Site Map for October 2019

Date
Title
31 Oct 2019
Consumers turn to Facebook, instant messages for access to justice
31 Oct 2019
Legal sales hit $605M at Thomson Reuters
31 Oct 2019
Matter did not rise to level of ‘truly exceptional’
31 Oct 2019
Underinsured coverage was optional and was only provided by endorsement
31 Oct 2019
Officer did not appear to appreciate extent of legal obligation to provide right to counsel
30 Oct 2019
‘Ethical’ artificial intelligence no silver bullet to due process issues, says panel
30 Oct 2019
Canadian Association for Legal Ethics reveals awards and new directors
30 Oct 2019
Elaine Newman receives CBA award of excellence for ADR
30 Oct 2019
Purpose of reconsideration motions was not to reverse what had already been ordered
30 Oct 2019
Motion judge did not properly consider prospect of success of premature commercialization claim
30 Oct 2019
Motion judge’s comments were sharp but did not demonstrate closed mind to merits of case
29 Oct 2019
How lawyers can help self-represented litigants
29 Oct 2019
Duo of firms donate $80,000 in costs awards to Pro Bono Ontario
29 Oct 2019
Norton Rose Canada lawyers offer sustainable development training to lawyers in East Africa
29 Oct 2019
General Division’s hearing notice did not adequately explain applicant’s right to call witnesses
29 Oct 2019
Institution of protocol was exercise of chief’s common law powers as occupier
29 Oct 2019
Specific performance was appropriate remedy
28 Oct 2019
Oversight of insurance, banks needed for coverage of First Nations’ fees
28 Oct 2019
John McCamus receives CIAJ 2019 Justice Medal
28 Oct 2019
Daphne Lainson honoured by American Intellectual Property Association
28 Oct 2019
Risk of conviction without jurors’ unanimous agreement on one incident did not arise
28 Oct 2019
Couple did not report damage in timely fashion
28 Oct 2019
Taxpayer’s undertaking was entirely commercial
25 Oct 2019
LSO releases 2019 discipline statistics
25 Oct 2019
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada calls for release of convicted lawyers in Turkey
25 Oct 2019
New online tool fills information gap left by government, says Samfiru Tumarkin
25 Oct 2019
Taxpayer didn’t raise concerns that appeal division acted unfairly or breached natural justice
25 Oct 2019
Costs were not to be used to punish litigant for giving misleading evidence
25 Oct 2019
Expansion of Charter right under s. 10(b) was inconsistent with binding appellate authority
24 Oct 2019
Lower LSO fees for 2020 come amid budget cut, job losses
24 Oct 2019
Gowling WLG pledges $125,000 to Pro Bono Ontario over 5 years
24 Oct 2019
Trustee's decision in its notice of disallowance was final decision
24 Oct 2019
Employee’s costs on partial indemnity scale exceeded CEO’s costs on substantial indemnity scale
24 Oct 2019
Trial costs award need not be reduced in proportion to monetary success on appeal
23 Oct 2019
Charter issues come to fore on defence of extreme cases of intoxication
23 Oct 2019
Statement of principles media coverage prompts boycott of new bencher
23 Oct 2019
Ontario increases claim limit for Small Claims Court
23 Oct 2019
It was not role of court or of Appeal Division to re-weigh evidence
23 Oct 2019
Travel between home and work was personal expense and not to be deducted as employment expense
23 Oct 2019
Determining ‘lessee’ for purposes of Insurance Act may engage agency principles
22 Oct 2019
Clients want lawyers to stop ignoring emails and phone calls
22 Oct 2019
Law professor Anita Anand elected as MP for Oakville riding
22 Oct 2019
CCLA’s Michael Bryant calls for ban on facial recognition surveillance
22 Oct 2019
Rule 317 was limited mechanism for obtaining “material” relevant to application for judicial review
22 Oct 2019
Taxpayers proved that combined income should be reduced for currency conversion issues
22 Oct 2019
Court must be satisfied plaintiff’s action was reasonable under ordinary procedure
21 Oct 2019
Canadian lawyer helps with World Bank project on women and the law
21 Oct 2019
Access to justice week agenda: Indigenous law, legal aid funds, big data and self-reps
21 Oct 2019
Historical building to become international student hub, bolstered by Toronto lawyer
21 Oct 2019
McMillan marks 90th anniversary of ‘Persons’ case
21 Oct 2019
Powers to prevent breach of peace through arrest are expressly provided for in Criminal Code
21 Oct 2019
Taxpayer was not prejudiced by short delay in being served
21 Oct 2019
Judge's comment that either waiver or estoppel applied did not reflect failure to decide
18 Oct 2019
After 22 years under Les Viner, Torys names new leader
18 Oct 2019
Ryerson Law School wraps first round of applications on Nov. 1
18 Oct 2019
Davies’ Elisa Kearney takes role on CBA Competition Law Executive
18 Oct 2019
Competition lawyers gather in Ottawa for fall conference
18 Oct 2019
No error in advancing appeals using R. 26 of Rules rather than R. 146.1 of Rules
18 Oct 2019
Minister did not bear onus of proving there was misrepresentation
18 Oct 2019
There were conflicting decisions on whether corporation could be represented other than by counsel
18 Oct 2019
Motion raised complex and somewhat novel issues
18 Oct 2019
Taking of automobile's control was done without consent
17 Oct 2019
Legal aid investments save governments money all over the world, Canadian researchers find
17 Oct 2019
New real estate law podcast begins by tackling cannabis regulations
17 Oct 2019
80% of legal employers prefer technical skills to personality
17 Oct 2019
Torys’ Linda Plumpton named to American College of Trial Lawyers
17 Oct 2019
Issue of adequacy of further consultation met “fairly arguable” standard
17 Oct 2019
No jurisdiction to allow appeal based on compassion or extenuating circumstances
17 Oct 2019
Agreements were terminated as consequence of receivership
17 Oct 2019
Evidence showed that husband likely lacked capacity to make codicil
17 Oct 2019
Accused did not intend to drive vehicle and only returned to car to warm himself
16 Oct 2019
Pressure mounts for immigration lawyers working with Latin American clients
16 Oct 2019
$100K prize offered by Canadian legal tech start-up
16 Oct 2019
New Toronto legal clinic offers Korean-language services
16 Oct 2019
BLG grows tax group with new counsel Andrea Dickinson
16 Oct 2019
Provincial land registration regime gave Crown complete control over publishing plans of survey
16 Oct 2019
Broadcaster did not establish how its intervention would help answer reference questions
16 Oct 2019
Taxpayer was unable to sue his employer for damages for personal injury
16 Oct 2019
Appeals from contempt findings should have been consolidated into one
16 Oct 2019
Surgery left plaintiff unable to cock wrist, which was critical to golf career
15 Oct 2019
Does solicitor-client privilege protect information shared with a legal app?
15 Oct 2019
How Canadian firms can benefit from Bentham IMF’s litigation funding mega-merger with Omni Bridgeway
15 Oct 2019
Economic reconciliation presents opportunities for Indigenous lawyers and business owners
15 Oct 2019
Ottawa law library renamed after former Gowling WLG chairman Gordon Henderson
14 Oct 2019
New facets of pure economic loss rule could have huge implications for businesses
14 Oct 2019
OPP charges former tax lawyer with fraud and obstruction of justice
14 Oct 2019
Taxpayer’s services not zero-rated as neither origin nor termination of trips were out of Canada
14 Oct 2019
Fear of civil liability could result in Crown attorneys being reluctant to give advice
14 Oct 2019
Given accused’s blood alcohol level, expert evidence alone was sufficient to establish impairment
14 Oct 2019
Alex Roberts joins DLA Piper as partner
10 Oct 2019
Court addresses the denial of dependent support for egregious conduct
10 Oct 2019
US lawsuit could change how LSAT is administered
10 Oct 2019
Ontario's top court dismisses brain death case but does not rule on key issue
10 Oct 2019
Justice Maryka Omatsu to receive honorary degree from Ryerson
10 Oct 2019
Delegate’s decision not to depart from policy not outside range of acceptable outcomes
10 Oct 2019
As predecessor in interest, firm’s knowledge was imputed to appellants for limitations purposes
10 Oct 2019
Accused did not have burden of establishing the reasonable opportunity to consult counsel
09 Oct 2019
Should estates freezes be put on ice?
09 Oct 2019
Lawyers race to be ready for new construction adjudication system
09 Oct 2019
Sara Zborovski joins Stikeman Elliott’s regulatory practice
09 Oct 2019
Tech lawyers Todd Bissett and Ahsan Sadiq join Gowlings in Waterloo
09 Oct 2019
Request for costs of appeal denied; costs were not incurred as result of respondent’s conduct
09 Oct 2019
Judge could not review and assent to or dissent from judgment he had no role in making
09 Oct 2019
Absence of centreline was failure by municipality to keep road in reasonable state of repair
08 Oct 2019
Dismissed suit in brachial plexus injury case a lesson in how to handle causation
08 Oct 2019
Legal aid reformers should look to private bar, law associations say
08 Oct 2019
DLA Piper Canada adds employment litigator Stephen Gleave as partner
08 Oct 2019
Law firms sponsor diversity and inclusion tech summit in Toronto
08 Oct 2019
Burden of establishing facts justifying assessment of penalty was on Minister
08 Oct 2019
Proposal was not binding offer until parties executed formal separation agreement
08 Oct 2019
Tree not interfering with current use of land but was interfering with planned enhancement of land
07 Oct 2019
Does medical malpractice liability model need fixing?
07 Oct 2019
Waterloo university case sheds light on after-the-fact accommodation
07 Oct 2019
Ontario Bar Association names Ryerson University's Legal Innovation Zone as innovator-in-residence
07 Oct 2019
Employee knew that termination was possibility if she continued to consume alcohol on reserve
07 Oct 2019
Taxpayer was not party to franchise agreement and therefore had no rights or entitlements under it
07 Oct 2019
Trial judge’s reasons for excluding surveillance did not hold up; video posed no real contradictions
04 Oct 2019
University applicant’s past poor grades should have been better accommodated amid disability
04 Oct 2019
Stikeman Elliott sustainability program gives technology to Canadian charities
04 Oct 2019
BLG lawyer to lead San Francisco roundtable for women in IP
04 Oct 2019
Effective control of corporation unchanged by new management, business activity and name
04 Oct 2019
Legislature didn’t intend tribunal and court to determine same questions, grant different relief
04 Oct 2019
Circumstances of accident itself were strong indicator of impairment
03 Oct 2019
Dispute over routine costs assessment in Volkswagen class action
03 Oct 2019
Prominent Ontario judge is not currently presiding
03 Oct 2019
Thomas Timmins to lead Gowling WLG Canada energy group
03 Oct 2019
Fasken advances cybersecurity initiative at all Canada offices
03 Oct 2019
Truck allowances taxable as they involved both flat-rate and per-kilometre rate
03 Oct 2019
Lack of formal documentation was not fatal to claim of funds being advanced as loan, not as gift
03 Oct 2019
Couldn’t give classic instruction due to nature of liability for dangerous driving
02 Oct 2019
Close to 50% of Canadian businesses will turn to alternative legal service providers within 5 years
02 Oct 2019
Windsor Law launches class action clinic
02 Oct 2019
Legal Aid Ontario to pay refugee, immigration certificates through March 2020
02 Oct 2019
Jordan Fremont joins Bennett Jones in Toronto
02 Oct 2019
Taxpayers’ comparisons to participants in other tax schemes were neither relevant nor permissible
02 Oct 2019
Material terms required determination before there could be legally enforceable agreement
02 Oct 2019
Evidence established that whether plaintiff had interest in property was a triable issue
01 Oct 2019
The problem with measuring law school success by salaries
01 Oct 2019
Construction Act amendments on prompt payment, adjudication take effect
01 Oct 2019
Duty to consult not triggered, given lack of evidence of impact on First Nation's rights
01 Oct 2019
Plaintiff reasonably believed his life would be in danger if he attempted to litigate case in UAE
01 Oct 2019
Landlord's conduct couldn't have led tenant to believe they gave required written notice to renew