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The Alberta Limitations Act does not apply to requests for "a declaration of rights and duties, legal relations or personal status".

Those unfamiliar with civil litigation may not be aware of the requirement to commence litigation within two years of discovering a claim.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has reaffirmed the propriety of effective consultation between counsel and expert witnesses.

Last spring we published an article on the impact of a decision of Justice Janet N. Wilson in Moore v. Getahun ("Moore"), which appeared to drastically change the law on expert evidence in Ontario.

Effecting a cultural shift, a new summary judgment test has been embraced by the Alberta Court of Appeal in "Windsor v Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd", 2014 ABCA 108.

As of January 1, 2017, Rule 22 of the New Brunswick Rules of Court for ‘Summary Judgment' was repealed and replaced.

In Bhatnagar v. Cresco Labs Inc. (Bhatnagar), the Court of Appeal for Ontario (Court) held that damages are not presumed where a defendant breaches the duty of honest contractual performance.

When can a witness who has not been retained by a party to the litigation give opinion testimony at trial?

The SCC ruled that a provincial superior court judge may sit outside his or her home province to hear motions without live evidence in national class actions proceedings in certain circumstances.

For the first time in 25 years, substantive amendments have been made to Ontario's Class Proceedings Act, 1992 (CPA). These changes apply to any class action started on or after October 1, 2020.

In a decision released May 7, 2018, the Court of Appeal settled the conflicting body of case law as to whether section 18 of the Limitations Act, 2002, SO 2002, c 24 (the "Act") sets out an absolute...

Bill 52, the Protection of Public Participation Act, 2014 (the Bill), was re-introduced by Attorney General of Ontario Madeleine Meilleur on December 1, 2014.

The door is open if you are from west of Ontario or from the three territories, with the custom of regional representation firmly entrenched after some uncertainty before Justice Rowe's appointment in 2016.

A participant expert witness has relevant expertise and was involved in the events that underlie the litigation. Participant experts are generally permitted to provide both fact and limited opinion

Self-represented litigants are increasingly common in disputes with banks, as are organized pseudolegal commercial argument (“OPCA”) debt-elimination defence strategies. Saskatchewan’s Court of King’s Bench released two OPCA decisions within a week of each other in October 2026. Together, the decisions show that Saskatchewan courts treat OPCA tactics firmly, whether used as a shield or a sword.

The new provision, article 577 of the NCCP, will require Québec courts to protect the rights and interests of Québec residents in multi-jurisdictional class actions when stays of proceedings are requested.

On May 17, 2024, the Honourable Dennis Galiatsatos, a judge of the Court of Quebec (provincial court), issued a decision on the constitutional applicability and validity, in criminal matters...