Feb 11, 2020Internal Communications with Law Firm Committees: Privileged? In Lipson v Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, 2019 ONSC 5483, 148 O.R. (3d) 146, a class action by investors against a law firm, Justice Perell revisits…
Aug 28, 2018WeirFoulds is listed in the Canadian Lawyer Inhouse Top 10 Ontario Regional Firms WeirFoulds LLP is delighted to announce that we have been listed in the Top 10 Ontario Regional Firms feature in the July/August edition of Canadian Lawyer Inhouse…
Aug 24, 2018Best Lawyers in Canada Recognizes Two WeirFoulds Partners as Toronto “Lawyers of the Year” Among our 34 lawyers listed in the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers® in Canada are seasoned litigators Clare Burns and Bryan Finlay, who are also recognized as…
Aug 13, 2018WeirFoulds Congratulates Bryan Finlay, Q.C. on Being Awarded The Advocates’ Society Medal WeirFoulds is pleased to announce that Bryan Finlay, Q.C. was awarded The Advocates’ Society Medal at a gala dinner on February 2019. The Advocates’ Society Medal is…
Dec 8, 2017“Entrepreneurial” Class Plaintiff Hit With $1 Million Costs Award In Yip v. HSBC Holdings plc, a decision released on November 20, 2017, Justice Perell awarded partial indemnity costs of $1 million to defendants that had succeeded, on jurisdictional and forum conveniens grounds, in defeating a proposed shareholder class action.
Sep 29, 2017Michael Statham discusses Canadian securities class actions with Corporate Disputes Magazine WeirFoulds Managing Partner Michael Statham is a featured panelist in a discussion of Canadian Securities Class Action Litigation in Oct-Dec 2017 issue of Corporate Disputes Magazine.
Aug 10, 2016WeirFoulds Lawyers Recognized in 2017 Best Lawyers® in Canada Directory WeirFoulds is pleased to announce that 27 of our lawyers have been listed in the 2017 edition of Best Lawyers® in Canada. WeirFoulds has proudly earned 45…
Jun 20, 2016Marie-Andrée Vermette Elected a Director of The Advocates’ Society WeirFoulds is proud to announce that litigation partner Marie-Andrée Vermette has been elected a Director of The Advocates’ Society. The Board of Directors is responsible for managing and supervising the activities and affairs of The Advocates’ Society. Marie-Andrée will also be a member of some of the Society’s Standing Committees.
Nov 20, 2015An Open Book: Canadian Courts Favor Disclosure in Antitrust Cases In recent years, Canadian competition class-action jurisprudence has tilted in plaintiffs’ favor. Canadian courts have recognized low thresholds for certification and allowed certification of indirect purchaser class-action…
Jul 13, 2015Marie-Andrée Vermette Discusses Trillium Motor World Class Action against GM Canada and Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP with Canadian Lawyer Inhouse Marie-Andrée Vermette, partner at WeirFoulds LLP, discussed the recent decision in the Trillium Motor World class action against GM Canada and Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP with…
Jul 9, 2015WeirFoulds Acts as Co-counsel for Trillium Motor World in Class Action against GM Canada and Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP On Wednesday, July 8, 2015, Justice Thomas McEwen released his highly-anticipated judgment following the class action trial in Trillium Motor World Ltd. v. General Motors of Canada Limited and Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP.
Aug 23, 2012Twenty-one WeirFoulds lawyers named in 2013 Best Lawyers in Canada Twenty-one WeirFoulds lawyers have been recognized by their colleagues in an annual peer-review survey and named to the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada, one…
Oct 20, 2011Case Law Update: Smith v Inco Limited Environmental Contamination Nuisance Strict Liability Application of Limitation Period in Class Actions
Case Law Update: TA & K Enterprises Inc v Suncor Energy Products Inc 2011 ONCA 613 (Released September 27, 2011) Franchise – Arthur Wishart Act – Disclosure Document – One-year Term – Franchise Fee In this decision, the Court of…
Apr 20, 2011Case Law Update: Seidel v TELUS Communications Inc Class Action Consumer Contract Arbitration Clause
Mar 30, 2011Case 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