Information About Heather Douglas Law

Claude Cowork has introduced a legal plug-in threatening to upend the traditional legal industry. The plug-in automates contract review, and provides NDA triage, compliance workflows, legal briefings, and templated responses. It claims to be able to reproduce work similar to that routinely provided … Read more »

In Ontario, under section 3(1) of the Arthur Wishart Act, every franchise agreement imposes on each party a duty of fair dealing in the performance and enforcement of the agreement.  The duty of fair dealing includes a duty to act in good faith and in accordance with reasonable commercial standard … Read more »

Social host liability is an area of law that is still being established. So far the courts are reluctant to find a prima facie duty of care. Without establishing a duty of care, negligence cannot be proven and damages cannot be awarded. In McCormick v. Plambeck, 2022 BCCA 219, the BC Court of Appea … Read more »

Four years ago, I wrote about the use of discovery evidence in criminal matters (linked: here). Today (June 30, 2022), the Supreme Court of Canada has provided greater guidance on this question, specifically in the context of sexual assault cases. In R v. JJ, 2022 SCC 28, Justice Wagner and Justice … Read more »

“A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuitâ€�. – George Herbert In Dalquee v Gandhi, 2022 ONSC 3521, the defendant brought a motion to strike the claim of the plaintiffs, without leave to amend. The relief was granted in part. The claim was struck. However, Justice Myers granted leave to th … Read more »