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The Strait of Hormuz and “End of Voyage” Declarations: Legal Boundaries on Cargo Diversion and Cost Shifting
Thursday, April 9, 2026Andrea FernandesLitigationTransportation & Logistics
The Strait of Hormuz has once again become a focal point of geopolitical risk...
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Federal Court of Appeal Upholds WestJet Employee Termination Over Vaccine Policy
Thursday, April 9, 2026Rui FernandesLitigationTransportation & Logistics
A recent Federal Court of Appeal decision...
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A Carrier’s Knowledge is the Key to Consequential Losses in Cargo Claims
Thursday, April 9, 2026Conal CalvertLitigationTransportation & Logistics
Motor carriers will be intimately familiar with the limits of liability for cargo damage and loss...
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Riparian Rights and Waterfront Access on the Pitt River
Thursday, April 9, 2026Rui FernandesLitigationTransportation & Logistics
A recent British Columbia Supreme Court decision (Mackenzie v. Harken Towing Co. Ltd., 2025 BCSC 2493) addresses a long-standing and increasingly common issue in waterfront property law: whether man-made changes to shoreline land can extinguish riparian rights...
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Supreme Court of Canada Provides a Restatement of Principles for Interpreting Exclusions in Insurance Policies
Thursday, April 9, 2026Tyler O’HenlyLitigationTransportation & Logistics
Commercial insurance contracts are a complicated patchwork of policies, endorsements, conditions and exclusions...
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Federally Regulated Employers: Are Your Employment Agreements Still Enforceable?
Thursday, April 9, 2026Saisha MahilLitigationTransportation & Logistics
The Strait of Hormuz has once again become a focal point of geopolitical risk...
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Responding to Complaints Before the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
Wednesday, April 8, 2026Lad KucisHealth LawComplaints, CNO, College of Nurses of Ontario, Nurses
As legal counsel for all types of nurses, including Nurse Practitioners, Registred Nurses, we are frequently retained to provide assistance in responding to complaints filed with the College of Nurses of Ontario (“CNO”)...
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Exchanges with generative AI not protected by privilege (United States of America v. Heppner)
Tuesday, March 31, 2026Stephen A. ThieleLitigationEvidence, Privilege, AI Exchanges
The growing use of generative Artificial Intelligence is undeniable...
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Progress Intensifies in Canada–Mercosur Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
Tuesday, March 31, 2026Eliane Leal da SilvaCorporate LawFree Trade
Negotiations toward a comprehensive free trade agreement between Canada and the Mercosur have entered a decisive phase, with both sides expressing optimism that a deal could be finalized before the end of 2026..
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Mortgagee can discharge certificate of pending litigation to enable power of sale (MCAN Home Mortgage Corporation v. Broad)
Monday, March 30, 2026James R.G. CookLitigation, Real EstateMortgage, Power of Sale
Where litigation concerns an interest in land, a party may seek to register a certificate of pending litigation (“CPL”) on title to the property at issue under section 103 of the Courts of Justice Act (the “CJA”)...
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Seller misrepresented right to assign agreement of purchase and sale (Qu v. Wang)
Friday, March 27, 2026James R.G. CookLitigation, Real EstateAgreement of Purchase and Sale, Misrepresentation
Buyers who agree to purchase a property from a builder may sometimes wish to assign their agreement to another buyer before the transaction has been completed...
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Preparing for the OSC’s 2026 Risk Assessment Questionnaire: What Registrants Need to Know
Friday, March 27, 2026Eliane Leal da Silva, Tara Dewan, Michael C. DeCosimoCorporate Law, Securities LawOSC, Registrants, 2026 Risk Assessment Questionnaire
The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) has issued an advance notice regarding the 2026 Risk Assessment Questionnaire (“RAQ”) for registrants in Ontario...
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No oral contract between brothers over cottage ownership (Poole v. Poole)
Friday, March 20, 2026James R.G. CookLitigation, Real EstatePartition Act
As distasteful as they may be, a written contract between family members over jointly held property may be a prudent way to avoid...
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Generative AI not immune from potential legal action
Thursday, March 19, 2026Stephen A. ThieleLitigationTorts, Product liability, AI platforms
As the use of generative AI and LLMs continues to grow without much government intervention or regulation worldwide, the...
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Motion for certificate of pending litigation dismissed in assignment dispute (Roopchan v. Abeywardena)
Tuesday, March 17, 2026James R.G. CookLitigation, Real EstateAgreement of Purchase and Sale, Mississauga, Fraudulent Conveyances Act
Does an assignment agreement give a right to an interest in a property? Under the terms of many assignment agreements, the...
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Staying Ahead: The Value of Annual Compliance Reviews for Ontario Registrants
Thursday, March 12, 2026Eliane Leal da Silva, Tara Dewan, Michael C. DeCosimoSecurities LawCompliance, Ontario
Regulatory requirements for registrants in Ontario are constantly evolving...
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No reliance on zoning misrepresentation in MLS listing (Mino et al. v. Foster)
Friday, March 6, 2026James R.G. CookLitigationZoning, MLS
The zoning designation of a property may be a relevant consideration for a buyer who is contemplating major renovations after closing...
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How GST/HST Works on Multi-Residential Rental Construction?
Wednesday, February 25, 2026Zev ZlotnickReal Estate, Business Law, Corporate LawGST, HST, Construction
For commercial mortgage lenders financing in-progress or newly completed multi-residential rental or retirement projects in Ontario, it is important to understand how GST/HST applies at completion...
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Absolute privilege stops lawsuits based on use of intimate video at a case conference (Burns v. Osuji)
Wednesday, February 25, 2026Stephen A. ThieleLitigationAbsolute Privilege, Case Conferences
In the law of defamation, absolute privilege is a complete defence...
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Court removes lawyer from record due to delays and failure to abide by court orders (Al-Hasnawi v. Hamilton (City)
Friday, February 20, 2026James R.G. CookLitigationCourts, Delay
While litigants generally have the right to be represented by counsel of their choosing, there are circumstances where a court will prohibit a lawyer from continuing to act in a matter...
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Landlord Considerations: To Term or to Terminate
Tuesday, February 17, 2026Tamara Katz, Daniel KuhnreichReal Estate, LitigationLandlord, Terminate
On February 18, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear the appeal of Canada Life Assurance Company v Aphria Inc...
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Life just got easier for Attorneys for Property. Well, sort of.
Friday, February 13, 2026Nadia BechaiTax and Estate PlanningProperty, Attorneys
An Attorney for Property has the “power to do on the incapable person’s behalf anything in respect of property that the person could do if capable, except make a will,” says subsection 31(1) of the Substitute Decisions Act (Ontario) (“SDA”)...
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Defendant ordered to produce documents encompassed by “circle of privilege” (Will Murray & Associates v. Nader Fakih)
Friday, February 6, 2026James R.G. CookLitigationdocuments, circle of privilege
During the course of litigation, parties are generally required by the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure to produce all documents that are relevant to the issues in dispute...
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Court strikes claim of non-party to mortgage contract against mortgagee and its lawyer (Anthonipillai v. Ghorbankhani)
Friday, February 6, 2026Stephen A. ThieleLitigationMortgage, Contracts
Rule 21 of the Rules of Civil Procedure is a powerful weapon in the arsenal of a defendant...
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New Year, New Rules: Construction Act Amendments Explained
Tuesday, February 3, 2026Tamara Katz, Daniel KuhnreichReal Estate, LitigationConstruction Act, Rules
Several amendments to the Ontario Construction Act (the “Act”) came into force on January 1, 2026, pursuant to Bill 216, Building Ontario For You Act, and Bill 60, Fighting Delays, Building Fact Act...
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Well-Known Seasoned Issuers Understanding the New Prospectus Regime
Thursday, January 29, 2026Eliane Leal da Silva, Michael C. DeCosimoSecurities LawNew Prospectus Regime , Seasoned Issuers
The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions (“NI 44-102”), Companion Policy 44-102CP (“CP 44-102”), and National Policy 11-202 Process for Prospectus Reviews in Multiple Jurisdictions (“NP 11-202”) to establish a permanent expedited base shelf prospectus regime for eligible well-known seasoned issuers (“WKSIs”)...
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Responding to Complaints Before the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO): A Defence Lawyer’s Perspective
Tuesday, January 27, 2026Lad KucisHealth LawComplaints, The College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
As legal counsel for psychotherapists, we are frequently retained to provide assistance in responding to complaints filed with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (“CRPO”)...
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Is there such a thing as TMI? What, with whom, and when should a trustee share information?
Friday, January 23, 2026Nadia BechaiTax and Estate PlanningPrivacy, Trustees
“I don’t want the beneficiaries of my family trust to know how much they might inherit – especially the young ones"...
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Lawyer ordered to pay personal costs for using fake AI-generated case law (Reddy v Saroya)
Friday, January 23, 2026James R.G. CookLitigationAI
In an avoidable yet perhaps inevitable decision, a Canadian court has imposed personal costs against a lawyer for using AI-generated submissions in materials filed with the court: Reddy v Saroya, 2026 ABCA 20 (CanLII)...
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When “Residential” Is Not Residential: Corporate Tenants, Jurisdiction, and the Limits of the RTA
Friday, January 23, 2026Baruch WiseLitigationReal Estate, Corporate, Tenant, Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board
The Landlord and Tenant Board’s recent decisions in Farooqui v. Toronto Luxury Suites, 2025 ONLTB 46458 and Al-Jabar v. Star International Luxury Suites and Properties Inc., 2026 ONLTB 2375 (not on CanLII) clarify, but do not change, the law governing jurisdiction under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 (“RTA”)...
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