- Dec 06, 2018
The year 2018 has already proven to be an interesting year for class actions in Canada. In the Spring, the British Columbia government passed legislation, at break neck speed, that converted their class action regime from a national opt in regime to ...
- Dec 06, 2018
A functioning summary judgment mechanism is crucial to the administration of justice. In the words of Justice Karakatsanis in the seminal Supreme Court of Canada decision in Hryniak v. Mauldin,1 full trials have become largely illusory because ...
- Dec 06, 2018
The global IPO market, while trending downward from 2017’s banner year, remains healthy in 2018, with 1,000 deals raising more than $145.1 billion by the end of the third quarter, according to figures from consulting firm EY. Yet, that’s only part ...
- Dec 06, 2018
In 1923, Canada became one of the first countries to ban cannabis, a substance virtually unknown to the general public. Ninety-five years later, Canada has become the second country in the world and first in the G7 economy to fully legalize ...
- Dec 06, 2018
Any analysis with respect to the allocation of risk in a commercial lease will inevitably draw upon the principles set out by the Supreme Court of Canada in the “Trilogy”: (1) Pyrotech Products Ltd. v. Ross Southward Tire Ltd., (1975) [1976] 2 ...
- Dec 06, 2018
Shareholder activism remains a significant element in Canadian capital markets. Kingsdale Advisors reports that there have been 29 proxy contests in Canada in the first eight months of 2017, up from 21 at this time in 2017. The number of formal ...