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Monday, September 25, 2023 @ 2:07 PM
[ Legal Wire ] - Court dismisses appeal of order finding that an easement was unenforceableThe British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal concerning the validity of an easement regarding adjacent properties after they were purchased due to foreclosure. ... [read more]
Monday, September 25, 2023 @ 12:52 PM
[ Legal Wire ] - Ontario court dismisses appeal over non-compliance with order to post security for costsThe Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a decision dismissing an action against individuals involved in a failed real estate transaction, after the appellant failed to comply with orders requiring it to deposit security for costs. ... [read more]
Monday, September 25, 2023 @ 9:58 AM
Ontario’s Greenbelt saved, now Ford should fix other bad ideas | David IsraelsonLet’s be charitable now that Premier Doug Ford has reversed himself completely and once again promises never to wreck Ontario’s Greenbelt. ... [read more]
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 3:53 PM
[ Legal Wire ] - Court denies developer’s appeal to not pay road improvement costsThe Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed a developer’s appeal regarding payment to improve a road incidental to a highway that would provide access to its development. ... [read more]
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 3:31 PM
[ Legal Wire ] - Court dismisses extension to appeal where unit owner owed over $300K in leviesThe British Columbia Court of Appeal has denied an extension to file an appeal record and transcript in a case where a property owner owed over $300,000 in levies. ... [read more]
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 1:00 PM
New president of Manitoba legal regulator eyes access to justice, technology, diversity
Keeping lawyers up to speed on using technology and continuing to improve access to justice in remote communities are high priorities for the Law Society of Manitoba’s new president. ... [read more]
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 9:28 AM
Accessible justice through law school public interest programming | Dana RotenbergIt is an honour to have been invited by the Honourable Andromache Karakatsanis to write a guest column on the connection between access to justice and legal education. As law students across the country settle into the academic year, this is certainly a timely topic to explore. ... [read more]
Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 5:04 PM
[ Legal Wire ] - Feds to scrap ‘efficiency’ defence to anti-competitive mergers, expand Competition Bureau power
The Trudeau government has moved to scrap the controversial “efficiencies” defence to anti-competitive mergers as part of a new package of proposed legislative measures that would remove the GST from new purpose-built rental housing, while expanding the Competition Bureau’s powers to investigate and compel information and enabling the government to direct that the anti-monopoly watchdog inquire into the state of competition in particular industries. ... [read more]
Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 4:39 PM
Ford kills Greenbelt development plans as integrity commissioner declines ethics investigation
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has reversed a controversial decision to allow development on the protected Greenbelt, the same day a report from the province’s integrity commissioner ruled there are “insufficient grounds” for him to enter into a full investigation as to whether Ford had breached provincial ethics rules over events surrounding his daughter’s wedding. ... [read more]
Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 10:59 AM
Canada targets three Haitians for ‘significant corruption’ fuelling Haiti’s humanitarian crisis
Canada has imposed dealings bans and entry prohibitions on three Haitian businessmen the federal government says have engaged in “gross and systematic human rights violations” and “acts that threaten the peace, security, and stability of Haiti.” ... [read more]
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