The Government of Canada is seeking to amend its current policy on debarment (consultation administering Canada's expanded "integrity regime").

Can the location of an outhouse grant title to a portion of the neighbour's land? This was the smelly issue facing the Court in a matter that went through a seven day...

Wajeb Assaf, former lawyer for the defendant, represented Master Tech in the unsuccessful defence of a summary judgement motion which resulted in a $65,000 judgement against his client.

Is social media the new Big Tobacco or is it simply the price of living in a hyper connected world?

Commercial real estate lenders operating in Ontario must be vigilant about construction liens due to the significant legal and financial implications these liens can impose. The construction lien regime in Ontario...

The Ministry of the Attorney General recently released a report reviewing Ontario's Construction Lien Act.

Outside of the real estate sector, you would be hard pressed to speak to the average person about land registration unless they are buying or selling a property themselves...

A limited partnership is a business structure comprised of at least one general partner and one limited partner. General partners are liable for all of the partnerships' obligations and losses...

The recent case of Meehan v Good, 2017 ONCA 103, has some unsettling implications for lawyers, as the case leaves open the possibility of extending a lawyer's duty of care beyond the scope of the written retainer agreement...

Is there a difference between perfecting a general security agreement through a PPSA registration and registering a PPSA in respect of a loan guarantee? Why are they different and why will some...

In response to the recent strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers ("CUPW"), the Department of Finance on December 30, 2024, announced that the federal government...

When an individual leaves a gift in their will to a charity that does not exist at the time of their death, the executor will often be required to apply to the courts for guidance...

On January 10, 2025, the Federal Minister of Health released a long-awaited letter to Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Health...

In my opinion, here are the top 10 items that Health Professionals need to know about Discipline Committee hearings...

Gavin Tighe and Stephen Thiele dissect Mazaheri v Law Society of Ontario, 2026 ONLSTH 112, the first case in which "hallucinated" AI-generated authorities were placed before the Law Society Tribunal.

Gavin Tighe and Stephen Thiele step away from Canadian courtrooms and onto the World Cup pitch, examining FIFA's controversial reversal of a red card suspension following a phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump to FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

Gavin Tighe and Stephen Thiele unpack the shocking U.S. operation that saw the arrest of Venezuela's controversial leader…without war, without permission, and without apology.

In Ontario, commercial real estate lenders need to be cautious of their involvement in borrower construction lien matters, especially when it comes to being named as co-defendants. In a lien claim matter.

In our previous blog post,[1] we discussed the Canada Revenue Agency's (the "CRA") expanded trust filing and reporting requirements...

This episode confronts Canada's first Law Society of Ontario disciplinary decision arising from the misuse of artificial intelligence: a landmark case in which a thirty-year practitioner used ChatGPT to produce a factum...