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Action against proposed wind farm fails

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 10 2013

K2 Wind proposes to build a wind power project in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh township in southwestern Ontario, where Shawn and Trisha Drennan are

Supreme Court of Canada rules on value of assumed obligations in asset sales

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 5 2013

On May 23, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) rendered its decision in Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. v Canada in which it concluded that

The Supreme Court of British Columbia defers to the discretion of the Environmental Assessment Office

  • Lawson Lundell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 30 2013

On May 17, 2013 the Supreme Court of British Columbia released its decision in David Suzuki Foundation v. British Columbia (Ministry of Environment

Less than a sure thing: reliance on the advice of the Ministry of Environment

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 29 2013

The Court du Québec recently examined a case where a defendant attempted to rely on two defences commonly used in environmental cases, the due

Ontario Court of Appeal affirms liability for innocent land owner

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 29 2013

On May 10, 2013, the Ontario Court of Appeal rendered its decision in the case of Kawartha Lakes (City) v. Ontario, Director, Ministry of the

Putting the “new” in nuisance: nuisance present before purchase may prevent post-purchase recovery

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 29 2013

When your land is contaminated by a neighbour, proving that it happened may not always be enough. In Midwest v. Thordarson,2013 ONSC 775 the

Former Northstar officers and directors challenge MOE order

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 29 2013

Former officers and directors of Northstar Aerospace Inc. and its subsidiary Northstar (Canada) Inc. ("Northstar") have been ordered by the Ontario

BC Supreme Court upholds yet another decision of the BC Environmental Assessment Office

  • McMillan LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 24 2013

In a recent case where a decision of the BC Environmental Assessment Office ("EAO") was challenged, the BC Supreme Court has found in favour of the

Not on the rink in my backyard

  • Bennett Jones LLP
  • -
  • Canada, Ecuador
  • -
  • May 21 2013

It is well-known that for 20 years Chevron Corp. has been engaged in litigation with residents of the Lago Agrio region of Ecuador over alleged

Ontario Court of Appeal upholds environmental remediation order against innocent landowners

  • Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 15 2013

The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that innocent landowners can be subject to remediation orders even if they are not responsible for the