets and M&A, Corporate and Private M&A, Employment, Family Law, and Wills, Trusts & Estates. From emerging risk considerations and corporate transactions to employment compliance and jurisdiction-specific probate guidance, the updates continue to build Practical Guidance's collection of practical resources for Canadian legal professionals.
Capital Markets and M&A
This release expands Practical Guidance's Capital Markets and M&A content with new resources addressing financing options, disclosure obligations, and emerging areas of legal risk.
A new practice note examines the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (LIFE), providing guidance on recent changes that have made the exemption a more attractive financing option for Canadian public companies. Complementing this addition is related content covering prospectus exemptions and resale restrictions, giving practitioners additional support when advising clients on capital raising strategies.
The update also introduces several practice notes focused on issues shaping today's public company and transactional environment. New guidance addresses AI washing and the legal risks associated with overstating artificial intelligence capabilities, shareholder class actions involving ESG, greenwashing, and AI-related disclosure issues, and tariff considerations that may affect transaction planning, due diligence, deal terms, valuation, and post-closing integration. Together, these additions help practitioners address legal and commercial risks that continue to influence Canadian transactions.
Corporate and Private M&A
Corporate and Private M&A content continues to expand with new materials supporting governance, business planning, restructurings, private equity transactions, and joint ventures.
New practice notes cover topics including corporate advisory boards, business vehicles, joint venture due diligence, and amalgamations under both the Alberta Business Corporations Act and the British Columbia Business Corporations Act. The release also introduces several resource kits focused on private equity buyouts, corporate organization and maintenance, internal restructurings, and directors' restructuring responsibilities for not-for-profit corporations.
Together, these additions provide broader practical guidance for lawyers advising clients throughout the lifecycle of corporate transactions, from planning and due diligence through restructuring and ongoing governance.
Employment
The Employment practice area receives several additions supporting transactional work, workplace compliance, and human resources documentation.
A new Employment and Labour Law Considerations in Corporate Transactions Resource Kit brings together existing employment and labour content relevant to corporate transactions, making it easier to locate related materials during deal work. A new Independent Contractor Engagement training presentation offers practical guidance on engaging independent contractors while identifying considerations that may help reduce worker misclassification risk.
The release also expands French-language and Québec-specific resources with new HR policy templates covering remote work, vacation, and personal days. These additions are complemented by new resource kits addressing post-employment risk mitigation, recruitment and onboarding, employer compliance in Ontario, breach of confidentiality, and terminations and layoffs. A new French Language Obligations Checklist (QC) further supports organizations in identifying workplace French-language requirements in Québec.
Family Law
Family Law content continues to grow with new Ontario and British Columbia resources supporting client communication and litigation workflows.
Ontario practitioners will find new reporting letters covering parenting collateral information, trial management conferences, and motions for temporary orders, providing practical resources that help explain key stages of family law proceedings to clients. The update also introduces a Separation Agreement (Tax Implications) for Ontario, offering customizable clauses addressing the tax consequences that may arise following relationship breakdown.
In British Columbia, a new Reply to Notice to Admit provides guidance for responding to Notices to Admit by identifying which facts or documents are admitted, denied, or refused, together with reasons supporting those responses.
Wills, Trusts & Estates
This release significantly expands probate guidance with new jurisdiction-specific resources covering Canadian provinces and territories.
Ten new probate application guides provide step-by-step support for probate applications across New Brunswick, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon. By broadening jurisdictional coverage, these additions provide practitioners with practical guidance that reflects the procedural requirements of each jurisdiction.
Practical Guidance Continues to Grow
The May and June 2026 releases continue to strengthen Practical Guidance with new content that reflects current legal developments and supports everyday legal work across Canada. Whether advising on corporate transactions, addressing emerging regulatory risks, supporting employment matters, or managing family law and estate files, legal professionals have access to additional practical resources that help them work with greater confidence and efficiency.
View the full May/June 2026 Practical Guidance updates to explore all of the latest additions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What practice areas received new Practical Guidance content in May and June 2026?
The May and June 2026 release includes new content for Capital Markets and M&A, Corporate and Private M&A, Employment, Family Law, and Wills, Trusts & Estates.
What employment resources were added in this release?
Employment updates include a new Employment and Labour Law Considerations in Corporate Transactions Resource Kit, an Independent Contractor Engagement training presentation, new Québec HR policy templates, several workflow-focused resource kits, and a French Language Obligations Checklist (QC).
What new resources are available for corporate and M&A practitioners?
The release introduces new practice notes covering topics such as corporate advisory boards, business vehicles, joint venture due diligence, and amalgamations, along with resource kits supporting private equity transactions, restructurings, and corporate maintenance.
How has Wills, Trusts & Estates content expanded?
The update adds ten new probate application guides covering multiple Canadian provinces and territories, providing step-by-step guidance for jurisdiction-specific probate applications.