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- Where to? Another Trip for Uber as the Heller v Uber Technologies Inc. Class Action Drives Ahead
Following the Supreme Court of Canada’s highly anticipated decision in Uber Technologies Inc. v Heller, 2020 SCC 16, on August 12, 2021, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice certified the class action proceeding against Uber. The certification comes after an almost five-year battle that commenced i … Read more »
- Extreme Family Disfunction: Unintended Consequences in a Winding-Up Case
Some cases are noteworthy for the precedent they set. Others for the story they tell. Libfeld v. Libfeld 2020 ONSC 4670 has both. The Court has broad jurisdiction to intervene in the breakdown of partnerships and corporations where it is just and equitable to do so, and a broad discretion to deter … Read more »
- Ch-ch-ch-changes: New Rules for Method of Attendance in Ontario Actions
Following the extensive civil rule changes that became effective January 1, 2021 to provide for more electronic court processes – in part a reaction to COVID-19 – further revisions have been made to the Rules of Civil Procedure by O. Reg. 526/21, filed July 20, 2021. The changes will come in to forc … Read more »
- Not So Fast: Contractual Rights May Be the Basis of the Court’s Jurisdiction to Review the Treatment by Voluntary Associations of Their Members
For insights into the Court of Appeal’s decision, check out our post “Contractual Rights as the Basis of the Court’s Jurisdiction to Review the Treatment by Voluntary Associations of Their Members”. In Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 (“Aga”), the Sup … Read more »
- You Might Regret That Text: Text Messages and Limitation Periods in Ontario
While the legal profession is grounded in tradition and ceremony, COVID-19 has forced courts to acknowledge the reality of the increasingly virtual way that we do business. In 1475182 Ontario Inc. o/a Edges Contracting v. Ghotbi, 2021 ONSC 3477, the Court held that text messages constituted an “ackn … Read more »