Generally speaking, the acquisition of rental property requires a due diligence process that is usually focused on building and property conditions, property titles and lease analysis.

In July 2007, Allstate Insurance Company of Canada (hereinafter referred to as "Allstate") sent a notice of change of working conditions to all its insurance agents.

The federal government is reviewing rules on what metal mines can discharge to watercourses in Canada.

The Supreme Court of Canada recently allowed the motion for leave to appeal filed by the Commission des normes du travail against the decision rendered in March 2013 by the Court of Appeal of Québec in the case of Commission des normes du travail v. Asphalte Desjardins inc.

On August 9, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada granted the application for leave to appeal filed by Vivendi Canada Inc. against the decision rendered in February 2012 by the Québec Court of Appeal.

The right of withdrawal, also referred to as an "opting out" clause, is the right given contractually or by law to a party to withdraw from a transaction without justifi cation prior to it being actually entered into.

The Supreme Court dismissed Fournier's application for leave to appeal a Court of Appeal decision , which convicted Fournier of an offence under section 195(4) SA because of his refusal to testify whereas lower courts acquitted him.

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The Quebec Court of Appeal rendered a decision on November 14, 2012 confirming the state of the law on the scope of section 119 of the "Canada Business Corporations Act".

Can an employee’s insubordination amount to repudiation of his employment contract, thus providing his employer with just and sufficient cause to dismiss him?

In February 2013, the Minister of Finance and Economy and the Minister of Natural Resources announced the launch of forum on mining royalties to be held on March 15 in Montreal.

On March 26, 2013, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions ("OSFI"), the Canadian bank regulator, issued an Advisory.

On January 6, 2013, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announced that it was relaxing the liquidity rules that will be applied to banks beginning in 2015.

CIPO has announced an increase in their fees as of January 1, 2024. Their current fees will be increased by at least 25%.

Although non-residential real estate leases provide for a variety of obligations, which are often more onerous for the tenant than the landlord, it is the very essence of the lease that the landlord must provide the tenant with the peaceful enjoyment of the leased premises.

The relationship between the hypothecary creditor of an immovable and the tenant begins when the tenant negotiates his commercial lease, because it contains provisions which, in principle, are intended to satisfy the requirements of a possible hypothecary creditor.

"This contract shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall not include any representation, promise or warranty other than those set out herein."

On November 24, 2011, the Federal Court of Appeal rendered its judgment in the case of "Canada (A.G.) v. Amazon.com, Inc." (2011 FCA 328) requiring the Commissioner of Patents to re-examine the patent application presented by Amazon.com in 1998, in a manner consistent with the Court’s reasons.

The central issue before the Court was to determine what impact Bagtech's USA had on its status as a CCPC.

Although it is not often well-understood in business and tax circles, the Indian Act (the "Act"), coupled with federal and provincial tax laws...