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
Making Sense of the Copyright Act’s Making Available Right
by Michal Jaworski In July 2020 (when little else was going on…), my colleague, David Bowden, and I wrote a couple of pieces about the ... Continued
Dollars, Donees, and Disbursements: New Opportunities for Charity Partnerships Await
Canadian registered charities now have greater flexibility when partnering with non-profit organizations. On June 23, 2022, Bill C-19, Budget Implementation Act 2022, No. 1 (“BIA”) ... 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
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