Articles 2021

Important legislative amendments to provisions of the federal Divorce Act, RSC 1985, c 3 (2nd Supp) took effect on March 1, 2021. These amendments were made through Bill C-78 and were originally scheduled to come into force on July 1, 2020; however, the Government of Canada deferred the effective date to March 1, 2021 due to the extraordinary circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A recent decision by Justice Steele in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has brought some much-needed clarity for road building contractors seeking to uphold (or overturn) an interim-binding decision of a referee under MTO’s dispute resolution procedures.

The article discusses a viewing of L’Inspecteur (The Inspector) at CBA at the Movies, which deals with the issue of prohibition of French language instruction in Manitoba public schools from 1916 to the late 1960s.

This article reviews the significance of changes to the Child, Youth and Family Services Act (Ontario, 2018) and the federal legislation An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families (2020) on child protection proceedings and Indigenous youth.

This article discusses the changes to Tarion, the new Home Construction Regulatory Authority that regulates new home builders and vendors in the province, and the changes to registration fees.

How do you deal with a party who's convinced of their own correctness. Using knowledge gained from Botond Koszegi's 2006 article on ego utility that remains just as relevant in 2021, this article discusses some common ways peoples' ongoing need to maintain a healthy ego can prolong or even cause disputes.

2020 was a remarkable year for employment law. In this article, ZOOM mediations, enforceability of termination clauses, valuation of shares in non-public companies, and the poverty defence come to the forefront as four of the biggest current trends in employment law in Ontario.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of March 8, 2021. Congratulations to Blaneys' David Greenwood and Chris McLelland, who were successful in Mikelsteins v. Morrison Hershfield Limited. Please mark down April 27, 2021, from 5:30-7:45pm in your calendars for our fifth annual “Top Appeals” CLE, which will take place via Zoom. Justice Benjamin Zarnett will be co-chairing the event with myself and Chloe Snider of Dentons.

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