Business
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February 04, 2025
New partners at Hicks Morley
Rebecca Liu and Njeri Damali Sojourner-Campbell have been appointed partner at Hicks Morley.
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February 04, 2025
LIENS - Non-possessory liens - Sales in the ordinary course of business Acknowledgment of indebtedness - Owner’s remedies
Appeal by appellant of application judge’s order upholding validity of a builder’s lien and application by appellant to vacate a lien.
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February 03, 2025
Let’s not acquiesce to abusive solitary confinement | Catherine Latimer
The final report of the Structured Intervention Unit Implementation Advisory Panel (SIU-IAP) should be a wake-up call for Canadians who value rule of law and the Charter rights fundamental to our nation.
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February 03, 2025
Chief Justice Wagner says federal judicial appointments on ‘right path’ as vacancies hit low of 30
The minority Liberal federal government has turned around the “untenable” situation Canada’s top judge warned about two years ago that was harming Canadians, due to a persistently-high number of federal judicial vacancies caused by Ottawa’s years-long chronic delays in appointing judges.
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February 03, 2025
Ontario pauses cancellation of $100M Starlink deal, other retaliatory measures against U.S.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced that the province is pausing retaliatory measures against the U.S. including the cancellation of a $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink after the U.S. decided to pause planned tariffs on Canadian imports for 30 days.
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February 03, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal: Rectification not available to avoid unintended tax liability
The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court order that allowed for the correction of corporate transactions that led to an unintended tax liability, finding that the failure of the resolutions to reach the intended fiscal objective was not a basis for granting rectification.
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February 03, 2025
New associate for Kruse Law Firm
Victoria Zavitz is the new associate at London, Ont.-based Kruse Law Firm.
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February 03, 2025
New M&A partner for McCarthy Tétrault
The former vice president, general counsel mergers & acquisitions and strategic projects at a leading agricultural firm has joined McCarthy Tétrault’s national M&A team as a partner based in the firm’s Calgary office.
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February 03, 2025
Ontario Court approves $3 million settlement in Fortress Real Developments class action
An Ontario Superior Court judge has approved a $3 million settlement in a class action involving investors who lost millions of dollars in a real estate project funded by now defunct Fortress Real Developments Inc. and its affiliated companies, Fortress Real Capital Inc. and FMP Mortgage Investments Inc.
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February 03, 2025
Optimizing high stakes commercial claims for success
In this article, I share four over-arching themes that are constants in successful claims: the calibre of the legal team, clarity on goals and strategy, alignment of stakeholders and communication. In my role as chief investment officer for a litigation funder, I am constantly evaluating large scale litigation to determine its prospects for success. No surprise then, that I am preoccupied with everything that contributes to winning litigation.