On June 22nd, 2023 Bill C-47 received Royal Assent. The legislation entitled "An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023" S.C. 2023 c. 26 contains provisions...

Can Courts award larger notice periods than what was originally requested in the pleadings? The Ontario Court of Appeal's recent decision of Lynch v. Avaya Canada Corporation, 2023 ONCA 696...

Lawyers are obligated to avoid acting on matters where they have a conflict of interest.

Gavin Tighe and Stephen Thiele unpack the legal chaos surrounding violence in hockey, sparked...

On June 26, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision on Uber Technologies Inc. v Heller regarding the enforceability of mandatory arbitration clauses...

In this episode, Stephen and Gavin dive into the gripping legal battle between a powerful Canadian bank and an elderly widow over a disputed $50,000 credit card debt.

The appellant, Markowski, bought a property by Lake Waseosa, north of Huntsville.

Parties involved in civil litigation are required to produce all relevant documents in their possession, control or power to the opposite side.

In cooling real estate markets, it may be increasingly common for buyers to include various conditions in an Agreement of Purchase and Sale (APS) allowing them to take the time to consider...

The examination of witnesses at a trial is governed by certain basic rules.

Gavin and Stephen examine the Waterloo homeless encampment decision as a major example of courts moving beyond traditional Charter review and into the realm of public policy design.

Winner of a 2026 Mondaq Thought Leadership Award, hosts Stephen Thiele and Gavin Tighe examine highly contentious public cases in Canada, exploring the intersection between law and politics where courtrooms become part of the political arena. Each episode digs into current legal topics and battles, providing insight into how courts function in democracy and why their decisions matter to society.

Ownership of real property in Ontario is divided into legal or registered title ownership and beneficial ownership.

In Forest Hill Homes (Cornell Rouge) Limited v. Wei, 2020 ONSC 5060 (CanLII), Justice F.L. Myers applied the Supreme Court of Canada's recent review...

On January 1, 2022, the Underused Housing Tax Act1 (the "Act") came into effect. The Act requires certain owners of residential property in Canada to pay an annual underused housing tax (the "UHT")...

For commercial mortgage lenders financing in-progress or newly completed multi-residential rental or retirement projects in Ontario, it is important to understand how GST/HST applies at completion.

Client-facing Artificial Intelligence chatbots are being used more and more frequently by corporations to respond to client inquiries. These artificial intelligence programs, able to string together coherent sentences.

What happens when a technology designed to serve humanity becomes complicit in its destruction? This episode confronts one of the most unsettling legal frontiers of our time: the intersection of artificial intelligence, tort liability, and the duty to warn.

Use of AI chatbots as an alternative to traditional customer support has dramatically increased over the last few years.

The new towing regime in Ontario is now in effect with the changes to the Towing and Storage Safety and Enforcement Act ("TSSEA") and its accompanying regulations in force since January of this year.