The test for establishing vicarious liability has been well defined by the courts.

In 1985, Rule 49 of the Rules of Civil Procedure was introduced to encourage parties to make and accept reasonable offers to settle. This has had the effect of discouraging parties from delaying...

For many litigators, the notion that costs awarded by the court will be proportional to the actual success by the winning side is the gospel truth.

The recent Court of Appeal decision in Kolapully v. Myles is significant for two key reasons.

In the recent decision in Ferro v. Weiner ("Ferro"),1 the Court of Appeal for Ontario provided clarity as to what constitutes "living in the same household" in a home insurance policy.

In McConnell v. Fraser, McCague Borlack LLP's Eric W.D. Boate successfully opposed the Plaintiff's motion to amend his Statement of Claim to add a new cause of action outside the limitation period.

La Loi 27, officiellement intitulée Loi modernisant le régime de santé et de sécurité du travail (« Loi »), représente la réforme la plus vaste du cadre québécois en matière de santé et sécurité au travail, et ce, depuis plus de 40 ans.

The United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, has charged five individuals with defrauding businesses and insurance companies of more than $31.7 million in an elaborate...

Every person who is an employee has a right to be free from harassment in the workplace from both the employer and other employees.

Mitigation is a common law doctrine based on fairness and common sense.

The decision provided much-needed clarity on the admissibility of opinion evidence by non-litigation experts

Section 5(1) renders void any contracting out or waiver of a statutory employment standard.

The scope of an insurer's responsibility regarding the duty to defend and indemnify has increased.

The modern shipping industry has drastically influenced the complexity of cargo movements.

On March 26, 2018, the Government of Canada passed an Order in Council fixing November 1, 2018, as the date on which section 10 of the Digital Privacy Act ("the DPA") comes into force

Whether or not expressly mentioned in the employment contract, all employees have the following fundamental obligations.

Given that employers have an implied contractual right to dismiss a probationary employee without notice and without giving reasons, many employers believe that they are immune from claims brought against them after terminating an employee within his or her probationary period.

In his infamous article, "The Sharing Revolution – It's About More Than Just Getting Twice the Value For Half the Cost", Paul Z. Pilzer discusses a phenomenon he refers to as "the sharing revolution".

Service contracts as between sophisticated parties often contain numerous indemnity and insurance provisions, subject to specific terms.

This type of insurance has multiple names: adverse costs insurance, trial insurance, and after the event insurance.