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
An Ideal, or An Obligation? Alberta Court of Appeal Confirms There Is no Fiduciary Duty Between a Post-secondary Institution and its Students
By Maria Starko and Michael Larsen Modern post-secondary institutions devote themselves to promoting student well-being and academic success, whether in the domain of teaching alone, ... 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
Cool Off: The Government of BC Acts on Homebuyer Protection Recommendations
On July 21, 2022, the Government of British Columbia announced a new homebuyer protection period in residential real estate sales. Amendments to the Property Law ... 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
Clark Wilson Completes Landmark Collaboration Agreement for Kwakiutl First Nation
Clark Wilson’s Saul Joseph, Melanee Bryniawsky, and Mike McDonald. Q.C. of our Indigenous Law Group recently completed a landmark Collaboration Agreement between our client, the ... 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
Procedure, Policy and Practice: Continued Commentary on the BC Builders Lien Act
This year our courts have made many decisions that provide comment and clarity on certain procedural requirements of the Builders Lien Act (the “Act”). Our ... Continued
Unintended Tax Liability? Supreme Court of Canada Says No Take-Backs
By Ryan Lincoln The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) in Canada (Attorney General) v. Collins Family Trust, 2022 SCC 26 (“Collins Family Trust”) recently set ... Continued