Civil Litigation
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June 24, 2025
Have your voice heard: Take Law360 Canada’s 2025 survey on lawyer satisfaction
Law360 Canada is seeking participants for an anonymous survey on career and life satisfaction in the legal profession. Take the survey in English or French.
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June 23, 2025
Appeal court sets aside substantial costs ordered in Nigerian oil and gas case
In litigation involving a failed oil and gas bid, the Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed a Nigerian company’s appeal finding the judge erred in the interpretation of contract agreements and in giving a substantial award for defamation to the respondent.
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June 24, 2025
Passion and the practice of family law
This week I had the pleasure of attending a Toronto Lawyers Association event. It was a lovely evening. I had to leave early for another social event but while there I certainly noticed that I was clearly the oldest attendee. That fact must have been noticed by others as, a number of times that evening, I was approached and asked to comment on what qualities I believed are necessary to make one a good family lawyer. Happily, this is an issue that consumed a fair bit of my time during my tenure (now over, thank G-d) as managing partner of our firm.
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June 24, 2025
COOPERATIVES - Operation of enterprise at cost - Financial disclosure
Appeal by appellant against a decision granting partial summary judgment in favour of respondent. The respondent, Calgary Co-operative Assn. Ltd., sourced groceries and fuel from the appellant, Federated Co-operatives Ltd., for over 60 years.
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June 23, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal slashes $700K costs award in rental dispute due to ‘chilling effect’
The Ontario Court of Appeal has significantly cut a costs award in a hard-fought landlord-tenant dispute on Toronto’s tony “Mink Mile,” finding the legal fees were “concerning” and the motion judge’s high tally could contribute to a chilling effect on litigation.
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June 23, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal rejects Quebec firms’ bid to stay opioid class action
The B.C. Court of Appeal has denied two Quebec companies’ bid to suspend their involvement in British Columbia’s landmark opioid class action, rejecting arguments that their language rights justified a stay pending their jurisdictional appeal.
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June 23, 2025
Journalism and AI: A cautionary tale
Generative AI, or genAI — arguably one of the fastest-growing technologies at the moment — is everywhere: in the workplace and in one’s private life. And one need not look too far to find it. Run a quick Internet search, for example, and notice the AI-generated summary at the top of the page. Watch a video online, for example, and notice an ad midstream featuring an AI-generated persona trying to sell something.
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June 23, 2025
Two new judges appointed to the Court of Quebec
Quebec Minister of Justice Simon Jolin-Barrette has announced the appointment of Isabelle Charles and Mathieu Locas as judges of the Court of Quebec. According to the announcement, Charles and Locas will serve in the Criminal and Penal Division in Montreal.
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June 16, 2025
SCC clarifies how to determine child’s ‘habitual residence’ in non-Hague Convention custody disputes
In upholding an Ontario Superior Court’s assumption of jurisdiction over an international custody dispute, the Supreme Court of Canada has given guidance on how courts should determine the habitual residence of children allegedly wrongly taken or withheld by a parent from a foreign jurisdiction that has not signed onto the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague Convention).
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June 20, 2025
Unifor alleges courier giant DHL is trying to evade new federal anti-scab legislation
Canada’s largest private-sector union is reporting that courier company DHL Express Canada is asking Ottawa for an exemption from new federal anti-scab legislation, which went into effect June 20.