The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has reduced a law firm's legal fee in a medical malpractice case from the requested ...
Senior partner Jeffrey S. Leon, LSM, FCIArb has retired from Bennett Jones LLP after 18 years. The Toronto-based litigation ...
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 — ...