Worldwide: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

Earlier this year, in the case Cadieux v. Cadieux (2024), 172 O.R. (3d) 385 (ONSC), the Superior Court of Justice examined the circumstances under which the non-settling defendant might be able to undo a Pierringer Agreement.

The Plaintiff was injured at a cycling GrandFondo in Ottawa in 2018, when she attempted (unsuccessfully) to ride over some railroad tracks that crossed one of the roads on the route. She was injured as a result, and sued the organizer of the event damages

When you are unable to work due to a serious illness or injury, long-term disability (LTD) benefits can be a critical financial lifeline.

Companies victimized by cheque fraud from within their own ranks often turn to their banks for recovery.

In February 2002, the parties to several actions which arose out of the meteoric rise and fall of the fortunes of YBM Magnex International, Inc. ("YBM") announced a settlement agreement (subject to court approval) following a three-week settlement conference.

In October 2011, two Ontario Court of Appeal judges, Justice Michael Moldaver and Justice Andromache Karakatsanis, were appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.

There has been much publicity regarding the incidents of falling glass from condo balconies in Toronto over the past year.

A landlord’s failure to enforce lease rights in response to a tenant’s default can result in the default rights becoming unenforceable.

Immovables are frequently owned by several co-owners, residential condominiums being one example that naturally comes to mind.

In 1977, The Seagram Company Ltd. ("Seagram") established an extended medical insurance benefits plan for management and non-unionized employees (the "Plan").

The notion of insurable interest is funda mental to insurance law as it is at the very heart of the validity of this contract.

GasTOPS Ltd. v. Forsyth, 2012 ONCA 134 (Goudge, Juriansz and Rouleau, JJ.A.), March 1, 2012: This decision, addressing various issues with respect to claims for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of confidence and breach of an employee’s contract of employment, is of interest because of its review of the principles underlying the proper assessment of damages with respect to these causes of action.