Articles 2021

The Ontario Bar Association’s Public Sector Lawyers Section in collaboration with the Privacy and Right to Access to Information Section hosted a panel discussion this winter on open contracting, which is a part of the open government initiative to increase transparency and accountability in the area of government contracting and procurement.

FSCO's new targeted review, Quarterly Update, and Pension Assessments, a new case about limitation periods and pension claims, and more...

A recent decision of the Divisional Court in which an employer’s application for judicial review of a WSIAT decision was granted.

In Denton v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2017 BCCA 403, the British Columbia Court of Appeal ("Court of Appeal") has confirmed that generally speaking, constitutional issues should not be raised for the first time on judicial review as they should be first considered in the context of a developed record.

Due to the flexible nature of the law of claims construction in Canada, the meaning of the commonly used transitional phrase "consisting essentially of" may surprise foreign lawyers and patent practitioners.

A review of case law looking at how you can overcome scheduling conflicts when faced with fixed hearing dates set by the Toronto Local Appeal Body.

Summaries of Taylor's Towing v. Intact Insurance Company, Intact Insurance v. 2229152 Ontario Limited, Dalcor Inc. v. Unimac Group Ltd., Canada v. Callidus Capital Corporation, Canada North Group Inc., Royal Bank of Canada v. Delta, Bankruptcy of Christine Marie Rose Fauvelle, Bank of Montreal v. Linden Leas Ltd., Adebogun v. Canada (Attorney General), Cansearch Resources Ltd. v. Regent Resources Ltd. and Johal v. Nordio

Barry Corbin discusses the recent decision of Justice de Sa in Cotnam v. Rousseau, 2018 CarswellOnt 69. An application under Part V of the SLRA.

Robert Shawyer provides a case comment from Hon. Curtis, J. on the term "openness".

Lawrence Gold presents a detailed analysis of notional disposition costs through the lens of a personal property appraiser.