A dissenting judge has chastised a majority judgment as “an exercise in micromanaging” and warned it could encourage litigants to strategically misuse appellate panel reviews. In a decision that sent ...
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario has published a report evaluating the concept of a privacy regulatory sandbox. The report was ...
Jason Moyse, a key member of Canada’s legal innovation community, passed away on December 2 due to a car accident. He was 52 years old. Lawyers who worked with Moyse remember his passion for new ...
After the parties have agreed to the amount of compensation in a settlement negotiation for a case of personal injury, the next question would be how the amount will be received by the injured party.
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted summary judgment in favour of a mother upon finding that she loaned funds to her daughter and her husband. The court disagreed with the son-in-law’s ...
Interested in knowing how to become an intellectual property lawyer in Canada? This practice area combines law with the world of innovation, which involves protecting and enforcing the intellectual ...
Amidst our busyness, being idle just for some time is a leisure; doing nothing and letting things go their own way are just some of the things we aspire to have in our lives every once in a while.
The Women’s Law Association of Ontario has appointed Erin O’Donovan as its president and Fariya Walji as its vice president for 2024-2026, marking their addition to the executive board. O’Donovan has ...
In some cases, contracting parties can claim the defence of “non est factum” to avoid the consequences of a contract they didn’t truly understand. However, the law doesn’t treat this defence lightly — ...
The Ontario government has announced the appointment of four new judges to the Ontario Court of Justice. The newly appointed judges are Adam Sean Jeremy Campbell, Gregory William McGivern, IIana ...
The Law Foundation of Ontario has shared that, from June to December this year, it approved new grants amounting to $45.5 million in favour of the 25 access to justice organizations in Ontario taking ...
Thirteen years after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the federal Minister of Health acted unconstitutionally when he refused to exempt a Vancouver safe injection site from criminal drug laws, a ...