TD bank successfully defended an action brought against it by a customer in a Ponzi scheme case in McDonald and Dickson v. TD Bank, 2021 ONSC 3872.

In doing so, the Court also provided useful commentary on the fact-finding powers of a judge at a summary judgement motion.

Judges of the Superior Court of Ontario may sit and make decisions in courtrooms in other provinces when the Ontario court has jurisdiction over the parties and issues in the proceeding, the Ontario Superior Court held recently: Parsons v. The Canadian Red Cross Society, 2013 ONSC 3053.

The tort of unlawful interference with economic relations has also been referred to as "interference with a trade or business by unlawful means", "intentional interference with economic relations", "causing loss by unlawful means" or as the Supreme Court of Canada decided in the case of A.I. Enterprises Ltd. v. Bram Enterprises Ltd., simply as the "unlawful means" tort.

Superior Court judges can sit outside their home provinces, the Supreme Court held today. This decision will facilitate the management of national class actions and other inter-provincial litigation in Canada.

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently released a handful of new opinions about the application of Ontario's Anti-SLAPP legislation.

The Court of Appeal has recently held that the limitation period to bring an action enforcing a contractual right to indemnity starts to run on the date that a party has been served with a Statement of Claim in the underlying lawsuit that triggers the right to be indemnified.

Even though debtors’ prison was abolished many generations ago, judgment debtors can still land themselves in jail if they refuse to answer questions on examinations in aid of execution, also known as judgment debtor or JD exams.

Telephone and Internet provider Comwave Networks Inc. of Toronto has agreed to pay an administrative penalty of $300,000 for false or misleading representations.

In a recent Press Release, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) has applauded the Ontario government's decision to give it what it calls the "full enforcement toolkit" of powers to investigate and bring enforcement proceedings against the individuals and firms it regulates.

Plaintiff class action lawyers were unable to convince the Divisional Court to grant leave to appeal an earlier decision of the Superior Court of Justice in which Justice van Rensberg significantly reduced the size of the plaintiff class in Silver v. IMAX.

Ontario remains an arbitration-friendly jurisdiction, the Ontario Court of Appeal has confirmed in its recent decision in Haas v. Gunasekaram

In a legal climate that relies with growing frequency on alternative dispute resolution, a lawyer's negotiating skills are increasingly important.

Greene King, running approximately 1,900 UK pubs, and Spirit, with a 1,200-strong leased and managed estate, notified their proposed corporate amalgamation.

The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Oil States Energy Services LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC to examine the constitutionality of inter partes review proceedings by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Takeaway: Class defendants prefer federal court. In any putative class action filed in state court, the first issue to analyze is whether the case can be removed to federal court

On April 5, 2024, Eastway Tank, Pump & Meter Limited ("Eastway" or the "Company") and its owner and director, Neil Greene, pled guilty to charges under Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act ("OHSA").

A headstone maker was recently ordered by the Nova Scotia Supreme Court to stop making false and misleading statements about a competitor who successfully brought a motion seeking injunctive relief.

The exit of a respondent in an abuse of dominance case does not mean the case cannot continue, the Competition Tribunal held recently.

This past Friday the Supreme Court of Canada released a rare decision touching upon a commercial contractual dispute. The decision, Owners, Strata Plan LMS 3905 v. Crystal Square Parking Corp.