The Court examined Revenue's request for the inclusion of the transcript, focusing on whether the transcript was necessary to the Court's adjudication of the ‘points of law' being appealed.

Recent events in the US, and the market disputes that are highly likely to follow, underline the need to consider carefully where to arbitrate.

The recent Commercial Court decision in K & Others v P & Others provides a rare example of a party successfully challenging an arbitral award on grounds of serious irregularity.

The Enlarged Board of Appeal at the EPO will decide key legal questions regarding claim interpretation and patentability (case G1/24), following diverging case law. Meanwhile, EPO examination and opposition proceedings continue unaffected.

As claims brought under the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") continue to consume employers’ resources, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit may have helped ease the burden on litigants by clarifying a key issue.

In Elder Advocates of Alberta Society v Alberta, 2020 ABQB 54 ("Elder Advocates"), the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench refused to award costs following trial against the unsuccessful plaintiff class...

In two strikingly similar recent cases before the small claims division of the Court of Québec, the court has held twice that the defendant cruise lines may not be represented by lawyers...

After the witnesses have made their statements in the Family Court, there is usually one more hearing after that in order to allow both the parties to comment on the statements of the witnesses.

After the witnesses have made their statements in the Family Court, there is usually one more hearing after that in order to allow both the parties to comment on the statements of the witnesses.

Historically, parties in Guernsey have been reluctant to use arbitration as a means of resolving a dispute, largely due to perceived shortcomings in the previous 1982 legislation.

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The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) Council has approved the new HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (the "2018 Rules") which will come into force on 1 November 2018.

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In Bertsch v. Datastealth Inc., 2024 ONSC 5593, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed an employee's claim for common law reasonable notice of termination.

Benjamin Franklin once said that a person should "be not sick too late, nor well too soon." However, what happens when an employee is sick too soon and well... well, never?

In the case of Weenen v. Biadi, the Ontario Court of Appeal was faced with a request from the law firm of a successful plaintiff that its outstanding legal fees should be paid before any payments could be made to the plaintiff by the defendant.

One of the means by which the law seeks to encourage class actions is to limit the extent to which members of a plaintiff class can be held liable for the costs of unsuccessful steps in such proceedings.