An Oakville woman was charged with impaired driving causing death after a nasty head-on car accident in October. A woman, the passenger in another car, was killed when the vehicle she was in was hit by a car that was driving the wrong way westbound on the 407 near Highway 403. The Oakville woman was … Read More…

Just west of the GTA, the city of Hamilton was recently found guilty of negligence in a slip-and-fall case. The case is especially egregious in that it is of course the municipality’s own bylaws that it breached. In this instance, a woman and her friend were in the habit of walking part of the way … Read More…

Renowned Ojibway artist Norval Morisseau is known as ‘the Picasso of the North’ and his vibrant paintings are steeped in the iconography of his Aboriginal culture. Since his death in 2007, many of his purported works have also been embroiled in challenges to their authenticity. A few years ago, a Toronto gallery sold what it … Read More…

The law is never a fixed or static principle; it evolves with the passage of time and cases through the courts. Ontario’s auto insurance laws have provided for Accident Benefits for decades but the provincial government tinkered with the schedule of payments – i.e. what is payable and for how much – in recent years … Read More…

When you are working, your disability insurance benefits may come from various sources. Some plans are company paid while others are essentially paid by the employee. An Ontario man was covered by his union’s long term disability insurance when he fell ill with a chronic and potentially fatal blood disorder. He was denied both short … Read More…

A group of disgruntled condo owners are taking their grievances to court in the form of a $6.5 million lawsuit against a well-known developer, alleging breach of contract among other issues. “a community of design-centric buildings” … “drenched in designer details” … When the marketing brochures came out for Six50 King, a condo project on … Read More…

A complicated case being heard in Toronto courts boils down to basic breach of contract issues – or so the respondents are arguing. The high profile insider trading case involves charges by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) against Jowdat Waheed and his partner Bruce Walter. Waheed worked as a consultant for Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation … Read More…

A recent case involving insurance sales brokers clarifies some of the issues surrounding the termination of independent contractor agreements and ownership of the individual agent’s book of business. The Ontario Appeals Court upheld the original judge’s decision in a case that involved two defendants. Both began working as sales agents for a small insurance brokerage … Read More…

Limitation Set Aside in Slip and Fall Lawsuit This blog has often repeated the advice: when it comes to slip and fall accidents, it’s important to take action fast. Even though injuries, or their extent, may not present themselves immediately, your time to launch a lawsuit is limited. The two-year limitation period is specified in … Read More…

A financial firm with offices in Calgary and Toronto has been hit with the second lawsuit from a former employee in just eight months. A former vice-president in the sales department is the latest to leave the firm under less than harmonious circumstances; a senior vice-president did the same last spring, filing claims for breach … Read More…