It is rare that an arbitral institution and its procedural rules are altered through legislative decree. Interestingly, this scenario arose in the Superior Court's recent decision in InFrontier AF LP v Rahmani, 2025 ONSC 3968 ("InFrontier"), presenting an unusual question of enforcement where the parties' arbitration agreement did not contemplate such a circumstance.

As readers will recall, the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Greater Sudbury (City), 2023 SCC 28 was the subject of significant attention due to the changes it effected to Ontario

On April 1, 2026, British Columbia quietly—but decisively—redrew the rules governing its health professions. The Health Professions and Occupations Act, SBC 2022, c. 43 (the “HPOA”) is now in force, replacing the long‑standing Health Professions Act RSBC 1996, c. 183 and fundamentally reshaping how health professionals are regulated in the province, marking the end of nearly three decades of comparatively autonomous, profession‑led regulation.

The case is also relevant to some of the evidentiary issues which may be encountered in the interpretation of such clauses.

In Coinbase Inc. v. Suski et al, the United States Supreme Court considered the interesting scenario of two parties having entered into multiple contracts...

A recent decision from Belgium's Cour de Cassation raises an interesting question about the extent to which arbitrators are permitted to delegate tasks to their secretaries – namely, at what point has a tribunal delegated too much responsibility?

The Construction Act (the “Act”) governs Ontario’s construction industry, establishing the framework for key industry mechanisms to regulate cash flow, and prescribe alternative dispute resolution on construction projects throughout the Province. Originally enacted as the Construction Lien Act in 1983, the statute has been subject to significant reform in response to evolving industry practices and concerns voiced from stakeholders.

As readers will recognize, the case of MGW Homes Design Inc. v. Pasqualino has recently received attention with respect to the Court of Appeal's consideration of a novel question in the context...

Since the introduction of statutory adjudication Ontario, courts have been faced with various attempts by construction industry participants to test the boundaries of the adjudication regime including efforts...

The Court's decision in Go-To Developments serves as an important reminder that solicitor-client privilege cannot be used as a shield to a receiver's investigative duties.

The recent BC Employment Standards Tribunal decision in Broughton & Broughton Inc., 2026 BCEST 1 serves as a warning to employers that anything disclosed to the Employment Standards Branch during an investigation, ...

On April 15, 2025, the BC government introduced Bill 11, the Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2025 ("Bill 11"). Bill 11 passed third reading on May 12, 2025 and received royal assent on May 29, 2025.

This article considers the Court of Appeal for Ontario's recent decision in Husky Food Importers & Distributors Ltd v. JH Whittaker & Sons Limited

In La Française IC 2 v. Wires ("La Francaise"), the Court of Appeal for Ontario has confirmed that the test for resisting enforcement of an international arbitral award is a stringent one.

The appearance of arbitrator bias has been a topic of significant interest in recent years, as well as significant concern given the risks it poses.

It is a truism that arbitration is fundamentally a consensual mode of dispute resolution, meaning that only the parties to an arbitration agreement can be compelled to arbitrate.

In March 2025, we wrote about the Ontario Superior Court's decision in Baker v. Van Dolder's Home Team Inc., a case that appeared to signal a significant shift in Ontario employment law. At the time, the Court held that a termination clause permitting an employer to terminate employment “at any time” was inconsistent with the Employment Standards Act (“ESA”),[2] rendering the employer's entire termination regime unenforceable, and entitling its employees to common law reasonable notice, regardless of the reason for their termination.

In this article, we consider the Ontario Superior Court's decision in Mattamy (Downsview) Limited v. KSV Restructuring Inc. (Urbancorp), 2023 ONSC 3012, and its implications for the limits to an arbitrator's discretion ...

In Xemex Contracting Inc. v Aspen Properties (Northland Place) Ltd., 2025 ABCA 49 [Xemex], the Alberta Court of Appeal evaluated the validity of a construction lien filed by a contractor against the fee simple interest of a landlord.

The Ultimate Issue Rule, the common law principle which prohibited litigants from leading opinion evidence on the ultimate issue before the court, has long since been relaxed.