August 14, 2026
Ontario has unveiled the framework for a “playbook” on attracting and building data centres in the province and wants to get public input on its recommendations.
August 14, 2026
Ontario is bringing into force new measures on Aug. 17 to “strengthen the province’s bail system.” According to a statement from the Ministry of the Attorney General, the measures will “improve bail compliance, keep violent, repeat offenders behind bars and make it easier for the province to collect forfeited bail payments when bail conditions are violated.”
August 14, 2026
After six years of uncertainty following the seminal decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391, the court has provided employers and employees with some much-needed clarification with respect to the enforceability of termination provisions in employment contracts in Ontario.
August 14, 2026
Maya Pascal is a new civil litigation associate at Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP.
August 14, 2026
Emily Elder is a new bilingual (French/English) workplace lawyer and investigator at SpringLaw employment lawyers.
August 14, 2026
A certificate of pending litigation (CPL) is issued under the Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. c.43 (CJA) by the court in which an interest in land is in question (s. 103(1) of the CJA).
August 14, 2026
Appeal by appellant (Wife) from a decision setting aside a separation agreement (agreement). The parties, former spouses, negotiated and executed an agreement in 2016 with assistance from a consultant and a family lawyer.
August 13, 2026
Ontario social assistance programs rules have now changed to ensure that “only people who are living in Canada legally” can receive financial assistance from Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), the province announced.
August 13, 2026
Ontario’s top court has issued a decision it says will help to properly interpret termination provisions in employment contracts, but legal observers are saying it creates an environment more favourable for employers than it does for workers.
August 13, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that the registration of a second certificate of pending litigation (CPL) to thwart a property owner’s pending application to cancel the original CPL for a year of litigation inactivity was an abuse of process, despite the bona fide protective purpose of a potentially duplicative second action.