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With the coming into force of the new Code of Civil Procedure on January 1, 2016, some interesting changes have been made to the rules governing class actions in Quebec.

In August 2015, the parties held a case management conference and agreed on a litigation timetable.

On April 1, 2025, the Civil Rules Review (CRR) Working Group published its Phase 2 Consultation Paper (Paper) outlining its proposed framework for revamping Ontario's Rules of Civil Procedure (Rules).

A panel from the Alberta Court of Appeal recently issued their split decision in Whissell Contracting Ltd. v. Calgary (City), 2018 ABCA 204, on May 25, 2018. In that decision, the Court said summary judgment may be appropriate...

The action arose from a motor vehicle accident.

Global anti-money laundering initiatives gained momentum in the 1990s.

In a unanimous decision in Sable Offshore Energy Inc. v. Ameron International Corp., 2013 SCC 37, the Supreme Court of Canada reinforced the need to protect settlement negotiations from being disclosed and encouraged parties to settle cases rather than proceed to trial.

On January 25, 2019, Master J. Farrington of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench released his decision in O'Chiese Energy Limited Partnership v Bellatrix Exploration Ltd., 2019 ABQB 53.

This threshold requirement is not particularly onerous and it will likely be quite rare that an attack at this stage will succeed: only in very clear cases.

In Filion v. Québec (Procureure générale), the Québec Court of Appeal overturned a decision of the Superior Court which held that "Non-Registered" class members were not clients of Plaintiffs' counsel.

In Attorney General of Manitoba et al. v. Clark, 2013 MBQB 249 ("Clark"), the Crown sought to enforce an evidence gathering order under the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (the "Act").

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently weighed in on the limitation period in relation to defamatory articles published on the Internet and the ones published in a magazine.

The Ontario Superior Court's recent decision in Yee v. Telus International marks a significant shift in how Canadian courts handle parallel securities class actions, refusing to stay proceedings despite substantially similar claims in British Columbia. This ruling suggests that well-resourced corporate defendants may face increasing difficulty consolidating duplicative litigation, particularly when TSX-listed companies are involved, raising important questions about fairness, efficiency, and the burden of d

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice examined whether a defendant municipality can pursue a third party claim against a plaintiff's real estate lawyer for alleged negligence in a property purchase dispute. The decision clarifies when a lawyer's conduct is attributable to their client and establishes important boundaries for contribution and indemnity claims in real estate litigation.

Most Canadian provinces have specific legislation dealing with procedural requirements that must be followed when bringing lawsuits against the Crown.

In the first part of this two-part series, we analyzed the recent decision of Justice Paul Perell in Kalia v. Kalia 2020 ONSC 935.

It is not often that a complaint that a party was denied procedural fairness succeeds.