TSX Venture Exchange Revises Minimum Pricing Requirements
By Maria Starko Effective June 23, 2022, the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) has amended some of the minimum pricing requirements in its Corporate Finance ... Continued
Supreme Court of Canada Decides Mother 1 Has No Claim to Slain Multimillionaire’s Estate
By Zachary Murphy-Rogers The Supreme Court of Canada has announced it will not hear the appeal brought by a woman known as “Mother 1” in ... Continued
The Duty to Defend in the face of Misrepresentation
By Bo Carter According to the Ontario Court of Appeal in the recent decision of IT Haven Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, 2022 ... Continued
Duty to Defend Triggered: Ambiguous Pollution Exclusion Clause
By Satinder Sidhu and Imroz Ali A tragic workplace accident, resulting in the death of the insured, laid the background for the Ontario Court of ... Continued
B.C. Court of Appeal Confirms There is No Tort of Blacklisting in Canada
By Denny Chung Excluding persons from a potential contract or opportunity is a practice referred to as “blacklisting”. FORCOMP Forestry Consulting Ltd. v. British Columbia, ... Continued
Employee’s Use of Company Email Leads to Lawsuit Against Former Employer
By Andrea Raso Employers should ensure that they have policies in place governing use of work emails for non-work-related purposes. The issue of employee use ... Continued
Termination of Employee Related to Dispute with Husband Leads to Large Damage Award
By Andrea Raso In the decision of Natasha Martin v. Grapevine Optical and Charles Fellnermayr, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (“HRT”) recently awarded over ... Continued
Privacy, Penalties and AI Regulation – The New Digital Charter Implementation Act
By Jeff Holowaychuk and Lauren Zeleschuk Almost two years since it was first introduced as Bill C-11, Parliament is once again considering the Digital Charter ... Continued
Claims of Lien: Naming Owner is a Mandatory Requirement for a Lien Action
By Anna Sekunova and Kim Do We previously reported on Trans Canada Trenchless Ltd v Targa Contracting (2013) Ltd, 2021 BCSC 2518, a decision where ... Continued
Clark Wilson | Webinar: Navigating New Employee Entitlements: A Crash Course for Employers
On June 9, 2022, members of our Employment & Labour group, Andrea Raso, Catherine Repel and Debbie Preston, hosted a fast-paced, informative and interactive breakfast ... Continued
The New Framework for Relocating Children in Mobility Applications
By Dani Gorelov In Gordon v Goertz ([1996] 2 SCR 27) (“Gordon”), the Supreme Court of Canada drafted a framework for mobility applications. Since Gordon, ... Continued
Clarifying the Approach for Admitting New Evidence in Appellate Proceedings
By Dani Gorelov The Supreme Court of Canada decision of R. v. Palmer [1980] 1 SCR 759 (“Palmer”) established the criteria for appellate courts to ... Continued