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In the evolving landscape of Alberta's litigation, shareholder activism, class action lawsuits and estate litigation are on the rise. BD&P Partner, Paul Chiswell...

Guillaume Boudreau-Simard and Alexa Teofilovic from our Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group discuss the importance of understanding privileges by delving into the different types of privileges

The facts of the case don't much matter, but the judge does provide a nice outline of the general principles for the enforcement of letters rogatory.

WeirFoulds litigation partner Marie-Andrée Vermette is a contributor to the July 2017 edition of Advocacy Matters, one of the newsletters produced by The Advocates' Society,

"My family and I are delighted to write a glowing testimonial for Sandev. Sandev has been exceptionally compassionate and dedicated to our case, with his proactive and communicative approach...

The Ontario Court of Appeal in Rivers v. Waterloo Regional Police Services Board has upheld the Superior Court of Justice's determination that it was without jurisdiction to...

The Supreme Court of Canada will hand down rulings in a number of closely watched cases in 2018 — including Williams Lake Indian Band...

The discovery of historic contamination can be problematic for a plaintiff in Alberta, a jurisdiction with a 10-year ultimate limitation period under the Limitations Act.

Over 20 years ago, I became interested in civil sexual assault cases partly because the damages being awarded to abuse survivors by Courts were so low.

In June 2019, we reported on the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in College of Optometrists of Ontario v Essilor Group Inc, where a company,...

Parties to the proposed class action in California over Adobe Systems Inc.’s alleged failure to safeguard clients’ data from a breach that compromised more than 3 million credit card records reached an agreement to settle.

In an earlier post we told you about the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in R. v. Fearon in which the Court ruled that a warrantless search of a cell phone, incidental to arrest, must be limited to a "cursory" examination, presumably limited to a look through the contents to ascertain if it contains evidence relevant to the offence for which the individual has been arrested.

The facts of the matter are as follows: 9160-0569 Québec inc. had acquired various vacant lots from the city of Sainte-Catherine with the intent of constructing a number of residential housing units.

The Tax Court of Canada has dismissed the appeal of an economist and a naturopathic doctor who maintained that they had established a 10 acre Christmas tree farm on a quarter section near Calgary...

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of a chambers Judge who concluded that the term in a lentil production contract that specified "#2 Canada" grade lentils was...

A Master of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench has dismissed applications to strike a Statement of Claim and for summary judgment brought by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency against two Alberta seed potato growers.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice Divisional Court has upheld a decision of the Normal Farm Practices Protection Board which concluded that the importation and placement of fill (soil and earth) to establish an apple orchard in the Town of New Tecumseth to be a "normal farm practice".