Mirrored-glass property owner not responsible for associated bird kills *

Canada - November 29 2012
Property owner Menkes has successfully defended charges related to bird fatalities at its building towers near Highway 401 and McCowan Road in Scarborough, Ontario.

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The non-polluter pays: municipal liability for cleaning up migrating contamination *

Canada - November 29 2012
In December 2008, a residential property leaked fuel oil in the City of Kawartha Lakes (the “City”).

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A rock in a hard place: notification requirements and blasting in Ontario *

Canada - June 6 2012
While widening a highway in Marmora, Ontario, Castonguay Blasting Ltd. (“Castonguay”) caused fly-rock to travel some 90 metres in the air, landing on and damaging a house and a vehicle on a neighbouring private property.

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New Environmental Activity & Sector Registry (EASR): making it “easier” to get environmental approval from the Ontario MOE *

Canada - January 20 2012
There’s a new registry in town.

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Indemnity fails: paying twice for a cleanup *

Canada - October 6 2011
Illustrating the adage that an indemnity is only as good as the person giving it, a recent case from the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal demonstrates the serious exposures a vendor may encounter when contaminated property is sold subject to a contractual indemnity without adequate security.

Co-authors: Rick F. Coburn.

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