Canada
- March 17 2022
In College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia v. The Health Professions Review Board, 2022 BCCA 10, the British Columbia Court of Appeal…
Canada
- November 11 2021
Arbitration and alternative dispute resolutions, already popular mechanisms for efficient and confidential dispute resolution, have only grown in…
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…
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…
Canada
- April 25 2021
The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently commented on the jurisdiction of the court over interrelated final and interlocutory orders. In Martin v…
Canada
- February 28 2021
As the Court of Appeal for Ontario recently confirmed in Louis v. Poitras, 2021 ONCA 49, discretionary case management orders attract deference on…
Canada
- January 27 2021
Effective January 27, 2021, amendments to the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada (Rules) and the Guidelines for Preparing Documents to be Filed…
Canada
- October 15 2020
The Federal Court of Appeal recently addressed the role of interveners and, in doing so, the proper role of the courts. In Canada (Attorney General)…
Canada
- September 9 2020
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has recently emphasized the requirement for concise factums on appeals. In OZ Merchandising Inc. v. Canadian…
Canada
- May 5 2020
As summarized in our periodically-updated post regarding appellate courts’ responses to COVID-19, certain courts are using written “hearings” as an…