Apr 1, 2011Quiz: P3s and Infrastructure Inside Infrastructure – can you work your way througha P3 transaction?
Mar 31, 2011Public shouldn’t pay Holyday fees Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday faces a steep legal bill after an attempt to stop his colleagues from handing out tax dollars to fellow councillors.
Mar 30, 2011Case Law Update: Credifinance Securities Limited v DSLC Capital Corp Trustee Constructive Trust Fraud Bankruptcy
Case Law Update: Quebec (Attorney General) v Canada Social Law Canada Assistance Plan Cost-sharing Statutory Interpretation
Case Law Update: Taylor v Canada (Attorney General) Civil Procedure Class Proceedings Regulatory Negligence Proximity
Case Law Update: Withler v Canada (Attorney General) Charter of Rights and Freedoms Equality Rights Age Discrimination Use of Comparator Groups
Legislative Update: Federal Election 2011 Federal Election 2011-The Legislative ImpactThe Canadian government’s recent defeat has had a legislative impact.
Mar 29, 2011Holyday seeks costs for suing city Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday personally sued the city to challenge a controversial 2008 council decision to use taxpayer money to cover two councillors’ campaign-related legal fees. He…
Mar 28, 2011Partner David Brown Interviewed about Industry Advocacy Partner David Brown is interviewed for the Leader Series by the Financial Post about the benefits of launching and belonging to an industry advocacy association. David also…
Mar 23, 2011Is Ford family firm playing fair?; Critics allege conflict of interest In 2010, the City of Toronto paid the company owned by the mayor’s family more than $56,000 to print stickers, tags and decals.
Mar 17, 2011Council blog battle boils over; Newmarket councillor defends right to blog about municipal votes A political dispute is escalating into a fiasco on social media.
Mar 13, 2011McFadden withdraws request to probe McCallion’s alleged ‘bullying’ Mississauga’s Councillor Sue McFadden has withdrawn her request to have the city’s integrity commissioner probe Mayor Hazel McCallion’s alleged “bullying” behaviour.
Mar 12, 2011Starr cleared of conflict of interest allegations Councillor Ron Starr has not run afoul of Mississauga’s code of conduct.
Mar 11, 2011Defendants push to end Morris suit The move to have former Aurora Mayor Phyllis Morris’ $6-million libel lawsuit tossed out of court now rests in the hands of a judge.
Councillor pulls bullying complaint Councillor Sue McFadden has withdrawn her request to Mississauga’s integrity commissioner to investigate McFadden’s allegations that Mayor Hazel McCallion was bullying her.
Starr cleared by integrity commissioner Integrity commissioner finds that Councillor Ron Starr did nothing wrong by having his daughter run Starr’s former consulting business.
Mar 10, 2011Politically incorrect; Hazel McCallion doesn’t seem to care Councillor Sue McFadden taking her complaints to Mississauga’s integrity commissioner.
Councillor files complaint with Mississauga integrity officer Councillor Sue McFadden has called on the city’s integrity commissioner to investigate Mayor Hazel McCallion’s behaviour toward her at public events.
Mar 9, 2011Councillor calls mayor bully Councillor Sue McFadden is asking the City of Mississauga’s integrity commissioner to investigate her allegations against the mayor.
Mar 8, 2011Council spent over $250,000 against advice of its lawyers Toronto city council has spent more than $250,000 pursuing a legal fight against the advice of its own lawyers.
Councillor won’t back down Di Muccio feels that resolution, supported by her colleagues, restricts her from doing her job as an elected official.
Mar 7, 2011Canadian Execs Acquitted in U.S. A Canadian night-vision equipment manufacturer and two of its executives have been acquitted in a San Francisco court of fraud charges against them. Newcon International Ltd. faced…
Mar 4, 2011Human Rights Update – Dealing with Applications at a Preliminary Stage Applications under the Human Rights Code (“Code”) present a real risk for employers and an important avenue of redress for employees.
Mar 3, 2011Di Muccio resigns from library board Maddie Di Muccio has resigned from the Newmarket library board. The town confirmed the Ward 6 councillor’s resignation this afternoon, but council will still receive a report…
Trusts and Trustees: Some Tips on Risk Management Being asked to be a trustee of an estate is not a gift.
Mar 2, 2011Dispute must be dealt with to avoid recurrence: mayor When politicians don’t get along, there’s a significant cost for the municipality, according to Newmarket Mayor Tony Van Bynen. In an effort to resolve the dispute between…
Mar 1, 2011Di Muccio still on Newmarket library board Newmarket Councillor Maddie Di Muccio is still amember of the library board. Darryl Singer addressed members of town councilyesterday on behalf of Ms Di Muccio, suggestingthere isn’t…
Women at the Top Women remain underrepresented as managing partners of law firms, but there are signs that the profession is incorporating traditionally “female” attributes into leadership models.
Case Law Update: Reference re Assisted Human Reproduction Act, 2010 Constitutional Law Division of Powers Federal Jurisdiction Over Criminal Law Provincial Jurisdiction over Property and Civil Rights
Feb 28, 2011New Tools for Managing Evidence in Complex Litigation A shift has occurred in the way civil litigation is run and several new tools for litigation management have emerged.
Feb 27, 2011Canadian Optical Manufacturer, Newcon Optik, Acquitted of All Charges in U.S. District Court – Company and its Executives “Completely Vindicated” A court in San Francisco has acquitted Canadian night vision equipment manufacturer Newcon International Ltd. (o/a Newcon Optik) and two of its executives of all charges against…
Feb 24, 2011Current Property Tax Issues Pre-1998 Owners assessed realty taxes Tenants assessed separately for business taxes (value of property apportioned on basis of FMR) including shared parking business assessment Current Value Assessment…