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The recent Ontario decision of Robert Moore Pharmacy Ltd. v. Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. provides reassurance to franchisors that Ontario courts will respect the contractual language between franchise parties in determining whether a franchisee is entitled to injunctive relief in respect of the termination of their franchise agreement.

In a brief scheduling decision in 4352238 Canada Inc. v. SNC Lavalin Inc., Madame Justice Lois Roberts set a new precedent for the Court of Appeal for Ontario that the Court may order an appeal to be heard entirely in writing, ...

In its recent decision in Rooney v. ArcelorMittal S. A., the Ontario Court of Appeal clarified the scope of the civil cause of action for misrepresentations in a takeover bid circular, codified as section 131 of the Ontario Securities Act.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court's decision refusing to certify a class action alleging systemic childhood sexual abuse within Canadian Jehovah's Witness congregations. The ruling examines whether highly individualized abuse claims involving different perpetrators, activities, and locations across various congregations can satisfy the commonality requirements necessary for class action certification, or whether individual proceedings would better serve the interests of justice.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario released this past week.

This case means that foreign judgment creditors must act quickly to seek enforcement of judgments in Ontario.

In March 2020, the Superior Court of Justice suspended all in-person hearings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ontario Ministry of Labour conducts various "inspection blitzes", which they advertise ahead of time, by sector.

Last week, in 1250264 Ontario Inc. v. Pet Valu Canada, Justice Belobaba rejected class counsel's late-breaking attempts to recast the representative plaintiff's claim.

On July 23, 2012, TransCanada Corporation announced that it received a favorable ruling from an independent arbitration panel regarding its dispute with TransAlta Corporation over TransAlta’s force majeure and economic destruction claims.

With the current strain on judicial resources, settlement is a frequent (and frequently encouraged) conclusion to ongoing litigation.

In Somani v. International Financial Group Ltd., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted the plaintiffs' motion to discontinue a proposed class action related to allegedly unpaid overtime...

Davis LLP litigator Alexi Wood has written the article "Precedent Set on Judicial Reviews’ Paper Trail" for the January 26, 2015 issue of The Lawyers Weekly.

Kelli McAllister and Renee Reichelt explore the ongoing tension in certification motions where courts are to provide a meaningful screening device but refrain from assessing the merits of the claim.

Back in the summer of 2004, Mr. Justice Cullity of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted certification of a class action on behalf of users of a certain type of blood glucose monitor, which was alleged to be "dangerously defective" but which appeared to cause no harm: Serhan v. Johnson & Johnson (2004), 72 O.R. (3d) 296 (S.C.J.).

We live in a regulated world. As time passes, more and more industries become subject to both generalized regulatory schemes relating to matters such as occupational health and safety, and specific regulatory schemes, such as are found in the securities market.

The Alberta Court of Appeal has provided some helpful guidance on the scope of third-party claims.

In its decision in Richmond Hill (Town) v Elginbay Corporation, 2016 ONSC 5560 the Ontario Divisional Court noted that in order for a tribunal's statutory interpretation to be entitled to deference...