Civil Litigation

  • August 17, 2026

    Judge declines to stay removal of ex-senior Iranian official who spoke of suicide if sent to Iran

    The Federal Court has declined to stay the removal of a former senior Iranian government official “because Canada’s interest in removing persons who participated in regimes that systematically violate human rights outweighs any harm that might befall him upon returning to Iran.”

  • August 17, 2026

    Court allows procedural fairness appeal in vehicle fraud case

    The Alberta Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal, ruling that the investigative receiver PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. overstepped its neutral role in litigation by seeking to bind parties to its legal opinion in a dispute relating to more than 100 allegedly fraudulently transferred vehicles.

  • August 17, 2026

    Ontario court sets aside $574K default judgment after defective counsel removal order

    The Ontario Superior Court has set aside a $573,820 default judgment, finding that the order removing the defendants’ former counsel failed to inform them of the consequences of not appointing new counsel and noting that the award far exceeded the amount claimed.

  • August 17, 2026

    Maui the Cat and an impatient family court judge

    Every so often, a judge stops writing like a judge and starts writing like a person who has run out of patience.

  • August 17, 2026

    MSG Sports’ proposed separation: A lesson in modern sports ownership

    In May 2026, Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (MSG Sports) (NYSE: MSGS) filed a confidential initial Form 10 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its proposed separation of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers businesses into two distinct publicly traded companies by way of a spin-off transaction. The filing follows MSG Sports’ announcement that its board had approved a plan to pursue a potential spin-off and represents a significant step toward implementing that transaction.

  • August 17, 2026

    CIVIL PROCEDURE - Assessment or fixing of costs - Particular circumstances

    Appeal by appellants from an order granting trial costs to the Attorney General of British Columbia (Attorney General) following litigation challenging the constitutionality of provisions of the Medicare Protection Act. The trial, described as prodigiously lengthy and complex, resulted in dismissal of the appellants’ Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms claims, which was upheld on appeal.

  • August 17, 2026

    What Ontario’s authenticity certificate does not certify

    The Law Society Tribunal’s six-month suspension in Law Society of Ontario v. Lee, 2026 ONLSTH 136 turned in part on a factum containing four defective authorities. Three of them did not exist.

  • August 14, 2026

    Court sets aside ruling on timing of ultimate limitation period start for contribution claims

    The Ontario Court of Appeal has set aside a ruling that third-party claims against an architect arising from a restaurant fire were not barred by the 15-year ultimate limitation period, holding that the issue could not be determined without first characterizing the claims for contribution and indemnity.

  • August 14, 2026

    No ‘magic words’: Ontario Court of Appeal takes contextual approach to termination clauses

    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 joins Henein Hutchison Robitaille

    Maya Pascal is a new civil litigation associate at Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP.