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Gowling WLG | European Union | 2 Jun 2023
Hallo, bonjour, ciao…hello? The language of proceedings before the UPC
Amidst the excitement around the UPC finally opening its doors yesterday, 1 June 2023, a somewhat more practical announcement has flown under the…
Gowling WLG | Canada | 1 Jun 2023
SCC Bulletin 01-06-2023
40545 Karlheinz Schreiber v. Attorney General of Canada, et al. AB Civil procedure — Time — Abuse of process 40551 Alexander MacDonald v. His Majesty…
Gowling WLG | Canada | 1 Jun 2023
Bill 96’s "French First" rule takes effect: Implications for contracts of adhesion in Québec
As discussed in our previous article on Bill 96, effective June 1, 2023 section 55 of Québec's Charter of the French Language (the "Charter") will…
Gowling WLG | United Kingdom | 1 Jun 2023
Climate Change and Your Workforce
Last week, the Climate Change Committee estimated that the United Kingdom's transition to net zero will create between 135,000 and 725,000 new jobs…
Gowling WLG | United Kingdom | 1 Jun 2023
Building Safety: Registration of Higher-Risk Buildings in England now underway
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced that only around 750 higher-risk buildings (HRBs) in England have been registered with the new…
Gowling WLG | USA | 31 May 2023
Latest SCOTUS decision sparks controversy over Prince portraits
In 1984, Vanity Fair magazine commissioned artist Andy Warhol to create a portrait of the singer-songwriter sensation Prince. To assist Warhol in…
Gowling WLG | European Union, United Kingdom | 31 May 2023
Everything you always wanted to know about the UPC but were afraid to ask
The Unified Patents Court and Unitary Patent were first fully envisaged in the Community Patent Convention 1975, as updated in 1989. It has been a…
Gowling WLG | Canada | 30 May 2023
Ontario Superior Court clarifies what factors a court will consider to discharge a lien on the basis of an "abuse of process"
Since the 2018 amendments to Ontario's Construction Act (the "Act") there has been little judicial discussion on what factors militate towards a…
Gowling WLG | Canada | 30 May 2023
Force Majeure Clauses: An important reminder that the clause is only as strong as the language contained within it
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to force majeure clauses in contracts is continuing to be felt by parties as Ontario courts are…
Gowling WLG | Canada | 30 May 2023
Ontario Divisional Court clarifies the test for judicial review of adjudication under the Construction Act
In late 2019, the Ontario construction industry welcomed several amendments to the Construction Act, chief among them being the introduction of a…
