Canada: Civil Law

Les tribunaux canadiens adoptent une approche de plus en plus restrictive envers les actions collectives pour incidents de confidentialité, particulièrement en Ontario et en Alberta, tandis que de nouvelles tendances...

Appellate litigators and judges have turned to Conduct of an Appeal for guidance since its first publication in 1993.

Québec’s legal warranty regime imposes strict obligations on professional sellers, largely owing to the presumptions set out in article 1729 of the Civil Code of Québec (C.C.Q.).

Recent Canadian case law demonstrates that limitation defences are no longer categorically off-limits at class action certification. Courts will now engage with limitations arguments where they expose fundamental deficiencies in the proposed proceeding, potentially narrowing class definitions, defeating certification entirely, or informing preferability analyses—though fact-intensive disputes remain reserved for summary judgment or trial.

WeirFoulds welcomes Stephen Corrington as an Associate in Commercial Litigation and Caribbean & Offshore Practice Groups. Called to the Bar in Ontario, Jamaica, and Saint Lucia, Stephen brings extensive experience from his roles as Executive Legal Assistant to the Chief Justice and Judicial Law Clerk at the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

Many clients walk into a lawyer's office and ask: "How do I win?" But in many disputes, the better question is: "Where should this fight happen, and does it need to be a fight at all?"...

During the course of litigation, parties are generally required by the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure to produce all documents that are relevant to the issues in dispute.

Ontario's civil justice system is moving to a court‑managed, faster, and more predictable framework. At its core are firm, early hearing dates and a new three‑track model...

It's still a waiting game as Ontario litigators eagerly await the final versions of the Ontario government's anticipated reforms to the current Rules of Civil Procedure (the Rules)...