Shareholders’ Agreements with Employees: A Cautionary Tale for Employers
We told you recently about Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Limited, the latest employment law decision from the country’s top court (here). The Matthews case ... Continued
Employers Must Review COVID-19 Safety Plans
On November 19, 2020, British Columbia’s public health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, extended the scope of previous orders and issued new orders which affect employers ... Continued
Misrepresentations, Omissions and other Half Truths
It is a deemed condition of every insurance contract that if a person applying for insurance misrepresents or fraudulently omits to communicate any circumstance that ... Continued
Is COVID-19 Affecting the Sale of your Business?
We are living in extraordinary times. The COVID-19 pandemic has been all pervasive, taking lives, exhausting our front line workers, throwing people out of work, ... Continued
Keeping on the Straight and Narrow: Scope of Faulty Workmanship Exclusions in All-Risk Policies
The Alberta Court of Appeal has affirmed and extended the seminal Supreme Court of Canada decision in Ledcor v. Northbridge[1] regarding faulty workmanship exclusion clauses ... Continued
Medical Assistance in Dying: A Step Forward in Ottawa
Last week marked a key step in Canada’s move towards a constitutionally-compliant framework for medical assistance in dying (“MAID”). For many years, it was a ... Continued
Webinar: Cybersecurity: What Charities and Not-For-Profits Need to Know
In light of a recent breach of fundraising software used by those in the charitable sector, Raman Johal and Areet Kaila of our Charities & ... Continued
Government of Canada Announces Update on New Rent Support For Businesses
We previously published an article regarding the Government of Canada’s announcement that it would be implementing a Commercial Emergency Rent Subsidy program (“CERS”) to provide ... Continued
Construction Contracts and Insolvency: SCC Affirms Anti-Deprivation Rule
Earlier this month in Chandos Construction Ltd. v. Deloitte Restructuring Inc., 2020 SCC 25, the Supreme Court of Canada (the “SCC”) signaled that a contracting ... Continued
Timely Disclosure of (Surreptitiously Recorded) Documents
The rules of disclosure are fundamental to the adversarial system. Rule 7-1(21) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules says that a party who fails to ... Continued
SCC Finds RCMP Job-Sharing Pension Arrangement Breaches Equality Rights of Women
Photo by: focusedcapture On October 16, 2020 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in Fraser v Canada. Canada’s highest court ruled that ... Continued
Consideration of “Physical Damage” After MDS: Prosperity Electric v. Aviva
Earlier this year we commented on the Ontario Superior Court decision in MDS Inc. v. Factory Mutual Insurance Company (FM Global), 2020 ONSC 1924, where ... Continued