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New Year, New Rules: Construction Act Amendments Explained

Several amendments to the Ontario Construction Act (the "Act") came into force on January 1, 2026, pursuant to Bill 216, Building Ontario For You Act, and Bill 60, Fighting Delays, Building Fact Act.

Canada Real Estate

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Vento Motorcycles, Inc. v. United Mexican States

Court of Appeal for Ontario sets aside award upon finding justifiable doubts as to impartiality of one member of a three-member tribunal.

Worldwide Litigation

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Gowling WLG

Buffalo Point First Nation v. Buffalo Point Cottage Owners Association Inc

Manitoba Court of Appeal confirms that the reasonableness standard continues to govern appeals from commercial arbitral awards, notwithstanding Vavilov.

Canada Litigation

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Gowling WLG

J.P. Thomson Architects v. Greater Essex CDSB

Ontario's Court of Appeal clarifies that a 30‑day reference in a standard-form multi‑tier dispute resolution clause is a minimum resolution period, not a strict deadline, and confirms...

Canada Litigation

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Gowling WLG

Inter Pipeline Ltd v. Teine Energy Ltd

Canada Litigation

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Gowling WLG

Limitation Clauses And Good Faith: Ontario Court Of Appeal Confirms Damages Can Be Capped

Canada Commercial

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McMillan LLP

A Trip Abroad, A Lawsuit At Home? Jurisdiction Limits In Travel-Related Torts

Canada Transport

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CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 26 – January 30, 2026)

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Loss Of Chance- How Courts Assess Damages Where A Plaintiff Loses The Opportunity To Pursue Litigation

Canada Litigation

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DWF Group

Ontario Court Of Appeal Reaffirms Importance Of Objective, Contextual Contractual Interpretation

Canada Litigation

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Tax Court Of Canada Clarifies Role Of Parties' Intentions In Worker Classification

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Appeals To The Supreme Court Of Canada: 2025 Year In Review

Canada Litigation

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

Developments In Class Action Law: Highlights From Q4 2025

Canada Litigation

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Aird & Berlis LLP

The Power Of Mentorship At Lerners: Celebrating National Mentoring Month

Canada Litigation

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Lerners LLP

Court Finds Employee Rightfully Dismissed After Publishing Social Media Post About His Employer

Canada Employment

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Cassels

Evolving Needs For Emerging And High Growth Companies: Seed Stage (Video)

Canada Commercial

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

When Is Enough, Enough? HRTO's Guidance On Accommodation In Cillis v. Hamilton - Wentworth District School Board.

Canada Employment

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Piccolo Heath

Sneaky Trusts: The Legal Plot Twist With Gratuitous Property Transfers

Canada Real Estate

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Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

Expropriation Law: Important Notice For Homeowners

Canada Real Estate

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McQuarrie

Recent Saskatchewan Court Of King's Bench Decision Reaffirms The Broad Application Of The One-year Limitation Period For Suing Municipalities In Saskatchewan

In Canadian National Railway Company v Town of Edgeley and RM of South Qu'Appelle No. 157, 2025 SKKB 202 [Edgeley], the Honourable Mr. Justice A.S. Davis ruled in favour of the municipality defendants...

Canada Litigation

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CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

The SCC Leave Project: Predictions For January 29, 2026

Here's a look at the leave application decisions that the Supreme Court of Canada will be releasing on January 29, 2026.

Canada Litigation

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

Proposed Changes To The Rules For Expert Witnesses: Cooperation, Conferencing, & Consequences

In its original Phase 2 Consultation Paper, the Civil Rules Review Working Group proposed radical changes to the way expert witnesses are treated before and during trial, including – most controversially...

Canada Litigation

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

Ontario Court Grants Anti-suit Injunction To Enjoin Foreign Arbitration In Ongoing Crypto Litigation

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted an anti-suit injunction restraining Binance from pursuing arbitration in Hong Kong related to an Ontario class action.

Canada Litigation

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Life Sciences In Canada: Year In Review 2025

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Gowling WLG

Open-court Principle Takes Back Seat To Serious Risk Of Defendant's Reputational Loss (S.L.K. v. A.B.)

Canada Litigation

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Alberta Court Of Appeal Recalibrates Cost Awards In Professional Disciplinary Proceedings

Canada Litigation

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MLT Aikins LLP

Freedom Convoy: Federal Court Of Appeal Upholds Finding Of No Emergency

Canada Litigation

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

Que faut-il pour exprimer une intention testamentaire ferme et définitive? Leçons tirées de l'affaire Paige v Noel, 2025 BCCA 358 (« Paige »)

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Miller Thomson LLP

BC Supreme Court Dismisses Dormant Lien Action — Security Released After Five Years

Canada Real Estate

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Clark Wilson LLP

Lawyer Ordered To Pay Personal Costs For Using Fake AI-generated Case Law (Reddy v Saroya)

Canada Technology

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 19 – 23, 2026)

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Good Faith In M&A Deals At The Supreme Court Of Delaware: A Canadian Perspective

Canada Commercial

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Spoliation de la preuve : La Cour suprême du Canada s'apprête à fournir des indications

Canada Litigation

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Lawyer Ordered To Pay Personal Costs For Using Fake AI-generated Case Law (Reddy v Saroya)

In an avoidable yet perhaps inevitable decision, a Canadian court has imposed personal costs against a lawyer for using AI-generated submissions in materials filed with the court: Reddy v Saroya, 2026 ABCA 20 (CanLII).

Canada Technology

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 19 – 23, 2026)

Torts, Defamation, Civil Procedure, Anti-SLAPP, Damages, Costs, Self-Represented Litigants, Full Indemnity, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.C.43, s. 136.1, Human Rights...

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Good Faith In M&A Deals At The Supreme Court Of Delaware: A Canadian Perspective

The January 12, 2026 decision of the Supreme Court of Delaware in Johnson & Johnson v. Fortis Advisors LLC, File No. 490, 2024 offers Canadian lawyers a fascinating window into how contractual duties of good faith...

Canada Commercial

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Spoliation de la preuve : La Cour suprême du Canada s'apprête à fournir des indications

Dans l'arrêt SS&C Technologies Canada Corporation c. Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, on s'attend à ce que la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC »)...

Canada Litigation

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Understanding How Statutory Deductibles And Thresholds Impact Your Vehicle Accident Claim

Canada Insurance

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Gluckstein Lawyers

What Businesses Need To Know About Expanding Minister Of National Revenue Powers During Reassessments Under Income Tax Act, Subsection 152(9) – Perspective From Canadian Tax Lawyer

Canadian tax law evolves constantly, with Tax Court of Canada rulings playing a pivotal role in clarifying the Minister of National Revenue's authority over reassessments.

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

U.S. Supreme Court May Rule U.S. Tariffs On Some Canadian Goods Illegal

Canadian businesses have paid some portion of what the White House says is about US$1 trillion in tariffs imposed by the current administration by executive orders.

Canada International

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Federal Court Of Appeal Reaffirms That Tax Efficiency Alone Does Not Equate To Abuse Under GAAR: Canada v. Quebecor Inc., 2025 FCA 207

In Canada v. Quebecor Inc., the Federal Court of Appeal affirmed the Tax Court of Canada's decision that a complex series of intra-group transactions undertaken by Quebecor Inc. did not constitute abusive tax avoidance under GAAR in section 245 of the Income Tax Act.

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Details Matter: Court Of Appeal Of Alberta Upholds Decision That Royalty Was Not An Interest In Land In Invico Diversified Income Limited Partnership v. Newgrange Energy Inc.

Structuring royalties as interests in land can provide significant protection in subsequent insolvency proceedings, but a recent decision from the Court of Appeal of Alberta underscores...

Canada Insolvency

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Torys LLP

Health Professionals Must Report Criminal Charges: A Regulatory Risk That Cannot Be Ignored

Canada Criminal

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Rosen Sunshine LLP

UR Pride Case: Saskatchewan Court Of Appeal Weighs In On Pre-emptive Use Of The Notwithstanding Clause

Canada Government

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Langlois Lawyers, LLP

What Will This Cost Me? Navigating The Costs Of Litigation

Canada Litigation

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Taylor McCaffrey

No Damages Beyond "Buyer Beware": Residential Renovations, The Building Code, And Construction Negligence

Canada Real Estate

Davidson Cahill Morrison LLP

BC Court Of Appeal Weighs In On Reasonableness Of Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policies

Canada Employment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Comparing Greek Tax Evasion Reforms To Canadian Tax Compliance Strategies To Reduce Tax Cheating

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 12 – 16, 2026)

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Canadian Patent Law 2025: A Year In Review

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Smart & Biggar

Federal Court Of Appeal Confirms "New Owner Jurisprudence" In Section 45 Proceedings

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

Royalties Are Not Always King: Alberta Court Of Appeal Upholds Decision To Vest Off Gross Overriding Royalty

Canada Insolvency

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Fasken

Canadian Tax Litigation Insights: How The Jennings-Clyde (Vivatas, Inc.) Decision Protects Canadian Taxpayers' Rights In Federal Court Of Appeal

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Setting The Precedent: 2025's Legal Landmarks And The Path Ahead

Canada Litigation

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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Top 5 Need-to-Know Canadian GST/HST Cases From 2025

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Private Practice, Public Operating Rooms, And Hospital Privileges: The Ontario Court Of Appeal Clarifies Section 44 Of The Public Hospitals Act

Canada Healthcare

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

Jennings-Clyde v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FCA 225 – When The CRA Denies Taxpayer Relief, It Must Explain Clear Reasons Why

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

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What Businesses Need To Know About Expanding Minister Of National Revenue Powers During Reassessments Under Income Tax Act, Subsection 152(9) – Perspective From Canadian Tax Lawyer

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

When Is An Accountant's Work Privileged In Canada: Protecting Accountants' Work In Tax Matters, Including Litigation

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Blake v. Ahmed (2025 BCCA 384) – The Court Of Appeal Reaffirms Limits On Taxpayer Claims And Pseudo-Legal Arguments

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

How Are Professional Poker Winnings Taxed In Canada? Taxable Business Income And Non-Taxable Hobbies: Fournier-Giguère V. Canada Et. Al., 2025 FCA 112

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

When The CRA Says, "No": Exploring Judicial Review For Denied Taxpayer Relief From Penalties, Interest Payments On Tax Debt

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Tax Evasion Penalties: Canadian Tax Evasion Versus U.S. Tax Evasion, A Canadian Tax Lawyer Explains The Differences

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Are "Hybrid Sales" Of Private Businesses Still A Viable Tax Planning Tool For Business Owners? A Case Comment On Foix V His Majesty The King, 2023 FCA 38

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Year In Review: 7 Things You Need To Know About Canadian Immigration Law In 2023

Canada Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Strikes And Picketing In The Living Room: Anti-scab Provisions In The Age Of Telework

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Ontario Superior Court Reviews The Factors Applied In Determining Independent / Dependant Contractor Status

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

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Appealing Briefs – Episode 24: Kosicki: Adverse Possession, Statutory Interpretation, And The Common Law (Podcast)

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Consent To Judgment In Ontario Debt Matters Explained (Video)

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

Class Actions In Canada: At The Forefront Of Pharma Litigation (Video)

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Fasken

Understanding Estate Litigation In BC: How Proper Preparation Can Prevent Legal Battles (Video)

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FH&P Lawyers

Les actions collectives au Canada : les sujets d'actualité qui façonnent les litiges dans le secteur des technologies (Video)

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Fasken (French)

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