Yang v. Shi, 2022 BCCA 317 – Summary Determinations at the Court of Appeal
By Polly Storey On July 18, 2022, new legislation and rules came into force governing appeals before the Court of Appeal for British Columbia.[1] In ... Continued
New Public Company Financing Exemption Will Streamline Process for Raising Capital
The Canadian Securities Administrators (the “CSA”) approved a new prospectus exemption available to public companies listed on a Canadian stock exchange (the “New Exemption”). The ... Continued
Case comment: Urban Mechanical Contracting Ltd v Zurich, 2022 ONCA 589
By Roy Nieuwenburg QC and Manveer Sall Can a surety / bond issuer (in this case Zurich Insurance Company) rescind performance and payment bonds, based ... Continued
Back to Tort Law Basics – Plaintiff Fails to Establish a Duty of Care for Slip and Fall on a Municipal Sidewalk
In order to advance a claim in the tort of negligence, a plaintiff must first establish that the defendant owes him or her a duty ... Continued
Case Comment: Procedural Requirements for Relief under the Builders Lien Act
We have previously reported on decisions that have been released by our courts this summer regarding the importance for lien claimants to follow proper procedure ... Continued
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
Duty to Defend Triggered: Ambiguous Pollution Exclusion Clause
By Satinder Sidhu. A tragic workplace accident, resulting in the death of the insured, laid the background for the Ontario Court of Appeal’s (the “ONCA”) ... Continued
B.C. Court of Appeal Confirms There is No Tort of Blacklisting in Canada
Excluding persons from a potential contract or opportunity is a practice referred to as “blacklisting”. FORCOMP Forestry Consulting Ltd. v. British Columbia, 2021 BCCA 465 ... 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