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The Federal Court recently dealt with settlement negotiations and the risk for a party to find itself bound by a settlement resolving a litigation informally and, perhaps to a certain degree,

AE Hospitality Ltd v George, 2015 ONSC 7370 dealt with the test for granting leave to appeal under Rule 62.02(4) of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure.

A recent Alberta Court of Appeal case serves as a warning to professional regulatory bodies about the hazards of adding new allegations after a hearing has begun.

The Supreme Court dismissed Fournier's application for leave to appeal a Court of Appeal decision , which convicted Fournier of an offence under section 195(4) SA because of his refusal to testify whereas lower courts acquitted him.

I have had the unfortunate experience of participating in lengthy undertakings and refusals motions. I think the only people who like these motions less than counsel are the Judges and Masters that have to hear them.

Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP (HSH) has revised the eligibility criteria for participation in the Canadian Essure litigation to include those women who had Essure implanted before October, 2016.

Can legislatures prevent judges from reviewing government decisions? On this episode, Adam speaks to McCarthy Tétrault litigation partner Jamie Holtom about the Federal Court of Appeal's decision in Democracy Watch...

When will a court decline to enforce an arbitration clause in a standard form "click" contract?

With daily cases of COVID-19 steadily on the rise throughout Ontario, the provincial government is starting to enact more restrictions to slow the spread of the virus.

Le virage technologique amorcé par les tribunaux en réponse à la pandémie est un pas dans la bonne direction, mais entraîne son lot de défis.

In Bowman v Kimberly-Clark Corporation, 2024 BCSC 1975, the British Columbia Supreme Court held that non-parties are entitled to tariff costs for responding to document production...

On March 20, 2017, the Province of British Columbia announced significant changes to the jurisdiction of the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) and Provincial Court to address small claims court matters.

Last month, Russell Brown announced he was stepping down as a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. His resignation put a halt to the Canadian Judicial Council's probe of a claim of misconduct...

A New Jersey court of appeal has moved texting liability to uncharted waters after ruling that a person who sends a text-message to a person who is likely to text back while driving, can be held liable for damages caused by that driver.

The Supreme Court of Canada has found an injured claimant does not need to have a diagnosed psychological/psychiatric injury in order to recover for a mental injury sustained in an accident.

Following are the summaries for this week's civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Facts: The respondents, who were due funds, entered into a settlement agreement with the appellants who claimed to have limited funds to satisfy the debt.

On Wednesday, May 4th, 2022, Marco Falco presented an Education Program in collaboration with the Toronto Lawyers Association and LexisNexis Canada about the most common mistakes litigators...