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A recent Ontario Superior Court decision has struck down blanket confidentiality rules governing Canada's air passenger complaint resolution process, finding they violate constitutional freedom of expression. The ruling distinguishes between protected mediation communications and adjudicative records, requiring that decisions and orders issued by Complaint Resolution Officers be made public.

Aircraft lessors and financiers may be held liable for Canadian air navigation and airport service charges incurred by airlines operating the aircraft as a result of a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has recently discussed the drafting of expert reports and the nature of expert testimony (respectively in Moore v Getahun, 2015 ONCA 55 (CanLII) and Westerhof v Gee, 2015 ONCA 206 (CanLII)).

An enduring power of attorney survives a grantor's incapacity and is often employed specifically for after a loss of the grantor's capacity.

The trial judge awarded the plaintiff ("Grand Financial") $200,000 in damages for sums allegedly owing to it under an agreement.

Mediation is the process of negotiating between two parties in a dispute in the presence of an independent neutral third party, known as the mediator.

Here's a look at the leave application decisions that the Supreme Court of Canada will be releasing on August 31, 2023.

Canada, le 30 mai 2024 – Le combat de plusieurs années d'une personne non binaire pour avoir droit à une chirurgie d'affirmation de genre reconnue comme nécessaire sur le plan médical permettra...

For the second time in recent months, the Alberta Court of Appeal has granted leave to appeal an ERCB decision to landowners who faced relatively light scrutiny of the merits of their case.

Although there is debate about whether the world is suffering from climate change, according to a 2024 United Nations survey, 80 percent of people worldwide want their country to do more about it. Based on measurements of the world’s glaciers, there is certainly scientific evidence that they have receded each year for the past 37 years and that they are melting faster than ever.

In One Bloor West Toronto Group (The One) Inc. (Re), 2026 ONSC 1854 (“One Bloor West”) the Ontario Superior Court of Justice helpfully confirmed the jurisdictional basis for...

The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador examined whether releases granted in CCAA proceedings automatically extinguish personal indemnity obligations, addressing the scope of director and officer releases in insolvency restructurings.

The absolute immunity of parties and witnesses from subsequent liability for their testimony in judicial proceedings developed in early English cases and is well established at common law.

The Federal Court of Appeal has recently released two decisions that will be instructive for many patent owners. In Calgon Carbon Corporation v. The Corporation of the City of North Bay, the Federal Court of Appeal, overturning the judgment of the motions judge, confirmed the patentability of a newly discovered use of an old method, so long as the new use has a practical application. In the second case, F. Hoffman-La Roche AG v. Canada (Commissioner of Patents), the Federal Court of Appeal uphel

Costs and class counsel fees shape the commencement, prosecution and settlement of class proceedings.

In late 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in Peace River Hydro Partners v. Petrowest Corp., 2022 SCC 41, which concerned the enforceability of arbitration agreements in a receivership proceeding.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal clarified the evidentiary threshold plaintiffs must satisfy at the certification stage in the context of product liability class actions.