Civil Litigation
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December 18, 2025
Staffing issues at N.L. provincial courts overdue for solutions: lawyers
Problems that have led to the recent stoppage of civil, traffic and other matters in some of Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial courts should have been dealt with some time ago, say lawyers.
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December 18, 2025
Court allows misrepresentation claims to proceed in merger dispute against Dragon's Den investor
In a merger dispute case against Dragon’s Den investor Arlene Dickinson alleging misrepresentation and unjust enrichment, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled on her motion to strike, striking some pleadings and clarifying how claims should be made in cases involving a future financial forecast.
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December 18, 2025
NEGLIGENCE - Contributory negligence - Apportionment of liability - Motor vehicles - Pedestrians
Appeal by Basmadjian of trial jury’s decision that found her 90 per cent at fault for an accident. Basmadjian was a pedestrian and was struck by Anna Lidia Kovac.
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December 17, 2025
FCA upholds finding that ISC unreasonably denied Jordan’s Principle funding for mould remediation
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that set aside Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)’s refusal to fund mould remediation in the on-reserve home of two First Nations children, finding that the department’s reasons were insufficient and failed to meaningfully engage with the funding applicant’s submissions.
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December 17, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal resolves ‘jurisdictional dead end’ in labour dispute
Ontario’s top court has ruled that judges must maintain authority over claims involving entities not party to a collective agreement, but has emphasized that “proper respect” is owed to specialized tribunals and requires courts to consider staying parallel litigation if the dispute is before a labour arbitrator.
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December 17, 2025
SCC rejects latest bid to get intervener counsel into court; AGs & other interveners limited to Zoom
The Supreme Court of Canada is poised to hear argument from dozens of interveners in a groundbreaking case about the Charter’s “notwithstanding” clause and the “architecture” and “unwritten principles” of the Constitution, however, intervener counsel won’t be allowed to set foot in the top court’s iconic Ottawa courtroom.
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December 17, 2025
Court allows judicial review in federal procurement dispute over worker qualifications
The Federal Court of Appeal has allowed a judicial review application in a dispute over a procurement award for a bid, finding that the trade tribunal did not accurately review an allegation of workers not meeting criteria.
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December 17, 2025
Feds appoint 2 judges to Nova Scotia Supreme Court
The federal government has announced two judicial appointments to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, according to the Department of Justice.
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December 17, 2025
Experts warn reading of UNDRIP into B.C. law could cause major legal uncertainty
Legal experts are warning that a landmark B.C. Court of Appeal ruling requiring all provincial laws to be interpreted in line with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) has introduced an unprecedented level of legal uncertainty in the province.
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December 16, 2025
Court confirms patients are relevant consumers in prescription-drug trademark confusion analysis
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a trademark injunction against Samsung and Biogen over their BYOOVIZ biosimilar, ruling that patients are relevant consumers in assessing confusion with Novartis’s trademark in BEOVU, a drug used to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD).