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Revised Filing Direction for Estates and Commercial List Matters

  • August 26, 2020
  • Commercial/Estates List, Toronto Superior Court

Effective immediately, Estates and Commercial List filings should be completed through the Civil Submissions Online portal, which has been expanded to accept applications. This direction from the court provides guidance on the process for submission.

Student Forum, Trusts and Estates Law

Team Allyship: Collaboration That Includes the Whole Group

  • August 24, 2020
  • Barbara De Dios, Corporate Counsel at Canadian Dental Services Corporation

Facilitating change to our organization’s governance, management structure, policy and even social practices to remove unconscious and legitimized bias requires the work of multiple people, such as the Encourager, the Leader and the Mentor, among others with parallel objectives.

Canadian Corporate Counsel Association - Ontario Chapter, Women Lawyers Forum, Student Forum
The Dependent Contractor Test – What is the “True Substance” of the Relationship?

The Dependent Contractor Test – What is the “True Substance” of the Relationship?

  • July 31, 2020
  • Vanessa Glasser, counsel, Ministry of the Attorney General, Crown Law Office Civil, and Vincent Rocheleau, associate, Blaney McMurtry LLP

In the past three years, the Ontario appellate courts released four appellate decisions affirming and clarifying the test to determine whether a worker is a dependent contractor. Thurston v. Ontario (Children’s Lawyer) is the third of four post-McKee appellate court decisions that counsel should consider when advising clients regarding contracts and termination in employment matters.

Labour and Employment Law, Student Forum
ROE, ROE, ROE Your Boat! A Refresher On the Ins and Outs of ROEs

ROE, ROE, ROE Your Boat! A Refresher On the Ins and Outs of ROEs

  • July 30, 2020
  • Adrian Ishak, Senior Corporate Counsel, Salesforce

A subject often considered by our clients, a subject never considered in any detail by lawyers. With the recent pandemonium in the workplace wrought by the pandemic, the institution of the CERB, the extension of the CERB, the delay in EI benefits as a result, and the impact on so many employers and employees, have all resulted in more attention being given to this usually innocuous document

Labour and Employment Law, Student Forum

When is a Notice of Rescission a Notice of Rescission?

  • July 30, 2020
  • Rory McGovern and Daniel Freiheit

In 2352392 Ontario Inc. v. Msi, the Ontario Court of Appeal delivered a significant decision that will impact the application of Section 6(3) of the Arthur Wishart Act. The decision, technically read, allows court pleadings to constitute a valid notice of rescission under the Act.  However, the principles applied by the Court of Appeal shed light, more broadly, on a new level for how the Act will be interpreted in favor of franchisees.

Franchise Law, Student Forum