Personal Injury
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June 20, 2024
Ottawa lists Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity in Criminal Code
The Government of Canada listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code, effective June 19, 2024.
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June 19, 2024
Feds release draft vaping taxation framework, legislative review results
The federal Department of Finance has released draft regulations that would enable Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Yukon and Prince Edward Island to participate in a co-ordinated vaping taxation framework that calls for a 12 per cent increase to vaping excise duties, announced in Budget 2024. As well, it announced its findings from the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act legislative review.
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June 18, 2024
Proposed changes to Health Canada’s pesticide regulations aimed at improved transparency
As the spring growing season hits full bloom, the federal government has announced proposed amendments to the Pest Control Products Regulations (PCPR), marking what one toxicology expert says is a welcome step away from the opaque regulatory process that Canada has traditionally followed.
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June 18, 2024
Ontario Superior Court expands class action over defective water pumps in Ford vehicles
A class action concerning allegations that various models of Ford vehicles contain a dangerous water pump defect that can cause catastrophic engine failure has been expanded to include persons affected by the water pump failures until May 30, 2024, according to a release.
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June 14, 2024
Law requires Ottawa to roll out national strategy to combat ‘environmental racism’ within two years
Calling it “a significant milestone in the fight for environmental justice,” the federal Green party hailed the imminent enactment of its “groundbreaking” private member’s bill that requires Ottawa to roll out within two years a “national strategy” to mitigate the harmful fallout from “environmental racism” — which the party said disproportionately exposes marginalized, racialized and Indigenous communities to environmental hazards.
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June 13, 2024
HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS — Liability (malpractice) — Negligence — Causation — Duty of care
Appeal by appellants from trial judgment against them for equal share of respondents' agreed damages of $12 million. They argued that the trial judge erred in his findings of factual and legal causation regarding Doctor Padmore and Scarborough Hospital’s ("Hospital") pre-delivery acts and omissions. The respondent suffered cardiac arrest on the operating table during a cesarean section (“C-section”) at the Hospital.
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June 13, 2024
Specifying a date in a waiver of liability form can be risky
Waiver of liability forms are common in the recreational industry. As a matter of public policy, these forms are important to ensuring that these kinds of businesses are not subject to potentially high damage awards when a participant is seriously injured. These forms also permit recreational businesses to ensure that the costs for comprehensive liability insurance are manageable and that insurers will be willing to provide insurance coverage to their businesses.
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June 12, 2024
Ontario court finds Ukraine airline liable for passenger deaths in flight shot down by Iran
The Ontario Court Superior Court has found Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) liable for damages to the estates of passengers who died when flight PS752 was shot down by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shortly after it took off from Tehran in early 2020. All 176 passengers and crew on board the flight, which was bound for Kyiv, Ukraine, were killed in the incident.
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June 12, 2024
Saskatchewan regulator details strategic plan progress for 2023
Saskatchewan’s law society made strides last year in rolling out parts of its current Strategic Plan — particularly in promoting diversity and equality, ensuring the competence of new lawyers and increasing access to justice for the incarcerated.
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June 12, 2024
Federal Court of Appeal allows appeal in part challenging federal employee COVID-19 mandates
The Federal Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal in part by federal employees who argued that the government's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies breached their Charter rights, granting them leave to amend their claims.