The Complete Brief
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June 13, 2024
Inexcusable: Associate chairs missing in action | Voy Stelmaszynski
The absence of permanent, competent associate chairs at Tribunals Ontario spells disaster for each adjudicative tribunal and betrays a lack of commitment to providing leadership when and where it is most needed. Why are there ongoing vacancies in key leadership positions at Tribunals Ontario?
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June 13, 2024
The Leviathan must be stopped | Trevor R. Parry
The Leviathan was a biblical sea monster that devoured all. Christian theologians associated it with the sin of envy, and the English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes used the name for the title of his seminal work. Hobbes argued that a social contract where the individual surrenders personal liberty to an absolute sovereign in return for security is better than chaos. It seems the Trudeau government has decided Canada should be home to this beast.
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June 13, 2024
Specifying a date in a waiver of liability form can be risky
Waiver of liability forms are common in the recreational industry. As a matter of public policy, these forms are important to ensuring that these kinds of businesses are not subject to potentially high damage awards when a participant is seriously injured. These forms also permit recreational businesses to ensure that the costs for comprehensive liability insurance are manageable and that insurers will be willing to provide insurance coverage to their businesses.
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June 13, 2024
Appeal of drug conviction spotlights improperly executed Feeney warrants
The Toronto Police Service became aware of Daveion Brown through the interception of private communications authorized during Project Sunder, a multi-jurisdictional investigation targeting the Eglinton West Crips.
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June 12, 2024
Competition Bureau obtains court order to advance investigation into Amazon
The Federal Court of Canada has issued a second court order in connection with a Competition Bureau investigation into potentially false or misleading reviews and claims by online retailing giant Amazon.
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June 12, 2024
Ontario court finds Ukraine airline liable for passenger deaths in flight shot down by Iran
The Ontario Court Superior Court has found Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) liable for damages to the estates of passengers who died when flight PS752 was shot down by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shortly after it took off from Tehran in early 2020. All 176 passengers and crew on board the flight, which was bound for Kyiv, Ukraine, were killed in the incident.
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June 12, 2024
Quebec owner-pharmacists association seeks class action against ‘specialty pharmacies’
The association representing Quebec pharmacist-owned pharmacies has launched a class action against 10 of its own members, three patient support program (PSP) managers and three private infusion networks alleging the respondents are engaged in anti-competitive practices that are costing pharmacies millions of dollars in lost sales.
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June 12, 2024
2 new associates join McCarthy Hansen
McCarthy Hansen & Company LLP recently announced the addition of two new associates in family law: Irene Petrakis and Sophia Dales.
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June 12, 2024
Successful appeal raises questions of deterrence, denunciation
According to a CBC report, the Ontario government has announced its intention to add hundreds of beds to an already overloaded jail system by reopening intermittent detention centres at correctional centres in London and Toronto and adding up to 200 new staff.
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June 12, 2024
Retirement for young and old lawyers: The final chapter | Murray Gottheil
“I’m not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.” — Anita Hill