Senior partner Jeffrey S. Leon, LSM, FCIArb has retired from Bennett Jones LLP after 18 years. The Toronto-based litigation ...
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has reduced a law firm's legal fee in a medical malpractice case from the requested ...
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) has appointed Aileen Page as its new president and chief executive officer. Page, currently LAO’s ...
“This change in Ontario is part of a trend that we're seeing,” Workewych says. “We’ll probably see other provinces follow ...
Decision clarifies application of anti-delay provision in Class Proceedings Act ...
Discover how structured settlements provide tax-free financial security for personal injury plaintiffs, including the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 — ...