After an embarrassing alcoholic incident on her past, Abigail Bianchi returns to law as part of her fathers firm and is thrown in at the deep end, in the midst of family drama and extended family dynamics.
Abigail and Daniel represent a couple with Down syndrome who must prove to authorities they are fit to raise their unborn child.
Abigail and Daniel defend a mother who may lose custody of her kids due to a gaming addiction. Abby continues to deny her own addiction and pays the price for that denial.
Abigail and Daniel represent an out and proud teenager who seeks emancipation from his bigoted parents. But representing their client becomes a challenge when he disappears.
Abigail and Daniel represent a client who wants to reclaim his daughter's power of attorney over his wife, who has Alzheimer's.
The lawyers are bewildered when a young couple begs them to reverse an adoption.
The lawyers represent the jilted lover in a poly relationship. Things get complicated when they discover that one ex-partner is a notorious right-wing pundit with a very devoted fanbase.
Abigail represents a former client and friend who happens to be an anti-vaxxer and wants to take her child to measles-infested Germany.
Abigail and Daniel represent two sisters who refuse to pay parental support to their aging mother.
When Svensson and Associates' receptionist Nina discovers she is not her father's biological daughter, Abigail builds a case against the fertility clinic where Nina was conceived.
Still reeling from finding out about Frank's continued affair, Abby seeks justice for a debt-ridden widow whose husband might have faked his own death.
Daniel and Abby represent a trans teenager whose grandfather wants to block her access to hormone replacement therapy.
Abby and Daniel represent a woman whose divorce gets ugly when her ex-husband accuses her of being in a cult.
The lawyers represent a mail-order bride whose husband wants to annul the marriage and have her deported.
The firm represents Phaedra, a recent widow, in an estate dispute. Her late husband's daughter, wants her out of the will because they met while her mother was still alive and Phaedra was his escort.
Separated from her kids, Abby throws herself into helping Jessie, a woman who claims that her ex-husband is harassing her; Abby and Daniel suspect she is doing it to herself.
Abby and Daniel represent Drew, a 40-year-old man whose parents want to evict him from their basement.
Abby can't help but intervene when she discovers Jerri's daughter won't let Jerri meet her grandchild, but Abby's meddling reopens old wounds from Jerri's past.
The firm represents Charisma Singhal, a young superstar whose reckless behaviour has led her older brother to push for a conservatorship, à la Britney Spears.
Abby finds herself torn between her a lucrative offer from her former firm, and her new life at Svensson and Svensson; Lucy fights for status as Harmony's parent and asks Abby to represent her.
Still dealing with the aftermath of her own divorce, Abby represents Hannah, whose ex-husband left her and now wants to use their last remaining embryo to start a new family.
When a biased judge rules against Daniel's petition to have a scam marriage annulled, Abby uses Cecil as bait to trap the romance fraudster.
Abby represents an environmental activist whose devotion to the cause might cost him custody of his children. Meanwhile, a meeting with an old flame lands Harry in trouble.
Abby finds herself playing both lawyer and counsellor as she helps a paranoid and deeply closeted actor avoid being outed to the public when his bitter ex writes a play about him.
Abby scrambles to undo damage after she advises a pair of exhausted parents to surrender their autistic son to the Ministry for support and her clients are charged with neglect.
When a heart attack lands Judge Chip Crombie in hospital and both his wives show up, Abby revels in her nemesis' shame at being exposed as a bigamist.
When the lucrative Bass divorce is derailed by allegations of husband Connery's embezzling, Abby and Daniel race to get their client, Sabrina, clear.
The parallels to their own lives are unmistakable when both Abby and Daniel represent clients who want something a court can't order: their parents' respect.
Abby's client, Naomi, wants a medically assisted death before Alzheimer's destroys her capacity to consent, but Naomi's grieving son seeks a court order to block her access.
When a DNA test reveals that Carla's child was switched at birth, Abby fights for her client. Sofia's school essay makes Abby question the work she's done to stay sober.
A case of a mother disinheriting her uncaring biological children, leads Abigail to try and make amends with daughter. Daniel's new found Partner power goes to his head until he finds out the cost.
Abigail rekindles her love life. Cecil is in high demand as each lawyers agenda pulls him in different directions. A difficult surrogate child custody case gets Abigail thinking.
A custody reversal case turns out to be something completely different. Harry's dating attempts are not going to plan and mysterious events in Daniel's office have him on edge
A divorce case turns up financial irregularities. Daniel is stressing out about the baby issue, and an old lawyer friend of Harry seeks his help when his son wants to put him in assisted living.
Online media obsession and content creation leads Abigail into a case that is not as straight forward as it seems. A fight over an inheritance has a surprise ending, and Daniel's co-parenting scheme makes a few strange turns.
The impending merger is ruffling a few feathers in the firm, so Daniel thinks a company retreat is the answer, but during the retreat some unsettling truths are revealed.
With the merger still causing tensions, Daniel makes another misguided attempt at appeasing everyone. Harry gets a very unexpected proposal, and Abigail must go the extra mile to get justice for her client.
A family trust account with stipulations brings out a surprising revelation. An Artificial Intelligence avatar leads to a strange case.
A few cases with unexpected turns are followed by a shock demand with respect to the legal firms merger.
A bombshell drops regarding the merger, and a shock announcement is made by Abigail, followed by more surprise announcements.
