Articles 2022

The authors comment on the Supreme Court of Canada's denial of leave to appeal the British Columbia Court of Appeal's decision in Precision Plating Ltd. v. Axa Pacific Insurance Co., which dealt with the interpretation and application of pollution exclusion clauses in commercial general liability insurance policies.

The authors examine ministerial mandate letters issued by Prime Minister Trudeau on November of 2015 and opine on their potential impact on fisheries policy.

The authors discuss the Paris Agreement signed by 196 nations on December 12, 2015, next steps and what's already being done in Canada.

Laura summarizes the Paris Agreement to decarbonize the economy, work collectively to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and limit global temperature increases that was adopted by 195 nations on December 12, 2015 at COP 21.

Laura Zizzo, a trained lawyer and strategic advisor focusing on climate risk management at Zizzo Strategy Inc., reports on the Untied Nations Climate Summit.

The authors briefly review the recognition of good faith performance obligations and the recent Bhasin v. Hrynew decision and go on to discuss the applications for this duty in litigation and environmental law contexts.

Sarah provides an overview of three of the many interesting topics covered by the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario ("ECO") in her Annual Report for 2014/2015, which was released on November 3, 2015.

Disappointed purchaser of a contaminated plaza loses multimillion dollar claim against the vendors and his own lawyer.

Within the next 5 years, a live GHG cap and trade system will be a reality in Ontario.

The Court of Appeal has recently discussed the drafting of expert reports and the nature of expert testimony (Westerhof v Gee, 2015 ONCA 206 (CanLII)).