Judge erred in accepting Ministry ‘excuses’ for denying breach of standard of care, court rules

By Amanda Jerome ( August 11, 2022, 4:13 PM EDT) -- The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal of a meat packing company in part, ruling that the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’ 19-month occupation of an abattoir “showed the regulator’s outrageous disregard for the interests of the regulated entity to which it owed a duty of care.”...