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Ontario Superior Court of Justice dissolves injunction to stay terminations under hospital’s mandatory vaccination policy

The Court’s decision provides clarity for hospitals and other employers with unionized workforces as they implement vaccination policies, and...

Court of Appeal judge calls for reform of final-interlocutory distinction

We have written before in this blog where a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario has called for legislative reform of the statutory appeal routes...

Further steps taken towards financial title regulation

The titles used by financial professionals are some times confusing for investors and consumers.

Reconciliation and the Crown’s duty to consider Indigenous groups’ economic interests

Amid ongoing litigation across the country, courts and the Government of Canada disagree on whether reconciliation requires Crown decision-makers to...

Guarantor beware: Potential liability without borrower default

A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision held that guarantors may be responsible for the debts and obligations of a borrower, even if the borrower...

Supreme Court upholds non-liability clause in Québec commercial contract in key ruling

Last Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a non-liability clause in a negotiated commercial contract was valid, reversing a decision from...

SCC decision means courts may reconsider ancillary matters after final judgment

A recent Supreme Court of Canada decision articulates the guiding principles for Canadian courts which are asked to reconsider ancillary matters that...

Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act to come into force on October 19, 2021

In their Update, Osler authors Michael Watts, Susan Newell and Marty Putyra review the material issues corporations will need to consider when...

Contract termination: considerations in terminating for default or for convenience

While parties enter into a construction contract with the common goal of completing a successful project, there are times when terminating the...