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Purchasing land can be a major decision for a business and, in making that decision, equal consideration should be given to tax planning and intended ownership structure.

As of June 8, 2023, there have been further developments to the issue of an emojis use and contract formulation.

The Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA") and the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators ("CCIR") have published enhanced cost disclosure reporting requirements for investment funds, excluding private funds...

The decision rendered by the Ontario Court of Appeal in Pine Valley Enterprises Inc. v Earthco Soil Mixtures Inc. 2022 ONCA 265 provides a cautionary tale for those drafting contracts for the purchase...

Non-competition covenants are regularly included in commercial agreements related to the purchase of a business and are critical in ensuring that the vendor of a business...

With COVID-19 upending lives and business, one question on people's minds is likely to include whether they have to honour their contractual arrangements.

"Golden Leashes", and by-laws designed to counteract such arrangements, have provoked significant controversy in the 2013 proxy season, and regulators, proxy advisors, and institutional shareholders have yet to take a definitive position in the debate.

The Supreme Court of Canada made a significant change in the common law regarding the inherent obligations of contracting parties.

The Supreme Court of Canada has made it clear: parties must perform their contractual obligations honestly.

A non-disclosure agreement (NDA), also known as a confidentiality agreement, is a form of contract used in business relationships ...

In negotiated acquisition agreements, representations and warranties provided by the seller are sometimes qualified by the knowledge of the seller.

In a decision released this morning, Bhasin v. Hrynew, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized a new duty on parties to perform contractual obligations honestly.

The SCC has just released its decision in Bhasin v. Hrynew, which recognizes for the first time in common law Canada that every party to a contract has a legal duty to perform its contractual obligations honestly and with regard to the legitimate interests of the other party.

In C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger, 2020 SCC 45, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified the scope of the duty of good faith in the performance of contracts.

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from a recent Alberta judgment that may result in a change to the law of liquidated damages in Canada.

The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta has released the first lower court decision considering the Supreme Court of Canada's recent changes to the duty of honest contractual performance...

On November 13, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada released yet another decision dealing with its apparent re-consideration of the law of contract in Canada.

The Quebec government has deposited new regulations to give effect to measures ann‎ounced in the March budget.