Written on January 30, 2015.
The Court of Appeal released its decision yesterday in this matter, which centred upon the question of how much interaction counsel may have with their expert prior to the expert’s report being finalized.
Written on December 11, 2014.
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has set aside the trial decision in Fordham v. Dutton Dunwich, and in doing so has again affirmed the long line of Supreme Court of Canada authority defining the limits of the municipal duty or care for road repair, and restored some sense of predictability in Ontario cases, particularly against […]
Written on January 28, 2013.
The Ontario Government has published the amendments to Ont. Reg 239/02 – Minimum Maintenance Standards for Municipal Highways. The Regulation came into force on Friday, January 25th, 2013. Ont. Reg. 47.13 is available here. The following is a “consolidation” that we have prepared, showing the new language in red font. It is not the “official” […]
Written on January 16, 2013.
Paterson, MacDougall LLP and Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP have set the date of January 31, 2013 for their 14th Annual Aviation Conference
Written on May 17, 2012.
The Supreme Court of Canada is now set to consider the Application for Leave to Appeal from the Court of Appeal for Ontario’s decision in Giuliani v. Milton et. al.. The decision by the ONCA issued last December, effectively gutted sections 4 and 5 of the Minimum Maintenance Standards, O.Reg 239/02, and rendered them useless […]
Written on May 17, 2012.
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the Plaintiff’s application for leave to appeal, with costs, in Morsi v. Fermar Paving et. al.. The Court of Appeal for Ontario set aside the trial decision of Justice Brian Shaughnessy last year, in which he found the Region of York and its contractor Fermar Paving, each 25% […]