The Complete Brief
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April 29, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal clarifies interpretation of a ‘continuous act or omission’
In the recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision of Huether v. Sharpe, [2025] O.J. No. 802, the court overturned the lower court’s ruling and clarified the interpretation of a “continuous act or omission” under s. 15(6)(a) of the Limitations Act. This section provides an exception to the 15-year ultimate limitation period contained in s. 15(2).
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April 29, 2025
The strange case of Lawrence Harvey Zeiger
Lawrence Harvey Zeiger was a nice Jewish boy, born in 1933 to Eastern European immigrants who ran a bar and grill in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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April 28, 2025
Canadian International Trade Tribunal to probe steel wire dumping allegations
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into allegations that certain carbon or alloy steel wire originating in a number of countries including China, Taiwan, India and Italy are being sold in Canada at unfair prices.
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April 28, 2025
Court rejects minority shareholder’s veto claim after bedroom breakdown leads to boardroom battle
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has rejected the validity of an alleged agreement that purported to give a minority shareholder veto power over her removal from the board, finding that the signature of the majority shareholder on the document was not authentic.
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April 28, 2025
Alberta Court of Appeal upholds $35M award for Calgary Co-op in loyalty program dispute
The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision ordering Saskatoon-based Federated Co-operatives Ltd. to pay former member store Calgary Co-op $35 million for implementing a loyalty program that the appeal court ruled essentially punished the Calgary store. The decision was heavily dissented by Justice Frans Slatter.
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April 28, 2025
Ontario’s ‘tough-on-crime’ proposals for judicial selection could backfire, lawyers warn
Two leaders with Ontario’s criminal justice bar are concerned that new “tough-on-crime” measures announced by Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government could serve to undermine the province’s criminal justice system rather than strengthen it.
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April 28, 2025
The different effect of divorce on men and women
In divorce, gender-sensitive legal services are essential to ensuring that the emotional and psychological repercussions of marital breakdown are appropriately understood and addressed. Divorce professionals such as judges, lawyers and mediators alike must recognize that the mental health impact of separation is not experienced uniformly across genders.
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April 28, 2025
Unexpected things you can do in the U.S. as a B-1 business visitor
The B-1 Temporary Business Visitor classification is used by many people entering the United States. Many of these visitors come to attend meetings, which is often an appropriate business visitor activity. However, there are many more things that business visitors can do.
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April 28, 2025
Colour of right, principal and secondary parties under discussion in N.B. appeal
A couple, Kevin Melanson, 48, and Christina Melanson, 40, of Sackville, N.B., were sentenced to three years in prison for a violent robbery at the now-defunct Fredericton business Buddy’s Cannabis Clinic, in June 2018. Kevin had invested $25,000 in Buddy’s, and he understood he had lost his investment.
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April 28, 2025
Ontario family ruling ‘extremely important’ with ‘far-ranging’ implications, lawyer says
In a ruling being described as important and having significant implications, Ontario’s top court has given clarification on the interplay between provincial family law and federal refugee law in cases involving allegations of a child’s wrongful detention in Canada.