Civil Litigation
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September 18, 2025
New trial ordered: Appeal Court unclear what trial judge found as fact along causation pathway
The obituary for 27-year-old Arley John Cook of Black Lake, Sask., states that his funeral mass will be held on Dec. 21, 2021, but does not mention the cause of his death. In fact, the cause remains unresolved after the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for Jerrick Stalthanee, who was previously acquitted of manslaughter in Cook’s killing but was later found guilty of the lesser offence of aggravated assault in an unreported Saskatchewan King’s Bench decision.
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September 18, 2025
Agreed changes without fresh consideration: Reconciling contract law, constructive dismissal
In a recent mediation, a lawyer raised an intriguing point regarding mid-employment contract changes.
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September 18, 2025
Google Canada challenges pregnancy discrimination allegation
Midway through the summer, I was minding my own business and having a coffee when a friend forwarded me a National Post article reporting that a woman is claiming wrongful dismissal from Google Canada because of “pregnancy discrimination.”
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September 17, 2025
CBA offers Parliament ‘better way’ forward to reform beleaguered immigration and refugee system
As parliamentary debate resumed yesterday over the Liberal government’s proposed ad hoc fixes for Canada’s creaky immigration and refugee system, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) is offering legislators a detailed roadmap for wholesale modernization that charts an effective, fair and constitutionally sound way forward, members of the immigration bar say.
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September 17, 2025
Ford urges Carney to maintain Chinese EV tariffs to protect auto jobs, investments
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called on Ottawa to maintain a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) in an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, calling it critical to a future trade deal with the U.S. and to the auto sector.
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September 17, 2025
Proposed settlement of $2.7M reached in vehicle transportation price-fixing class actions
A proposed $2.7-million class action settlement has been reached in Quebec, British Columbia and Ontario lawsuits with two companies that were in the business of offering vehicle carrier services between certain ports.
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September 17, 2025
B.C. court orders redetermination of Uber wheelchair accessibility dispute
The B.C. Supreme Court has set aside a ruling that Uber discriminated against a wheelchair user by failing to offer wheelchair accessible rides in the Lower Mainland region of B.C.
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September 17, 2025
Court finds triable issue regarding promissory note of $300K loan return
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has found there is a triable issue regarding the repayment of a $300,000 loan and its interest due to non-compliant wording of a promissory note.
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September 17, 2025
Kate Costin named partner at Aird & Berlis
Aird & Berlis has a new partner: Kate Costin. According to a statement from the firm, Costin has joined its litigation and construction groups.
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September 17, 2025
Reducing the ‘strikingly high’ commissions of auto brokers in Alberta: Another key to affordability
Two months ago, we explored how unrestrained auto body insurance fraud, evidenced by nine out of 10 hidden cameras and other indicators across Canada, likely impacts auto insurance affordability here in Alberta. This article recognizes another area of auto insurance that could use some serious reform: auto insurance broker regulation.