Business
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July 31, 2025
Challenges to legal decisions using AI are coming: Onus on applicants will be high
The temptation for decision-makers like judges and tribunals to use artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLM) to reach a decision will increase significantly as administrative burdens swell.
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July 31, 2025
Lay-off provision ≠ termination provision, rules Ontario court
In Taylor v. Salytics Inc., 2025 ONSC 3461 (Taylor), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice underscored that a temporary layoff provision in an employment agreement is distinct from a termination provision. The court emphasized a substance-over-form approach, holding that the enforceability of a layoff provision is independent from, and is not affected by, the validity of the agreement’s termination language.
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July 31, 2025
F1 exec Christian Horner’s exit from Red Bull through the lens of Canada’s employment law
Christian Horner, the team principal of Red Bull Racing, was officially “sacked” on July 9, 2025, only three days after the 2025 British Grand Prix. It was an unexpected move and took effect immediately. It marked the end of his 20-year tenure as team principal and CEO. No reason was given for Horner’s departure, so in Canadian employment law terms, he was dismissed without cause.
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July 30, 2025
Court of Appeal affirms secondary picketing part of labour dispute, to hear CUPW injunction appeal
The Ontario Court of Appeal has held that secondary picketing is a labour dispute activity under the Courts of Justice Act (CJA) and has agreed to hear an appeal from orders restricting the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) from picketing Purolator facilities in their dispute with Canada Post.
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July 30, 2025
Expert panel recommends 24 pre-1970 Supreme Court precedents for priority translation
The Supreme Court of Canada — which drew fire last year for its posting, and then removal, of some 6,000 pre-1970 untranslated (mostly English) judgments from its website — says it has started to translate some of the court’s “most significant” decisions rendered before the 1970 Official Languages Act (OLA) required all new judgments to be issued simultaneously in both official languages.
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July 30, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal denies intervention in anti-SLAPP case involving developer and citizen
The Ontario Court of Appeal has denied an application by the Toronto-based Centre for Free Expression (CFE) to intervene in a defamation case involving a property developer and a citizen who made corruption allegations on Facebook, in a decision that clarifies the boundaries for intervention in anti-SLAPP appeals.
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July 30, 2025
Whelton Hiutin LLP welcomes Anasofia Heilbron and Reese Nemeth
Whelton Hiutin LLP has announced that Anasofia Heilbron and Reese Nemeth have joined the firm as articling students.
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July 30, 2025
Appeal over workplace termination dismissed, arbitration upheld
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal in an employee termination case after a workplace injury, finding that the arbitrator had wide jurisdiction to hear claims.
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July 30, 2025
P.E.I. and New Brunswick sign MOU to cut trade barriers amid threat of escalating U.S. tariffs
Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to reduce internal trade barriers including by recognizing equivalent standards, and improving the ability of workers and businesses to operate freely between provinces.
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July 30, 2025
B.C.’s Infrastructures Projects Act: What’s on the horizon
May 29, 2025, marks the day that Bill 15, also known as the Infrastructure Projects Act (the Act), received royal assent. This follows on the heels of the federal government bringing the Building Canada Act into law with the passing of Bill C-5, intended to create a streamlined approval process for projects designated as “national interest projects.”