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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed a $2.5 million lawsuit against a number of defendants for fraud and breach of trust on the basis that the claim was champertous...

Courts are sometimes asked to grant an injunction to protect the misuse of confidential business information and other proprietary rights by competitors.

Many will be grateful to see 2020 in the rearview mirror, none more so than restaurant owners. With restaurants scrambling to re-focus on take-out service, perhaps the last thing an owner needs...

Section 137.1 of the Courts of Justice Act (the "CJA"), which permits the dismissal of actions related to an expression made with respect to a matter of public interest...

Reputational harm is serious. It can have devastating impacts on the person whose reputation has been diminished. In the law of defamation, courts grant monetary awards to plaintiffs...

Defamatory publications that are intended to harm a business competitor may give rise to substantial damages, as shown by the decision of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia in Valley...

When a landlord sued for unpaid rent and brought a third party claim against the tenant's lawyer for negligence, the Divisional Court had to determine whether such a claim could survive where the tenant never sued its own lawyer. The case explores the boundaries of when defendants can pursue contribution and indemnity from a plaintiff's professional advisors in contract disputes.

Cyber-stalking and anonymous malicious postings on the internet, which may be disseminated across a variety of sites and platforms across the world...

During the course of litigation, lawyers sometimes receive documents that were mistakenly sent or produced by opposing parties which contain privileged information.

The issue of costs is important for parties to take into consideration when litigating a case.

In general, a court proceeding is open to the public. Unless the court issues a sealing order, what takes place in a court room or a court decision made after a hearing can be reported upon by the media.

A fundamental principle in the law of contracts is that parties to the contract must be ad idem. In other words, there must be a meeting of the minds of the contracting...

Whether in criminal or civil cases, the courts are often confronted with disturbing scenarios and serious allegations that, if proven, can have devastating negative impacts on an accused or a defendant.

A reporter prepared an article concerning the charges faced by the realtor that was published in the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun on August 30, 2019.

In real estate transactions which involve properties that are comprised of both a commercial and residential use, HST is payable on the portion of the land that is used for commercial purposes.

Courts are not the only place where parties can have their civil disputes resolved. Parties can mutually agree to have their disputes resolved by a mediator or by an arbitrator.

My purpose in writing law blogs is to educate the reader about the legal issues reviewed in court decisions in a way that makes the law less complicated and to provide practical guidance...

The law of defamation is subject to many strict rules, which may vary from province-to-province under respective special libel and slander statutes.