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It has long been the law that termination of contracts is permissible under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) with the effect of the...

We are frequently consulted on disputes over the wording of contracts between environmental engineers and their clients.

Lenders and their lawyers alike may take it for granted that, where a borrower misses a scheduled payment or some other event of default occurs, the entirety of the borrower's indebtedness...

On November 12, 2020, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) published a new Contract Security Manual (CSM) that details the security standards

The Bulk Sales Act (Ontario) (the "BSA") was enacted in Ontario in 1917 with the purpose of combatting then prevalent commercial fraud.

When a client goes bankrupt, an unpaid supplier is often left with few remedies.

The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently considered an Ontario Superior Court judge's decision regarding an insurer's duty to defend in the context of a maintenance contract.

A new Limitation Act came into force in British Columbia on June 1, 2013, which imposes a general two year limitation period on most claims...

As we previously advised, most deadlines in the period beginning March 16 and ending April 30, 2020, were extended to the next working day.

This paper discusses contract law issues including decisions of relevance to commercial lawyers and business leaders giving a snapshot of particular principles of interest that arose in case law over the past 12 months.

The decision is heavily fact-specific, but underscores that the Court is not – at least at this time – prepared to change its "presumptive jurisdiction" tests.

Pre-emptive declaratory relief in one jurisdiction may not be effective to prevent subsequent litigation elsewhere.

Parties to a commercial dispute are generally inclined to select a specialist mediator with expert knowledge in the field of business where the parties operate.

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has dismissed a proposed class action that consisted of allegations that an employer had committed a "systemic breach" of employment contracts by failing to...

Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) is enforced by three federal agencies, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)...

The British Columbia government has announced new rules aimed at ending the recently decried practice of shadow flipping of real estate contracts.

The facts of the case were not that unusual. The plaintiffs/purchasers (the "Purchasers") were looking to buy a property that was no more than five or six years old.

On May 5, 2011, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released its reasons for dismissing a motion for summary judgment in 1473662 Ontario Limited v. Avgroup Consulting Services Limited.