The Complete Brief
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April 14, 2025
Federal Court strikes veteran’s proposed class action over alleged health effects of mould on ship
The Federal Court has allowed a motion by Canada to strike a statement of claim in a proposed class action against the Canadian Armed Forces in a case where a veteran developed illness and injury due to mould on a ship.
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April 14, 2025
B.C. benchers deal with confidentiality issues, alternative discipline process at April meeting
Law Society of British Columbia benchers have codified confidentiality rules for practice advisers while making its three-year alternative discipline process (ADP) pilot a permanent program.
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April 14, 2025
Tarek Elneweihi joins Harper Grey
Harper Grey LLP has welcomed Tarek Elneweihi as associate counsel in its business law group and commercial litigation group.
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April 14, 2025
Schlifer Clinic announces awards for advocacy against gender-based violence
The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic has announced that the 2025 Spirit of Barbra Schlifer Award will honour Marissa Kokkoros and Iman Mohamed.
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April 14, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Appeals - Quashing or dismissal of
Appeal by Brown from dismissal of his claim against Sprague and related parties for breach of employment contract titled “Offer of Employment and Commitment to Key Employee.” The key issue was whether Brown, as a lawyer for the respondents, breached his fiduciary duties when entering into the employment contract with his clients.
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April 14, 2025
Winning litigation: Securing home-court advantage
During March Madness, the U.S. college basketball tournament, games are played at neutral venues — no team competes on its home court. This decision isn’t surprising. In sports, home-court, home-ice and home-field advantage is real, backed by extensive research.
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April 14, 2025
From crisis to reform: Understanding Ontario’s new civil procedure framework
The Ontario civil justice system is on the brink of its most significant transformation in decades. Having spent nearly two weeks analyzing the Civil Rules Review: Phase 2 Consultation Paper, attending the civil procedure overhaul meeting led by Justice Cary Boswell and Allison Speigel, and reflecting on how these changes will reshape litigation, I can affirm: this is not incremental tweaking.
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April 14, 2025
Limitless? When employees become disabled during the notice period
In Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority Inc. v. Pasap, 2025 SKCA 15, the court considered the case of an employee who sued for both reasonable notice damages, as well as damages for lost disability insurance benefits, when he became disabled during his claimed notice period. The court of appeal, in its majority and dissenting reasons, demonstrates the tension around determining whether a worker is disabled from all occupations.
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April 14, 2025
The greatest golfer ever
There have now been several reports in Canadian media about travellers being asked at the border what they think of the U.S. president and being denied entry when they did not express their unqualified approval of Donald Trump. (Apparently, American citizens returning from abroad have also been asked this question, which is even more shocking.)
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April 11, 2025
Housing boom could exacerbate tax fraud in construction industry, warns union
One of Canada’s largest construction unions is warning that a major push by governments to build more homes to address the housing affordability crisis could also raise the risk of increased tax fraud in the construction industry.