Mitigation is a common law doctrine based on fairness and common sense. As a general rule, a plaintiff will not be able to recover losses that could have been reasonably avoided.

In the recent case of Meridian Credit Union Limited v Baig,1 the Court of Appeal considered the duties owed by various parties to be honest and to not mislead each other during the course of real estate transactions.

Law 27, formally known as An Act to modernize the occupational health and safety regime, represents the most sweeping reform to Québec's workplace health and safety framework in more than 40 years.

As Daylight Savings Time ends, so begins a new time for drivers in Ontario. Drivers must take extra care of their surroundings not only because of the weather but also because of reduced visibility due to less daylight.

As a brief introduction to the topic, in Canada, subrogation is ruled by the common law, with some modifications made by statutes and contracts.

In discussing limited rights of appeal pertaining to questions of law, The Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") in Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex unanimously...

The insurance provisions in the Condominium Act, 1998 ("the Act") override any conflicting provisions in an insurance policy or the Insurance Act.

The Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Livent is complex in detail but simple in outcome. Auditors carry more responsibility when auditing publicly-traded corporations because the potential fallout from their negligence is greater.

On May 7, 2016, news spread around the world about Joshua Brown, who was killed instantly when his vehicle collided into a tractor-trailer crossing an uncontrolled intersection in central Florida.

In August of 2015, the Ontario government proposed significant amendments to the province's no-fault automobile benefits regime, effective June 1, 2016.

In March 2020, the world came to a near standstill because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other industries, civil courts and litigators had to adapt to the...

Surveillance evidence is among the most powerful tools available to a defence lawyer and their client.

This appeal concerns the tendering process used by Alberta Environment and Parks to solicit bids for a contract for the operation, monitoring and servicing of water and wastewater services in the...

The Supreme Court of Canada recently released its judgments in Auer v. Auer, 2024 SCC 36 and TransAlta Generation Partnership v. Alberta, 2024 SCC 37.

Airlines have faced increased legal, public relations and operational challenges ever since Dr. David Dao`s forcible removal from his United Airlines flight on April 9, 2017.

This article is intended to serve as a brief update on two topics that we focused on in our previous papers: Uber and autonomous vehicles.

The recent lawsuit initiated by the Hudson's Bay Company against a Quebec retail family demonstrates how easy it can be for trademark ownership rights to slip through your fingers by simply missing a trademark renewal deadline.

The long established principle applicable to damages in tort actions is best captured by the Latin maxim restitutio ad integrum, which means that the damages shall be such as will, so far as money can...

Uber, the cashless, mobile app run ride-sharing company, has been pushing the limits of the traditional taxi model.

Autonomous vehicles are defined as self-driving vehicles capable of sensing their environment using artificial intelligence, sensors and GPS coordinates to drive themselves without human input.