Real Estate
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March 12, 2024
Merger results in new real estate firm
Toronto-based litigator, advisor and certified construction adjudicator Jillian Siskind has joined forces with construction law expert Michael Doyle to form Siskind Doyle LLP.
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March 11, 2024
Exploring Indigenous peoples’ right to conservation in Canada
The recent adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDA) provides a renewed opportunity to ensure that Indigenous peoples’ right to conserve and protect the environment is upheld. This right emerges from Indigenous peoples’ unique relationship with land that is inseparable from their socio-legal, political and spiritual systems. Upholding a right to conserve and protect the environment is especially important if we are to safeguard the health and well-being of Indigenous communities, who are disproportionately impacted by environmental injustices, and prevent further environmental racism.
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March 08, 2024
Court refuses to consider new argument on appeal, upholds finding of fraud in property transactions
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that a mortgage and property transfer were fraudulent and intended to defeat a potential costs award, while declining to consider a statutory interpretation issue that the appellant did not argue before a lower court.
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March 08, 2024
Courts won’t rewrite your business contract
The words of a commercial agreement matter.
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March 07, 2024
Modernizing national security laws could also clarify threshold to invoke Emergencies Act: LeBlanc
Ottawa is considering reforming the threshold for invoking the federal Emergencies Act, as part of a broader “more holistic review of national security legislation,” with the Liberal government committed to introducing amendments to “modernize” the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Act, the Security of Information Act, and the Criminal Code “in the coming months,” says Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
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March 07, 2024
How remote work affects home sales market
As we navigate through 2024, the concept of a home office has transcended mere trendiness to become an essential component of modern living. The shift towards remote work, catalyzed by global events in the early 2020s, has not only changed how we work but also what we prioritize in our living spaces. Today, a dedicated home office is not just a luxury; it's an essential component of a home's appeal and value to some in today's real estate market.
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March 05, 2024
Federal lawyers ratify new collective agreement gains that achieve ‘comparable’ pay to Ontario Crowns
Members of the union representing more than 3,300 federal government lawyers and Crowns voted overwhelmingly to ratify a “hard won” new collective agreement, featuring pay increases of 12.5 per cent (13.14 per cent compounded) over four years — and making the pay rates for federal Crowns “comparable” to those of their Ontario counterparts, who are the highest paid public-sector lawyers in Canada, says the Association of Justice Counsel (AJC).
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March 05, 2024
Court rejects claims against directors, shareholders in case of unpaid construction fees
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has allowed an application dismissing a plaintiff’s claims against directors, investors and shareholders in a B.C. construction project in a case where the plaintiff sought $8.4 million in damages for unpaid work.
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March 05, 2024
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds $575,577 payment to contractor for pre-termination work
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld an order requiring owners of a construction project to pay a contractor $575,577 for work performed prior to the termination of the contract over delays.
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March 05, 2024
White and Montour decision: Treaty rights to conflict resolution
This is the last in a four-part series of commentary on the Superior Court of Quebec’s recent decision in R. c. Montour, 2023 QCCS 4154. This part focuses on the court’s finding of a treaty right to a “conflict-resolution procedure” protected by s. 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982; how it can be extended to other historic treaties made in similar contexts; and how this renewed reading of treaties breathes life into Indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination in Canadian law.