W. David Rankin
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Articles
Canadian courts confirm significant limits on privacy class actions
Canada - December 8 2021 For businesses operating in Canada, 2021 brought welcome guidance: courts across the country repeatedly exercised their gatekeeping role to put a…
Robert Carson, Mark A. Gelowitz, Lauren Harper, Céline Legendre, Emily MacKinnon
Supreme Court of Canada revisits the law of government liability in negligence
Canada - November 15 2021 Nelson (City) v. Marchi (Marchi), 2021 SCC 41, is the Supreme Court of Canada’s latest update on the law of government liability in negligence. The…
La Cour suprême du Canada réexamine le droit de la responsabilité gouvernementale en matière de négligence
Canada - November 14 2021 Nelson (Ville) c. Marchi [Marchi], 2021 CSC 41, est la dernière mise à jour de la Cour suprême du Canada sur le droit de la responsabilité…
Court of Appeal judge calls for reform of final-interlocutory distinction
Canada - October 31 2021 We have written before in this blog where a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario has called for legislative reform of the statutory appeal routes…
Court of Appeal addresses novel question of appellate jurisdiction in class proceedings
Canada - October 14 2021 The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently addressed a novel question of appellate jurisdiction: is an order refusing to extend the time to opt out of…
