Our Senior Associate, Kyle Duncan successfully obtained summary judgment for Wal-Mart Canada Corp., securing a complete dismissal of a trip-and-fall action claiming over $1,000,000 in damages.

There were only two substantive civil decisions of the Court of Appeal this week.

Protecting Condominium Owners Act and Condominium Management Services Act were introduced today by the Province of Ontario to reform the existing condominium legislation.

At Blaney McMurtry, our clients and their policyholders regularly face the uncertainty of evolving cyber risk.

You are at your desk. An email flashes across your screen. One of the bankruptcy trustees you have recently begun acting for asks you to call.

The Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Highbury Narrows Ltd. v. LAF Canada Company clarifies that commercial landlords' remedies after tenant default are governed strictly by lease terms, not general legal principles. The ruling emphasizes that remedy election is binding and demonstrates how lease structure determines whether landlords can recover future rent after termination, with implications for lease drafting as the Supreme Court considers related issues.

Some employers use an allegation of cause which they know to be unsupportable, or worse, untrue, as leverage to "encourage" a dismissed employee to settle a potential wrongful dismissal claim...

On the heels of its recently updated policy on Gender Identity/Gender Expression, the Ontario Human Rights Commission has now released a new policy.

When considering a family law appeal, the function of the appellate Court and the level of respect given to the initial decision, also known as the standard of review, are important.

Ontario's new Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017 (the "SFOA") comes into force on July 1, 2018, replacing an earlier Smoke-Free Ontario Act and related legislation pertaining to e-cigarettes.

The former Conservative Government initially proposed the requirement of conditional permanent resident status for certain spouses and partners of Canadian citizens or permanent residents ...

On November 16, 2015, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program ("OINP"), formerly known as the Ontario Provincial Nominee Program, announced that it has exhausted its base stream allocation for 2015.

On June 17, 2019, Canada's much anticipated amendments to the Trademarks Act will come into force. These changes extend to various areas, including the renewal of registrations.

The Ontario Government has issued an Order in Council that allows for the remote signing of wills and powers of attorney while Ontario is under a state of emergency.

Following are the summaries for this week's civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Following are the summaries for this week's civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

There were seven substantive civil decisions released this week, and three of note.

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

Below is a summary of the Government of Canada's announcement regarding the introduction of the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy, which will provide rent support to organizations that are...

Within the next 7 days, Ontario will unveil significant changes to the Construction Lien Act, which have been more than two years in the making.