The ADR Institute of Canada has drafted a framework for mediation-arbitration (Med-Arb) processes and is creating a designation for Med-Arb practitioners
This was a year in which lawyers superbly exercised the art of negotiation…and opened a new frontier…and set out to build a bridge
Last year’s Top 10 Deals were all about combining forces, as companies sought out efficiencies and clout in the market.
A look at an Ontario Superior Court decision in relation to Algoma’s bankruptcy proceedings, which addressed important issues concerning the role of a CCAA monitor, the scope of a derivative action, ...
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s decision in Atos v. Sapient Canada, which awarded damages to the former for breach of contract.
After the disappointing jurisprudential results experienced by Canadian business in 2015, the landscape more than evened out this past year — which is not to say that Canadian appellate courts ...
After decades of jurisprudence about the Charter’s guarantee of freedom of association, last year’s SCC labour trilogy of decisions enshrined the right to strike as an “indispensable component” of ...
Law firms are increasingly formalizing – and increasing – their pro bono work, from the grassroots to the Supreme Court of Canada
In a less than stellar year for business, only the decisions relating to privilege, certification and leave can be seen as decidedly positive in our Top Ten Cases of 2015 list. Canada’s courts ...
In the field of labour law it is assumed that there is a contract between employee and employer, whether real or implied, and that as long as both parties abide by the terms of the agreement, they ...