Personal Injury
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May 01, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal upholds ruling over reimbursement of arbitration costs for insurers
The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal and agreed with an arbitrator’s decision to not reimburse an insurer for costs related to statutory accident benefits in a case where another insurer was higher priority for the claimant.
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May 01, 2025
Federal Court: No federal duty of care for Métis, non-status children removed in Sixties Scoop
The federal government did not owe a duty of care to non-status Indigenous children removed from their families by provincial authorities during the Sixties Scoop, except for those removed through a federally funded Saskatchewan program, the Federal Court has ruled.
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May 01, 2025
Breaking barriers: Women in leadership in Iran
In Iran, the path to leadership for women is fraught with obstacles that reflect a deep entanglement of cultural tradition, legal restriction and institutional discrimination. Yet, Iranian women are demonstrating remarkable resilience, adopting innovative strategies to assert their influence and reshape what leadership means in a restrictive environment.
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April 30, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal rejects WestJet bid to strike proposed class action over disability seating
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision dismissing an application by Calgary-based WestJet to strike a proposed class action over the airline's policy of making disabled passengers pay an extra fare for additional seating space that they may need.
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April 29, 2025
Alberta ‘finfluencer’ found in breach of securities laws for social media posts
The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) has found that “finfluencer” James Floreani and his company Jayconomics Inc. breached of the Alberta Securities Act by engaging in investor relations activities and failing to disclose that social media posts he shared were made on behalf of four Alberta issuers.
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April 29, 2025
Ontario Trial Lawyers Association concerned about pace, recommendations of civil rules review
The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) is raising alarm bells about a recent report from a task force recommending a sweeping overhaul of the province’s civil rules, with the organization’s president-elect saying many of the recommendations and the pace of the consultation process itself are problematic.
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April 29, 2025
Navigating workplace mental health concerns during a trade war
In these uncertain economic times, more people may be inclined to ignore mental health issues and continue to work for fear of losing their jobs. That can be a mistake.
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April 28, 2025
FOR TORTS - Affecting the person - Defamation - Method of publication - Internet
Appeal by Neufeld from an order finding him liable in defamation to Bondar and awarding $45,000 in general and punitive damages on grounds that judge erred in concluding that impugned words were defamatory and erred in awarding more than nominal and punitive damages.
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April 25, 2025
SCC rules CRTC has no jurisdiction to decide 5G access disputes between telecoms and municipalities
In a decision that addresses the role of so-called “dynamic” statutory interpretation in cases where technology has evolved or other circumstances have changed significantly since a law was enacted, the Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed 7-2 that the CRTC does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate disputes between telecom carriers and public authorities that have refused to allow the telcos to deploy 5G small cell antennas on public property.
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April 25, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds $15,000 damages for privacy breach, without proof of further harm
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld $15,000 in non-pecuniary damages for each person whose privacy was breached when a rogue ICBC employee accessed the private data of 78 policyholders and sold some of it to criminals, leading to arson and shooting attacks against 13 people.