Report from Relativity Fest 2017
Members of our e-Discovery group recently attended Relativity Fest in Chicago. This annual four day conference is hosted by the legal software company Relativity and is attended by over 2000 people in the legal tech industry. Siskinds uses Relativity to manage large document collections exchanged during the litigation process. While a software conference may not sound like...
Continue reading the post titled Report from Relativity Fest 2017A costly lesson in how not to conduct a workplace harassment investigation
It seems that everywhere we look these days, sexual harassment is on the radar – whether in Hollywood, the CBC or in our own workplaces. Recent changes to Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act now require investigations to be conducted by employers into all incidents or complaints of harassment. In a decision released by the...
Continue reading the post titled A costly lesson in how not to conduct a workplace harassment investigationChange is gonna come: The Changing Workplaces Review Final Report
More than two years after Ontario’s Minister of Labour initiated it, the Changing Workplaces Review has issued its final report. And depending on how (or if) the current Liberal government chooses to implement its 173 recommendations, employment in the province could look quite different a year from now. As the authors describe their work: These changes would...
Continue reading the post titled Change is gonna come: The Changing Workplaces Review Final ReportHow Long Do I Have to Make a Personal Injury Claim?
If you have been injured in an accident and wish to pursue a personal injury claim, you should be aware of the following time limits. Failure to take the necessary steps within these time limits could extinguish your legal rights. It is always recommended that you speak with a personal injury lawyer to obtain legal advice...
Continue reading the post titled How Long Do I Have to Make a Personal Injury Claim?Legal confusion on backflow preventers to increase basement flooding?
It is often impossible to identify which regions of an urban municipality are exposed to sewer backup risk until wide spread or regional sewer backup events have occurred.
Continue reading the post titled Legal confusion on backflow preventers to increase basement flooding?Franchising – Presale Disclosure Now Mandatory in British Columbia
For those franchisors offering, or planning to offer, franchises in British Columbia, please take note that effective February 1, 2017, you must now provide a BC-compliant disclosure document to all franchise prospects at least 14 days prior to signing any agreement relating to the franchise, or accepting any payments in respect of the franchise. Although...
Continue reading the post titled Franchising – Presale Disclosure Now Mandatory in British ColumbiaTown liable for negligence re developer's storm sewer
Property owners often suffered damage when storm and sanitary sewers malfunction. Canadian municipalities are generally exempt from civil suits in nuisance relating to their sewers, due to special statutes adopted across the country. However, they can be successfully sued in negligence. Such suits are increasingly popular, especially because property owners are often unable to obtain...
Continue reading the post titled Town liable for negligence re developer's storm sewerNew Canadian environmental assessments exclude stakeholders and issues
The new standing rules in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, have now been interpreted the first two times, with contradictory results. The Prosperity Mine panel, in BC, has wisely interpreted the new standing rules broadly, including experts, Non-Governmental Organizations, First Nations, local residents, and those who use the area for recreation. The Jackpine panel,...
Continue reading the post titled New Canadian environmental assessments exclude stakeholders and issues"Enhanced" Records of Site Condition
According to the Ministry of the Environment, one of its key changes to Reg. 153/04 (in Reg. 511/09) are its “enhancements” to the Record of Site Condition process. These “enhancements” have three major components: A quality control / audit process for Records of Site Condition, before they are acknowledged by the Ministry of the Environment;...
Continue reading the post titled "Enhanced" Records of Site ConditionCAROM V BRE-X MINERALS LTD: A Shocking Case Deserves A Shocking Conclusion
In her forthcoming article, The “Illusion of Compensation”: Cy près Distributions in Canadian Class Actions, class actions scholar, Professor Jasminka Kalajdzic, brings to comprehensive light the rather desultory state of cy près settlement jurisprudence in Canada.1 Professor Kalajdzic notes that, in recognition of its parallel landscape, the U.S. Supreme Court is awaiting an appropriate case...
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