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Certification granted in charitable donation tax "scheme" class action

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 24 2012

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it’s probably a duck

Turf tussle erupts in charity over fiduciary duty

  • Miller Thomson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 29 2011

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has released its decision in Victoria Order of Nurses for Canada v. Greater Hamilton Wellness Foundation, a case in which a parallel foundation sought to expend its assets contrary to its objects by refusing to use them to support the organization for which it had been established

Court releases decision on certification of donation tax shelter class action

  • Miller Thomson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 29 2011

In November 2011, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released its decision on a motion for class action certification in Lipson v. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Swim lessons and religion: the Federal Court of Appeal rejects amendment to pleadings to raise charter issue in Fluevog v. The Queen

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 14 2011

On December 5, 2011, the Federal Court of Appeal released its decision in John Fluevog v. The Queen (2011 FCA 338

Federal Court of Appeal denies registration to news organization

  • Miller Thomson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 25 2011

In June, the Federal Court issued its decision in News To You Canada v. Minister of National Revenue in which it denied the organization’s appeal of the Canada Revenue Agency’s refusal to register it as a charitable organization

Recent decision highlights importance of proper receipting

  • Miller Thomson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 25 2011

The recent decision of the Tax Court of Canada in Oloya v. R. highlights the pitfalls that can occur when insufficient attention is paid to the form and content of donation receipts issued to donors

Federal Court of Appeal upholds decision denying charitable credits

  • Miller Thomson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 30 2011

In the April 2010 issue of this Newsletter, we reported on the decision of the Tax Court of Canada in Coleman v. M.N.R., in which the Tax Court denied charitable donation credits claimed by various donors to a structured scholarship fundraising program

Court exercises power to monitor and regulate charities after directors fail to fulfill fiduciary duties

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 28 2011

In the recently reported case of Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v. Toronto Humane Society, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, in denying a motion to vary a settlement order, affirmed that directors of charitable organizations have fiduciary duties towards the charity and the public who support it

The 4th head of charity: what “other purposes beneficial to the community” means in Canada

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 28 2011

When an organization seeks charitable status and is refused by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), the organization may challenge the CRA’s decision in court

Ottawa (City) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner)

  • Harper Grey LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 23 2011

A City solicitor used his work email to send and receive messages pertaining to his volunteer position with the Children’s Aid Society ("Society"

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