Site Map for July 2019

Date
Title
31 Jul 2019
Court analyzes ‘exceptional circumstances’ for awarding premium costs on contingency fees
31 Jul 2019
Crypto-asset firm CoinLaunch to settle with Ontario Securities Commission
31 Jul 2019
Heritage Ottawa launches fundraiser to save Château Laurier
31 Jul 2019
Decision was transparent, intelligible and justified
31 Jul 2019
No reasonable likelihood of employee returning to work in reasonable time, contract was frustrated
31 Jul 2019
Landlord had to choose between mutually exclusive remedies of termination and distress
30 Jul 2019
SCC decision will make it harder for tax evasion across provincial borders
30 Jul 2019
Blaney McMurtry adds new partner
30 Jul 2019
Legal clinic staff coalition to hold ‘day of action’ protests
30 Jul 2019
Permanent residence decision was distinct from authorization to return to Canada refusal
30 Jul 2019
Community had no interest in maintaining confidentiality of private investigator-client relationship
30 Jul 2019
Employee's waiver was clear and unequivocal
29 Jul 2019
Confusion continues about causation test in medical malpractice cases
29 Jul 2019
International trading platforms pay over $10m in OSC settlements
29 Jul 2019
Couche-Tard invests in cannabis retailer Fire and Flower
29 Jul 2019
Police had no legal authority to force accused to produce identification
29 Jul 2019
Husband’s retirement and resulting reduction of income was material change in circumstances
29 Jul 2019
Tax Court correctly concluded there were no proceedings to stay after automatic dismissal of appeals
26 Jul 2019
Insurers lead response to climate change disasters
26 Jul 2019
Deep pockets to rule under new cannabis licencing regime
26 Jul 2019
Lenczner Slaght to help students access advocacy internships
26 Jul 2019
Person against whom compliance order is sought must be named in order
26 Jul 2019
Plaintiff did not have reasonable excuse for failure to deliver notice to municipality
26 Jul 2019
Registered owner was beneficial owner and entitled to transfer property
25 Jul 2019
Lametti slams Ford government over slashed legal aid funding
25 Jul 2019
CLEO receives research grants for technology and access to justice
25 Jul 2019
Ontario court dismisses libel action brought by Allstate Insurance
25 Jul 2019
Municipality’s failure to consider compliant bid constituted breach of contract
25 Jul 2019
Taxpayer was required to collect and remit GST on referral fees
25 Jul 2019
Trial judge required assistance and guidance from learned counsel to understand law
24 Jul 2019
Surge in Canadian lawyers working from home, says survey
24 Jul 2019
U.S. changes policy on intracompany employee transfers
24 Jul 2019
Chief justice, justice minister, sign accord to strengthen Supreme Court
24 Jul 2019
Raj Kehar joins WeirFoulds as partner
24 Jul 2019
Costs associated with experts were appropriate as evidence provided was pivotal
24 Jul 2019
Quebec law could not be used to interpret federal law
24 Jul 2019
Taxpayer entitled to claim double value of goods removed under Commercial Tenancies Act
23 Jul 2019
Cannabis companies use different words to tell investors about risk
23 Jul 2019
BLG adds Keegan Boyd to health law group
23 Jul 2019
Ontario businesses call for relaxed booze laws
23 Jul 2019
Since no oral hearing was held, there was no requirement for General Division to hear from witnesses
23 Jul 2019
Tenant had right to renew lease provided it exercised renewal right according to terms of lease
23 Jul 2019
End to parents’ conflict was in children’s best interest
22 Jul 2019
MAG says Crown liability changes defend taxpayers from ‘deep-pocketed lawyers’
22 Jul 2019
Law Society Tribunal allows appeal in longstanding mortgage fraud case
22 Jul 2019
Angela Shaffer joins Dentons in Toronto
22 Jul 2019
McCarthy Tétrault relocates London, UK office
22 Jul 2019
Responsibility of enforcing s. 276 regime was with trial judge
22 Jul 2019
Legally appropriate for client to wait until CRA responded to counsel’s express inquiry
22 Jul 2019
To take account of shares where existence of shares was ephemeral constituted abuse of provision
19 Jul 2019
‘Insurmountable’ access to justice issues could come from Ontario’s Crown immunity change
19 Jul 2019
CLUC welcomes new members
19 Jul 2019
Laila Paszti joins Norton Rose Fulbright as of counsel
19 Jul 2019
Damages for loss of benefit were measured by higher price paid by purchaser
19 Jul 2019
Employees were entitled to compensation they would have received had they remained employed
19 Jul 2019
Disagreement with outcome did not meet test for granting leave to appeal
18 Jul 2019
Ontario should switch to no-cost class actions, law commission says
18 Jul 2019
AG names nominating authority for construction disputes
18 Jul 2019
Fasken’s Sarah Graves joins Kidney Cancer Canada board
18 Jul 2019
Legal clinic workers join Ontario professionals’ union
18 Jul 2019
Party may be both tenant and have equitable interest in property
18 Jul 2019
Accused’s criminal record was referred to for permissible purpose
18 Jul 2019
Ability to manipulate revenue through choice was central economic input to outcome of profit
17 Jul 2019
Pleading amendments proposed by applicant were not legally tenable
17 Jul 2019
Court can exercise inherent jurisdiction in non-jury case even when one party refused consent
17 Jul 2019
Facts that may have been misstated could not change finding
17 Jul 2019
Taxpayer did not establish that International Security Assistance Force was NATO subsidiary
17 Jul 2019
Statement of Principles will be debated again September, LSO says
17 Jul 2019
Citing blog post, judge says lawyer withheld key case law
17 Jul 2019
Dickinson Wright adds Geoffrey Farr as partner
17 Jul 2019
Davies partner named chairman of education sector non-profit
17 Jul 2019
Only necessary to determine whether limitation period had expired if amendments asserted new cause
17 Jul 2019
Wife failed to prove elements of proprietary estoppel on balance of probabilities
17 Jul 2019
Taxpayer did not demonstrate that predominant intent in carrying out practice of law was to profit
16 Jul 2019
Lawyer's negligence case sheds light on rules for expert witnesses
16 Jul 2019
OCA delves deeper in applying Jordan
16 Jul 2019
Goodmans comments on impact of GDPR fines on Canada
16 Jul 2019
LSO expresses concern over global human rights violations
16 Jul 2019
Sole effect of bylaw was not its potential economic impact on owners’ businesses, overriding effect
16 Jul 2019
Not clear whether trial judge erred in law in understanding or application of defence of automatism
16 Jul 2019
Summary dismissal justified, application so clearly improper with no chance of success
15 Jul 2019
Small claims court judges have little sway on anti-SLAPP cases
15 Jul 2019
Davies' Kearney joins National Cannabis Working Group
15 Jul 2019
Orlando Da Silva named chief administrator of ATSSC
15 Jul 2019
Once the damages, interest, and the costs taken into account, plaintiffs recovered nothing
15 Jul 2019
Costs thrown away was request for payment of party’s costs for trial preparation
15 Jul 2019
Discretionary decision of whether to recommend remission of source deductions was exceptional remedy
12 Jul 2019
Competition bureau to give lawyers more warning on deal reviews
12 Jul 2019
Court fines concrete company $130,000 for worker’s death
12 Jul 2019
OPSEU shows solidarity with injured workers’ groups over aid cuts
12 Jul 2019
Will created Henson trust, allowing beneficiary to retain entitlement to government benefits
12 Jul 2019
Employee sought to pursue class action for employees denied overtime pay
12 Jul 2019
Not appropriate to issue stay to automatically extend to stage not yet analyzed by court
11 Jul 2019
Will new U.S. trademark rule cost Canadian lawyers?
11 Jul 2019
83% of readers don’t wipe their phones before travel
11 Jul 2019
Minden Gross advises Powerflow on acquisition by Adell Group
11 Jul 2019
Dickinson Wright appoints Andre Poles as partner
11 Jul 2019
Motion judge’s exercise of discretion to dismiss individual plaintiff’s action was reversible error
11 Jul 2019
Accused had several alcoholic drinks and drove boat into tree, harming passengers
10 Jul 2019
Province probing family law legislation
10 Jul 2019
Court ruling could change law for spouses who co-own house
10 Jul 2019
Miller Thomson reveals Auvinen as chairman
10 Jul 2019
BLG expands financial services practice
10 Jul 2019
Non-existence of receipt for each taxpayer was fatal
10 Jul 2019
Unfair that defendants would lose right to cross-examine due to agreement reached on eve of trial
09 Jul 2019
Audio tracks of lawyer-client chats accidentally exposed
09 Jul 2019
Pressure mounts on MAG as more decry legal aid cuts
09 Jul 2019
Auditor General appoints DeMarco as Commissioner of the Environment
09 Jul 2019
Norton Rose advises Parmalat Canada’s purchase of Kraft Heinz cheese business
09 Jul 2019
Members not exercising judicial functions when they sit on Canadian Judicial Council
09 Jul 2019
Investment by RRSP in mortgage was qualified investment
08 Jul 2019
Toronto start-up expands legal contract software for banks, oil and gas
08 Jul 2019
Group for global lawyers launching in Ontario
08 Jul 2019
Federal government pledges support in fighting workplace harassment
08 Jul 2019
WeirFould’s Richards recognized for professionalism and civility
08 Jul 2019
Accused requested trial in French, Supreme Court found review premature
08 Jul 2019
Application stayed until final determination on trademark ownership
05 Jul 2019
Insurance company can’t ‘double dip’ by suing lawyers
05 Jul 2019
Ontario lawyers launch will-making app
05 Jul 2019
Accounting firm, two law firms sign affiliation
05 Jul 2019
Cassels Brock and Oslers advise on Rapido purchase of Roadtrek
04 Jul 2019
Will of accused not overborne by manner of questioning, by ingestion of alcohol prior to interview o
04 Jul 2019
Amount forfeited by purchaser under agreement was not out of proportion to damages suffered
04 Jul 2019
Evidence that property was held in trust was not accepted
04 Jul 2019
Purported transfer set aside as testator did not have consent of wife to divest her of beneficial in
04 Jul 2019
Fiduciary nature of physician-patient relationship required physicians to act at all times in their
04 Jul 2019
CCAA process must be given opportunity to evolve and succeed without multiple, significant, expensiv
04 Jul 2019
Bankrupt's financial trouble did not negate his independent economic interest in shares or ability t
04 Jul 2019
Taxpayer was not shared-custody parent due to significantly greater time she committed to provision
04 Jul 2019
Individual taxpayer may either act in person or be represented by counsel
04 Jul 2019
Counteroffer, while mirroring ultimate outcome sought, was complete surrender from taxpayer on centr
04 Jul 2019
No confidential information sufficiently related to retainer at issue was exchanged
04 Jul 2019
Return of deposit was not new basis of reassessment
04 Jul 2019
All conditions were part of scheme that had ultimate objective to ensure safety
04 Jul 2019
Being mere conduit and victim of fraud did not transform companies into participants in dishonest br
04 Jul 2019
Protective order was not subject to stringent criteria set out by SCC for confidentiality order
04 Jul 2019
Law Times reveals fresh new look
04 Jul 2019
No 'abuse of process' from Legal Aid Ontario, says Court of Appeal
04 Jul 2019
Legal research tries to catch up to medicine, education
04 Jul 2019
E-discovery expert Martin Felsky joins Heuristica
04 Jul 2019
Ontario to hold second licence lottery for cannabis stores
03 Jul 2019
Diversity and inclusion 'fundamental' to the OBA
03 Jul 2019
Law Foundation grants $680,000 to community workers
03 Jul 2019
Law chambers look to WeWork to inspire suburban solo lawyers
03 Jul 2019
Baker McKenzie names managing partner for Toronto
02 Jul 2019
Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner calls for law reforms
02 Jul 2019
Small claims cases raise questions about definition of collection agency
02 Jul 2019
Julie Thorburn appointed to Court of Appeal
02 Jul 2019
LSO's delay in warning about syndicated mortgage problematic: lawyer