Real Estate
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July 26, 2024
SCC’s 9-0 judgment on interpreting historic treaties a big win for First Nations, their counsel say
Live up to the honour of the Crown and its “sacred” treaty promises — or the courts will step in.
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July 26, 2024
Federal Court of Appeal deals another blow to cities’ efforts to derail huge CN container facility
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal challenging the approval of the location for railway lines related to a contentious Canadian National Railway Company (CN) logistics hub proposed to be set up in Milton, Ont.
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July 26, 2024
Upcoming federal election: What does it mean for private clients?
Our last federal election was Sept. 20, 2021, and constitutional and statutory provisions require that the next federal election must be held no more than five years after a preceding election and by the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year after the date of the previous election, which means on or before October 20, 2025. That of course means that, while election fervour and fever continue to escalate south of the border, Canada will soon follow.
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July 26, 2024
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES — Landlord’s obligations — Common areas
Appeal by Marguerite Crete and her son Daniel Crete (Cretes) from motion judge’s finding that Snow Removal Provision required them to clear areas used exclusively by them, which included the area where Daniel fell. The Cretes leased a townhouse from Ottawa Community Housing (Ottawa).
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July 25, 2024
Court of Appeal upholds insurer liability for fire damage, rejecting coverage exclusion amendments
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that an insurer was liable to pay for losses caused by a fire in a vacant building as it was estopped from relying on a vacancy exclusion or policy amendments that excluded losses due to malicious acts.
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July 24, 2024
New managing partner for Aird & Berlis
Jill P. Fraser, a senior partner in Aird & Berlis’s financial services group and a long-standing member of the executive committee, the firm’s new managing partner.
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July 23, 2024
Appeal court finds insured not covered for failing to notify insurer of securities fraud probe
The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal in which the insured was not able to receive coverage or relief from forfeiture due to his delay in notifying the insurer about circumstances that would reasonably lead to a claim.
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July 23, 2024
INTERESTS IN LAND — Easements — Creation — By implication — Easements of necessity
Appeal by Katelnikoff from dismissal of her application for permanent injunction to order Town of Irricana (Town) to remove drainage pipe from her property. After purchasing a home in 2021, Katelnikoff discovered an underground drainage pipe on her property that caused flooding when blocked. The Town refused to clear the blockage as it was on private property.
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July 22, 2024
Ottawa rolls out ‘special measures’ for people affected by 2024 wildfires in Canada
Canadians and permanent residents “directly affected” by wildfires in 2024 will be able to get free replacement federal documents — including permanent resident cards, Canadian citizenship certificates, Canadian passports and other travel documents — that are lost, damaged, destroyed or inaccessible due to wildfires, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced.
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July 22, 2024
Competition watchdog gives guidance, seeks input on policing deceptive ‘greenwashing’ by business
The federal Competition Bureau is asking for input from lawyers, their clients and the public to inform the bureau's “future enforcement guidance” regarding misleading and unsubstantiated environmental claims by businesses about products or activities, including future enforcement guidance with respect to last month’s amendments to the Competition Act that explicitly address “greenwashing.”