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Presto! The UK Supreme Court holds the corporate veil can disappear in Prest v. Petrodel Resources

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 17 2013

The UK Supreme Court has released an important new judgment addressing the ability of judges to "pierce the corporate veil": Prest v Petrodel

Class actions do not trump physician-patient confidentiality rights

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 3 2013

The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that plaintiffs in a certified class action cannot compel the production of information about class members from

This week at the SCC (17052013)

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 21 2013

The Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments this week in three cases of interest to Canadian business and professions, and reserved judgment in each

Legal causation and the duty to warn

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Australia, Canada
  • -
  • May 8 2013

Can a defendant be liable for failing to warn about a risk which does not materialize, where this leads the plaintiff to be injured by a second

This week at the SCC (12042013)

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 14 2013

The Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal this week in three cases of interest to Canadian businesses and professions. The first involves a

The second opinion: good faith in the shadow of contractual rights

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 22 2013

Are parties under a duty of good faith in deciding whether to exercise a right of non-renewal when the term of an evergreen contract comes to an end

This week at the SCC

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 18 2013

The Supreme Court of Canada refused leave to appeal this week from several cases of interest to Canadian businesses and professions. The decisions

BCCA finds limited partners not purchasers of property sold to limited partnership

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • February 27 2013

When a limited partner sells property to the limited partnership, is the limited partner itself a purchaser of that property, or is the only

Ontario Divisional Court upholds denial of certification of pharmaceutical class action against AstraZeneca

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 22 2013

In a rare and dramatic oral ruling from the bench, the Ontario Divisional Court yesterday upheld the May 7, 2012 decision of Horkins J. in Martin v

The second opinion: restrictive covenants at the Ontario Court of Appeal

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 15 2013

The Ontario Court of Appeal has released an important new judgment concerning the enforceability of restrictive covenants: Martin v. ConCreate USL