The federal government's Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act, which prohibits "non-Canadians "from directly or indirectly purchasing residential property, ...

The CRA will work with the Department of Finance to further clarify its guidance on this filing requirement.

Many BC employers will have issued temporary layoffs to employees with the start of BC's COVID-19 lock down in March. Soon after the start of the provincial lock down...

Generally speaking, an employer has the unfettered right to dismiss an employee at any time with or without "just cause".

Employers of all sizes, including charities and not-for-profit organizations, are now eligible for the federal government's new Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) if they meet the qualifying criteria

Many BC employers will have issued temporary layoffs to employees with the start of BC's COVID-19 lock down in March.

The framework of a commercial rent relief program for small businesses has now been announced.

In the wake of a recent constitutional challenge of BC's helmet law by an unrepresented individual, and the vigorous debate thereon, it behooves me to comment further on the merit of this challenge.

In the consideration of leases, lawyers are often asked to review the provisions relating to recoveries by a landlord for operating costs and property taxes.

When a purchaser of a building or residence suffers a loss due to defective construction a claim for breach of contract is often illusory as the developer has no assets or is out of business.

Businesses all across Canada continue to be significantly impacted by the growing coronavirus pandemic.

Most, if not all, businesses which offer risky recreational activities to customers utilize some form of exclusion of liability clause or waiver to attempt to prevent customers from suing the operation...

The rollout of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines across the country has raised questions about whether vaccines can be made mandatory in the workplace.

Although every employer - employee relationship will have unique characteristics based on the nature of the work, many of the issues that arise will be common to all employment relationships.

The Supreme Court of Canada has concluded that employees may reasonably expect privacy in the information contained on workplace computers.

In patent litigation, when a defendant is found to have infringed a plaintiff's patent, the court typically awards a monetary remedy, either in the form of damages or an account of profits

When an employer has cause for dismissal, the employer can terminate an employee without notice or severance pay.

On September 27, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the B.C. Court of Appeal in Loychuk and Westgeest v. Cougar Mountain Adventures Ltd., 2012 BCCA 122.

Traditionally, an insurer is the natural adversary of a party advancing a claim against its insured.

In Progressive Homes Ltd. v. Lombard General Insurance Co. of Canada, [2010] 2 SCR 245, the Supreme Court of Canada taught us to focus on policy wording, when reviewing coverage, but recent cases have reminded us that the answer will not always be found in the insurance policy.