Over three years have passed since the release of the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Westerhof v. Gee Estate , wherein the Court definitively outlined the role of "participant experts".

A judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has recognized a new common law tort of harassment.

The owner of the property brought an action in negligence, nuisance, and breach of contract against the contractor and the Estate of Hemlow.

In Sanson v. Paterson/Security National Insurance Company, 2022 ONSC 276, the plaintiff brought a motion to strike the defendant's jury notice on a conditional basis.

Will costs thrown away be awarded when the health of a party necessitated the adjournment of a trial?

I sit at my desk to write this piece after having spent my week watching over the every move of my son and daughter.

Emotions can run high in sports, even in recreational adult leagues.

The Province of Ontario has been considering abolishing jury trials for civil matters, although no official decision has been announced.

The Ontario Court of Appeal released an important insurance coverage decision today in Markham (City) v. AIG Insurance Company of Canada, 2020 ONCA 239.

The doctrine of misnomer seems, more often than not, to be quite generously applied to permit litigants to add (or, more accurately, "substitute") parties to an action, generally well after the expiry of the presumptive ...

In Ontario, the time period for a claimant to commence an action is outlined in the Limitations Act, 2002, ("LA").

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal brought by the plaintiff, Catalyst Capital Group Inc., which stemmed from a series of lawsuits arising from the plaintiff's attempted purchase of Wind Mobile Group ...

The simplified procedure under Rule 76 of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure offers a method of proceeding with actions seeking monetary damages...

Since the proliferation of adverse costs insurance through the legal industry over the last few years, there have been a handful of decisions in Ontario dealing ...

On April 30, 2018, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in 1688782 Ontario Inc. v. Maple Leaf Foods Inc. and Maple Leaf Consumer Foods Inc., 2018 ONCA 407 ("Maple Leaf Foods Inc.").

Parents frequently allow their children to play at neighbouring properties.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a wave of legal claims.

The Ontario Crown Liability and Proceedings Act, 2019 ("CLAPA") came into force in July of 2019, replacing the Proceedings Against the Crown Act.

In Paterson v. Gilbert, 2021 ONSC 8469, the plaintiff, Steven Paterson, brought a motion to consolidate three purportedly related actions.

The applicants sold their home in 2011, when the Economical home insurance policy was in force.