Quiz: U.S.-Canada cross-border estate issues
How would you resolve these case situations?
WeirFoulds LLP ranked as a Top 10 Development Law Firm in the GTA
WeirFoulds moved up five spots in this year’s ranking, representing the City of Brampton in a number of cases, including appeals to its new official plan. The firm is also […]
CCDC2 lump-sum contract out of control?
A couple of years ago, Bill Gillan of Revay and Associates Ltd. received a call from a senior engineer in a government organization that undertakes tens of millions of dollars […]
Case Law Update: Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses’ Union v. Newfoundland and Labrador (Treasury Board)
Administrative Law Role and Adequacy of Reasons Dunsmuir principles of “justification, transparency and intelligibility”
To Seek a Stay or Not to Seek a Stay
Is seeking a stay of foreign proceedings a prerequisite to obtaining an anti-suit injunction in Canada?
Case Law Update: Batty v City of Toronto: Municipalities at Forefront of Occupy Movement
The Occupy Toronto Ruling: Batty v City of Toronto
Case Law Update: Combined Air Mechanical Services Inc v Flesch
Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure Summary Judgment
Case Law Update: In the Matter of the Bankruptcy of TNG Acquisition Inc. (successor estate of NexInnovations Inc., a bankrupt) of the City of Mississauga, in the Province of Ontario
Landlord and tenant Repudiation of Lease Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act Proceedings
Case Law Update: Nor-Man Regional Health Authority v Manitoba, 2011 SCC 59
Administrative Law Labour Law Standard of Review-Labour Arbitration
Case Law Update: Quebec (Attorney General) v Canada (Human Resources and Social Development)
Constitutional law Federal paramountcy Crown immunity
Litgation Update – December 2011
Six case law updates released between November and December 2011.
Uncontrolled spending
It’s safe to say Greater Sudbury is the only municipality in Ontario that allows its elected officials to direct taxpayers’ money to their employers, friends and associates without oversight or […]
Backtrack on shark fin ban; Mississauga votes to repeal its ban, at least temporarily, before talks with Ottawa
The movement to have cities ban shark fin products experienced a setback Wednesday as Mississauga councillors repealed the ban they passed in October.
Energy board rules $53M hydro levy legal; Charge to cover costs of energy conservation programs justified
A levy of about $4 per customer on hydro bills to cover the cost of conservation programs is legally justified, the Ontario Energy Board has ruled. The board has rejected […]
Jurisdiction to Review Trustee Discretion – Case Comment on two UK Appeals Pitt v. Holt, Futter v. Futter
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