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As legal counsel for veterinarians, we are regularly asked questions about the complaints process before the College of Veterinarians of Ontario (the "College").

As we have written before, Canada's civil court system is "a loser pays" jurisdiction. In general, a party that loses a motion or at trial is required to pay the winning party's costs...

Lawyers facing disciplinary proceedings before the Law Society of Ontario may have duty counsel appointed to represent their interests. A Divisional Court decision shows that duty counsel...

Business partners generally owe each other fiduciary duties and can be liable for civil fraud if funds invested in the partnership business are not used for their intended purpose.

Lawyers, brokerages, trustees, and other parties may sometimes find themselves holding funds that they do not want while others fight over who is entitled to them. Interpleader applications are a long-standing...

While defamation lawsuits continue to receive the most judicial attention under Ontario's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) legislation...

Court orders are meant to be followed; otherwise justice and rule of law will be undermined. Accordingly, courts are empowered to ensure that their orders are obeyed, and in the most extreme cases, can find a litigant in contempt of court for failing to comply with an order.

Although solicitor-client privilege is a fundamental civil and legal right belonging to a client, the right is not absolute and can be lost where there is either an express or implied waiver of privilege.

Rule 21 of the Rules of Civil Procedure is a powerful weapon in the arsenal of a defendant.

In Ontario, section 4 of the Limitations Act, 2002 establishes a general two-year limitation period for commencing an action from the date the action is discovered.

A years-long dispute between neighbours in Stouffville, Ontario escalated from a lawn mower incident to a civil trial involving claims of assault, defamation, and intrusion of privacy.

The process by which a foreign court seeks the assistance of an Ontario court to gather evidence for use in local proceedings, as discussed in a previous blog...

In early 2019, a former model and adult film performer, Amanda Nagy also known as "Mandy Morbid," posted a message on her Facebook page saying that Zak Smith, her former husband...

Section 8, "Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure."

When deciding to buy a property, buyers may review various representations in the real estate listing which purport to list the property's key facts such as the square footage...

What can a property owner do when they have been excluded from their property? Ontario's Partition Act addresses the forced sale of properties when an irreconcilable dispute has arisen between owners...

Online harassment has become a major issue in Canadian society and has resulted in the burgeoning tort of "internet harassment" specifically designed to address such conduct.