September Dinner Meeting: Current Issues in Municipal Elections October 22, 2014 Chris Williams Chris Williams reports on the September 29, 2014 dinner meeting of the Municipal Law Section, Current Issues in Municipal Elections.
Toronto Moves Forward with a LAB Experiment September 26, 2014 Sean Tyler Toronto City Council has moved to create a Local Appeal Board (“LAB”), making it the first Ontario municipality to experiment with this type of adjudicative body.
New Rules of Professional Conduct: What Every Municipal Lawyer Needs to Know September 26, 2014 Kim Mullin On October 1, 2014, new Rules of Professional Conduct will come into force. This article summarizes some of the key changes.
Security for Costs Orders Against Environmental Groups May 22, 2014 Marc McAree and Nicole Petersen A recent decision reinforces that courts are willing to order security for costs against environmental groups challenging development through judicial review.
Regulating Medical Marihuana Production Facilities through Municipal Land Use Planning May 22, 2014 Peter Gross On April 1, 2014, the federal Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations came into full force and effect after a transition period intended to phase out the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations.
Updating Ontario's Construction Laws May 09, 2014 Ministry of the Attorney General Province to Launch Independent Review of the Construction Lien Act.
Where the Lions Are May 07, 2014 Michael Cochrane Michael Cochrane reviews two very different books about two very different leaders: Rob Ford and Roy McMurtry.
“Wait, the Government Can Just Take my Property?” Expropriation without Compensation November 22, 2013 Kim Ferreira, Jessica Prince One might expect that if the government chooses to expropriate an individual’s land or property, that person would be entitled to compensation. This, however, is not always the case.
E-Signatures and Agreements of Purchase and Sale: An Update October 18, 2013 Ray Leclair and Maurizio Romanin This brief article provides an update on the status of the Ontario Government's intention to allow agreements of purchase and sale for land to be executed by digital signatures, some of the challenges associated with doing so, and the role of various stakeholders in the process.
Substantial and Unreasonable Injurious Affection after Antrim Truck Centre Ltd. v. Ontario (Transportation) May 15, 2013 Scott McAnsh After years of travelling through Ontario’s courts, on March 6, 2013 the SCC determined that Antrim Truck Centre Ltd. was entitled to compensation for injurious affection.