Personal Injury
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July 25, 2024
Burying termination provision in a confidentiality clause voids executive employment contract
Executive employment contracts, particularly for C-suite executives of organizations, can be lengthy and complex. A well-drafted, thorough contract may deal with a great number of different matters, including compensation, performance expectations, post-employment obligations, termination and others, which may not always interact.
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July 25, 2024
Ottawa ordered to disclose memos about CUAET immigration program targeted by Charter challenge
A novel Charter challenge — which contends that Ottawa’s expansive Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) policy for war-affected Ukrainians unfairly discriminated against Taliban-targeted Afghans who face stricter immigration requirements — is proceeding to next steps after the Federal Court rejected a bid by the federal attorney general to avoid disclosing information that sheds light on what went into devising the generous immigration policy for Ukrainians.
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July 24, 2024
New managing partner for Aird & Berlis
Jill P. Fraser, a senior partner in Aird & Berlis’s financial services group and a long-standing member of the executive committee, the firm’s new managing partner.
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July 23, 2024
Ontario Court of Appeal’s latest commentary on duty of care, negligence, causation in tragic case
In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal was forced to address various questions of law in a complicated medical malpractice matter involving a 29-year-old woman who suffered life-altering complications.
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July 22, 2024
Montreal law firm launches proposed class action over plant milk listeriosis outbreak
A Montreal law firm is the first in Canada to seek compensation for consumers affected by a recent listeriosis outbreak linked to some plant milk products.
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July 22, 2024
Ottawa rolls out ‘special measures’ for people affected by 2024 wildfires in Canada
Canadians and permanent residents “directly affected” by wildfires in 2024 will be able to get free replacement federal documents — including permanent resident cards, Canadian citizenship certificates, Canadian passports and other travel documents — that are lost, damaged, destroyed or inaccessible due to wildfires, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced.
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July 19, 2024
Proposed $1B opioid class action against some drug firms cancelled due to lack of lead plaintiff
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dropped a pharmaceutical company and its affiliates from an ongoing proposed opioids class action against various manufacturers that alleges promotion of opioid use leading to addiction.
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July 19, 2024
Toronto flash floods: What businesses need to take away
The rainstorm that affected many across the city this week was a big wake-up call for businesses. Whether it was the power outages or ensuring your staff got home safely if they were required to leave the office, employers felt the impact.
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July 18, 2024
Court finds doctor cannot amend libel claim against lawyer who represented car accident victim
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s Divisional Court has dismissed an appeal of a decision that denied a doctor’s request to amend his statement of claim in a libel case against a lawyer who was involved in a car accident insurance claim case.
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July 17, 2024
B.C. court dismisses defamation action against charity researcher under anti-SLAPP law
The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought against a writer who published letters alleging that a philanthropic gift was part of a massive tax fraud scam, finding that public interest weighed in favour of protecting the writer’s expression.