Bennett Jones LLP | Canada | 1 Jun 2023
In an active year in securities class actions, Canadian courts have provided new guidance and clarity in a number of important areas. Below we briefly…
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | Canada | 31 May 2023
On May 24, 2023, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released two decisions, Peters v. SNC-Lavalin Group Inc (SNC) and Markowich v. Lundin Mining…
Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 31 May 2023
In Butterfield v Intact Insurance Company, 2023 ONCA 246, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed that Intact Insurance Company (“Intact”) did not have…
Blaney McMurtry LLP | Canada | 27 May 2023
Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of May 22, 2023. The Court released two companion…
Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 24 May 2023
Most commercial leases contain a provision that requires the tenant to obtain the landlord’s consent to any “transfer” of the lease, which usually…
Blaney McMurtry LLP | Canada | 20 May 2023
In Hydro One Networks Inc. v. Shiner, Hydro sought a declaration that it had a prescriptive easement to an access road on the respondent’s private…
Littler LLP | Canada | 18 May 2023
In Pham v. Qualified Metal Fabricators Ltd., 2023 ONCA 255, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) found that unless an employee’s employment contract…
McLeish Orlando Lawyers LLP | Canada | 17 May 2023
The recent Court of Appeal for Ontario decision Bothwell v London Health Sciences Centre, 2023 ONCA 323, arises from an incident where Mr. Bothwell…
Bennett Jones LLP | Canada | 15 May 2023
The Court of Appeal for Ontario in Levac v James, 2023 ONCA 73 [Levac] has unanimously upheld a trial judgment in a common issues trial regarding an…
Blaney McMurtry LLP | Canada, Global | 13 May 2023
Bothwell v. London Health Sciences Centre considered the legal principles set out by the Supreme Court in Saadati v. Moorhead, for determining…