Contract Law Update 2021: Developments Of Note

As those familiar with this annual update know, each fall Lisa Peters, QC, undertakes a review of decisions from the previous 12 to 18 months, looking for cases relevant to commercial practice. If there are cases bringing about significant changes to the law of contract or if the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") weighs in on a contract law issue, Lisa will write about those cases. But typically (and this year is no different), she will also highlight cases that remind us of longstanding contract law principles and that illustrate how those principles apply in practice.

This year's topics are:

• Pre-incorporation contracts outside the remedial provisions of business corporations statutes;