Real Estate
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February 10, 2025
Ontario Bar Association legal conference touches on significant appeals, insurance law
Legal professionals from across Ontario got together recently to discuss issues from across the legal spectrum, running the gamut from corporate law to insurance law to some of the most significant appeals of last year.
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February 10, 2025
The Sword of Damocles: Economic and political fallout of tariffs | Hodine Williams
Tariffs are often touted as a means to protect American jobs and industries, but their impact is far more nuanced. Let’s break down the winners and losers:
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February 06, 2025
Manitoba contractors fined for collusion in social housing contracts after Competition Bureau probe
Five contractors in Brandon, Man. have pleaded guilty in the Manitoba Court of King’s Bench to conspiracy related to social housing projects after a Competition Bureau investigation revealed that they manipulated 54 contracts from 2011 to 2016.
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February 06, 2025
Two new partners at Cohen Highley
Faisal Nasim and Joshua Laplante have become partners at Cohen Highley.
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February 05, 2025
What’s all this talk about tariffs? Part one: The rising significance of tariffs | Hodine Williams
Recently, tariffs have become a buzzword in political discourse, economic debates and media headlines. From the U.S.-China trade war to national security and domestic manufacturing debates, tariffs are often portrayed as both a shield and a sword in global trade. But what exactly are tariffs, and why do they matter? More importantly, how do they function within the U.S. legal and economic framework and what are their real-world consequences?
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February 05, 2025
Virani extols more diverse bench; says he’s working to get new wrongful conviction review body going
In contrast to the new U.S administration’s dismantling of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies targeting hiring biases against members of racialized and other underrepresented groups, the Trudeau government is doubling down on its commitment to diversity, with Justice Minister Arif Virani proudly extolling the federal Liberals’ record of appointing many “brilliant” women and racialized jurists to the federal trial and appellate benches.
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February 05, 2025
Businesses need to be proactive in face of potential Trump tariffs, lawyer says
Canada may have earned a stay of execution from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, but people need to be wary of what is coming and prepare themselves from some uncertain — and bumpy — roads ahead.
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February 05, 2025
Removal of estate trustee in light of longstanding sibling rivalry affirmed on appeal
While parents may try to treat their children equally, it appears that the perception of favouritism may be inevitable. In January, 2025, both BBC and CBC reported on a new scientific study which suggests that parents really do have a favourite child based on a variety of factors, including birth order, gender, temperament and personality.
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February 05, 2025
Dentons names 11 new partners
Denton's has named 11 new partners in various locations across Canada: Philippe Bergeron, Alex Eckler, David Gravel, Jennifer Thompson, Kyle Isherwood, Romain Droitcourt, Raphael T. Eghan, Kalen Lumsden, Zach Seymour, Cindy Yi and Kurtis Letwin.,
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February 05, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Judgments and orders - Summary judgments - Setting aside judgments or orders
Appeal by appellant from summary judgment motion in favour of the respondent. A sudden electrical failure at the appellant's property in Niagara Falls caused a complete power outage.