Articles 2023

The final Brown Bag Lunch meeting for the 2024-2025 term was held on June 18, 2024. As usual, participants raised interesting discussion topics and generously shared their thoughts with other attendees. Some of the topics discussed this month include claims related to registered plans and disabled beneficiaries, the administration of the estate of an international student, and the transfer of the ownership of an RDSP.

On a beautiful day in May, members of the OBA’s Trusts and Estates Law Section gathered for the monthly Brown Bag Lunch, where they discussed several interesting and topical matters relating to their practices (including administration matters involving the OCL, supporting materials for motions to dispense with a bond, allocation of income from Graduated Rate Estates among others).

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 30, 2024.

This article summarizes Longair v. Akumin Inc. et al., 2024 ONSC 3675 where the Ontario Superior Court of Justice grants a number of secondary market misrepresentation claims leave to proceed under Part XXIII.1 of the Securities Act and certifies a global class.

This article outlines the background, and the key concepts decided by Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) in the investigation by the Office of Privacy Commissioner of Canada into Facebook's practices. The FCA concluded that Facebook failed to obtain meaningful consent from friends of users to disclose their data and breached its safeguarding obligations by failing to adequately monitor and enforce the privacy practices of third-party applications operating on the platform.

As defence counsel, we are always dealing with what can be deducted from any settlement and award and the recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court provides some direction on the deductibility of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) in a motor vehicle accident.

In Ontario civil litigation, actions concerning coverage disputes and uninsurable losses can dominate the legal landscape, specifically concerning the interpretation of the duties and obligations of an insurance broker. It is critical for both insureds (individuals or companies with insurance policies) and brokers to understand the specific duties and obligations that are required in a customer-broker relationship.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 23, 2024.

This article reviews the majority decision in Canada (Attorney General) v. Power, 2024 SCC 26, regarding the limited availability of Charter damages for unconstitutional legislation, a subject of interest to those litigating class actions against governments.