Landlord and other third-party consents in business transactions
When a professional practice or business is sold, whether by share sale or asset sale, consideration must be given to the issue of third-party consents. Typically, when a business enters into a third-party contract, the contract will include a provision whereby the consent of such third party must be obtained prior to the sale or transfer...
Continue reading the post titled Landlord and other third-party consents in business transactionsPhysicians and dentists: The process of incorporating a professional practice
Physicians and dentists in Ontario are permitted to incorporate a professional corporation through which they may practice their profession. There are significant benefits associated with incorporating, and most professionals choose to take advantage of these benefits by establishing a medicine professional corporation (MPC) or a dentistry professional corporation (DPC). MPCs and DPCs are governed by...
Continue reading the post titled Physicians and dentists: The process of incorporating a professional practiceData Breaches: Do class actions pose a viable remedy?
In 2014, data breach occurrences have increased by approximately 30%. As web-based services become more prominent, protection against and remedies for breaches of privacy will become necessary. Does class action litigation have a place in this shifting landscape? Introduction During the first half of September 2014, the following data breaches, among others, occurred or were...
Continue reading the post titled Data Breaches: Do class actions pose a viable remedy?Repair Cafe- real waste diversion
Here’s a great idea for waste diversion: repair cafes, where people bring things that need fixing to volunteers who like to fix things, and to teach others how to fix them too. This is the concept of the fast growing Dutch Repair Cafes:
Continue reading the post titled Repair Cafe- real waste diversionChevron intervention: what is the “public interest”?
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has been engaged in a fierce internal debate over the Association’s decision, now revoked, to intervene in Chevron’s appeal to the Supreme Court. The Ecuadorian plaintiffs in the case are seeking to enforce a $9.5 billion judgment obtained in Ecuador for terrible oil pollution and health damages allegedly caused by...
Continue reading the post titled Chevron intervention: what is the “public interest”?Further changes coming to the Conservation Authorities Act
The Ontario government announced a new round of changes to the Conservation Authorities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27 (the “Act”) and regulations in two Environmental Registry postings on Friday, April 5, 2019: Modernizing conservation authority operations – Conservation Authorities Act https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/013-5018 Focusing conservation authority development permits on the protection of people and property https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/013-4992 The...
Continue reading the post titled Further changes coming to the Conservation Authorities ActA ‘dose of pragmatism’ from Court of Appeal
By Peter Dillon for AdvocateDaily.com Ontario’s Court of Appeal released its much-anticipated decision in this case on Jan. 25, 2018. I say much-anticipated because the summary judgement decision of Justice Wendy M. Matheson of the Superior Court of Justice had thrown the proverbial wrench into the works of most franchisors. Distilled version of the facts The franchise...
Continue reading the post titled A ‘dose of pragmatism’ from Court of AppealWood fires, soot and climate change
Soot (black carbon) is not a greenhouse gas, but it is carbon’s accomplice in global warming.
Continue reading the post titled Wood fires, soot and climate changeSunrise Propane explosion – landlords added to class action
Here’s an update on the Sunrise Propane explosion in Downsview, Ontario, and the gradual progress of the class action by the aggrieved neighbours. In July 2012, the Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice certified a class action against all proposed defendants except the Teskey defendants, which owned the properties on which the Sunrise propane facility was...
Continue reading the post titled Sunrise Propane explosion – landlords added to class actionClass Action for Harming Bees with Neonicotinoids
This is the first Canadian class action lawsuit filed for harm caused by Neonicotinoid pesticides, potentially responsible for the worldwide collapse of bee and other pollinator populations.
Continue reading the post titled Class Action for Harming Bees with NeonicotinoidsReceive Blog Posts
By subscribing to our blog, you will receive an email when a new post is added. You can unsubscribe at any time by sending an email to us at [email protected] with the word “unsubscribe” in the subject line.