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In Canada's recent federal election, voters demonstrated a passion for democracy and were willing to stand in long line-ups to exercise their right to vote.

A British Columbia Supreme Court case examines how a seemingly minor pleading error in a $30 million settlement led to a decade-long legal battle, resulting in findings of professional negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract against the lawyer responsible. The court's analysis explores the boundaries of lawyer liability, client responsibility, and the duty of candor when mistakes occur in high-stakes commercial litigation.

Individuals and businesses are zealously concerned with protecting their respective reputations.

Early last year, the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, in a highly sensationalized lawsuit was sued for defamation by a former Deputy Commissioner and interim Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial...

The internet and social media have spawned much civil litigation in the area of defamation. There is no cost to obtaining a Twitter account, for example, and to "tweeting" out a widely-viewed post.

The lifeblood of western democracy is the right to vote, and, moreover, the right to have an elector's vote counted once deposited into the ballot box. For a losing candidate, these complementary rights ensure...

Vigorous and passionate debate over matters of public interest are the lifeblood of democracy because it is often through those debates that society is able to positively move forward...

An action that arises out of an expression on a matter of public interest is vulnerable to a motion for dismissal under section 137.1 of the Courts of Justice Act (the "CJA").

Over the past few years, we have written a lot of blogs on the law of defamation. Defamation is a common cause of action. However, there are many nuances in this area of law that make it complex...

Many sports feature controversial rulings made by game officials. In Major League Baseball (“MLB”), the Toronto Blue Jays have been part of at least two highly controversial run scoring rulings which have driven fans wild.

Although building a house can take much planning and hard work in securing a developer, labour and material, it is meant to be a joyous exercise...

In March, 1999, the plaintiffs purchased a cottage for $710,000 in Lake of Bays, Ontario.

To combat shortages of housing and housing affordability, some governments in Canada have introduced a tax on vacant or unoccupied homes as a way to deter property owners...

In the law of defamation, we only tend to think about the damages that are awarded for a person's loss of reputation or the intellectual analysis conducted by a court in assessing the defences raised by an alleged defamer.

The Ontario Land Titles Act ("LTA") provides that a registered mortgage that is determined to be a fraudulent instrument is void and may be deleted from title.

On March 28, 2023, the Federal Court of Appeal of Canada (FCA), in IMS Incorporated v Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, 2023 FCA 70, upheld the decision of the Federal Court (FC)...

Last April, I wrote a blog about a motion judge's decision to dismiss an anti-SLAPP motion in a trucking protest case on the grounds that the dispute...

The recent decision of Cornell v. Trudeau, 2024 ONSC 5343 highlights the importance of providing sufficient details and particulars in a claim for defamation.