The High Court of Australia today handed down an important, unanimous judgment on legal professional privilege.

An arbitration agreement is generally perceived as an agreement to submit to arbitration any disputes that may arise under the contract containing such a clause

Filing season for corporate income tax returns is coming to a close in Belgium. The deadline for resident and non-resident companies (FY 2018)

TD Bank shareholders voted in favour of the proposal; RBC shareholders voted against the proposal.

On October 3, 2012, the British Columbia Securities Commission found that Paul Stiles' craigslist postings for investments with Velocity Entertainment Inc. ("Velocity") were contrary to section 50(1)(d) of the BC Securities Act, which prohibits a person intending to effect a trade in a security from making a statement that the person knows or ought to know is a misrepresentation.

The British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association has recently issued an "Agenda for Justice" which includes the following recommendations for legislation to the Government of BC.

Canada has recently enacted amendments to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act, which may suggest a renewed vigour for taking action against Canadian agents of foreign corruption.

Venture capital spending in Canada is still not back up to what it was prior to 2008, according to a recent report published by the OECD.

The B.C. Labour Relations Board issued an interesting decision arising from the dispute between the B.C. Public School Employers' Association and the B.C. Teachers' Federation.

The contract law doctrine of frustration may provide employers with a solution to the problem of the long-term or serially disabled employee who is seldom at work, or entirely absent, for years at a time.

In a recent decision, Kelly v. University of British Columbia, 2013 BCHRT 302, the BC Human Rights Tribunal awarded a complainant $75,000 in damages for injury to dignity, feelings, and self-respect.

On November 6, 2014, the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014 (the "Act"), also known as Bill 18, passed third reading in the Ontario legislature.

Bill 79, the Working for Workers Act, 2023 received Royal Assent on October 26, 2023. Bill 79 will implement amendments to various employment law related statutes.

The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in "Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local 30 v. Irving Pulp & Paper, Ltd.", addressed the issue of random alcohol testing by employers in the context of a collective bargaining relationship.

As of November 1, 2023, all employers in ‎British Columbia must specify the expected salary or wage range for ‎all publicly advertised job opportunities.

Increasingly individuals are seeking legal representation to address hostile work environments. Employees claim they can no longer work due to their employer’s failure to prevent an abusive workplace or the psychological harassment of a supervisor or other employee.

Much has already been written about the 2015 Alberta budget and its effect on individual taxpayers.

As discussed here, the B.C. government's new Natural Gas strategy and LNG strategy released last week set out significant new details on the province's plans to develop its natural gas resources and promote the LNG export industry.

Canada’s move towards mandatory reporting of resource payments by mining and oil & gas companies to host governments got a big push recently.

Last week, the Alberta Utilities Commission announced that it had approved the construction by ATCO Electric Ltd. of the Eastern Alberta Transmission Line.