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The Supreme Court of Canada trashes privacy

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • April 28 2009

On April 9, 2009, in a decision questioning a police search, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized that the contents of our garbage bags are not always private and can be used to incriminate us

Court sends Kearl decision back for clarification of rationale

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • March 7 2008

The Federal Court has determined that the Joint Review Panel must provide better reasons why compliance with “intensity-based” greenhouse gas emissions targets adequately mitigates the Kearl Project’s emissions

Decisions may pave way for challenge of ERCB licences

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • March 6 2008

For the second time in recent months, the Alberta Court of Appeal has granted leave to appeal an ERCB decision to landowners who faced relatively light scrutiny of the merits of their case

Advertising & marketing: recent developments of importance

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 3 2008

Advertising law in Canada encapsulates a multitude of legal issues and is governed by federal and provincial laws as well as self-regulatory codes, policies and bodies

Québec company ordered to pay $15 million damages despite following regulations

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 31 2009

The Supreme Court of Canada rendered its decision in St. Lawrence Cement Inc. v. Barrette on Thursday, November 20, 2008

Compelled interrogation not authorized by environmental statute

  • Torys LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • January 30 2009

In a very important enforcement-related decision, on January 7, 2009, the Ontario Superior Court ruled that Ontario's Environmental Protection Act (EPA) does not authorize a justice of the peace to order a witness to submit to interrogation or to produce documents, which is contrary to the position that Ontario's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has been advancing for several years

The impact of contamination on the value of a property

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 16 2008

The increased public awareness and concern over environmental contamination is affecting the way in which property is examined and purchased

Directors beware potential environmental liability

  • WeirFoulds LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 30 2008

When it comes to industrial clean-ups, the Ministry of the Environment is looking for help and personal liability can lurk in the murky ponds and work sites of the companies you serve

Environmental class actions: the importance of the class description

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 6 2009

On August 26, 2009, the Québec Court of Appeal upheld the Superior Court decision denying the authorization to institute an environmental class action in the Deraspe v. Zinc Électrolytique du Canada Ltée case

“Loss of chance” claims finds footing in refusal to permit environmental testing

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 7 2009

In a recent Ontario case, Kipfinch Developments v. Westwood Mall (Mississauga) Limited, the Court awarded damages for a vendor’s failure to grant reasonable access for environmental testing