Thursday, February 25, 2021 @ 8:29 AM | By Julius Melnitzer What follows is our second annual list of the Top 10 business decisions in Canada for the just-ended year. This is a two-part series, which begins below with numbers 6-10, in ascending order. 10. British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Canada (Attorney General) 2020 SCC 1 It’s […]
Licence Appeal Tribunal finds lawyer’s altercation and escape from disgruntled riders not an ‘accident’ By Court Report Canada | Feb. 18, 2021 An insurer was entitled to deny the accident benefit claim of a Toronto lawyer attacked by his Uber passengers, according to a decision by Ontario’s Licence Appeal Tribunal. The lawyer – who was still in […]
By Julius Melnitzer | February 24, 2021 Bankruptcy trustee can’t initiate FLA equalization claims The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that a trustee in bankruptcy cannot initiate a claim for recovery of a Family Law Act equalization entitlement. The court focused on the exclusion of property that is “personal as between the parties” from […]
By Julius Melnitzer | February 23, 2021 The economic and social upheaval wrought by the pandemic has driven home the notion that good corporate citizenship and profitability go hand in hand. “There’s a gathering consensus that the economy should be ‘better’ than before,” says Tony Williams, who leads Jomati Consultants LLP, a U.K.-based international management consultancy […]
By Julius Melnitzer | February 19, 2021 Media battle: Al-Jazeera SLAPPs far right Rebel News Qatar-based news broadcaster Al Jazeera has fought off a defamation suit by Rebel News, founded by Ezra Levant. Rebel claimed that Al Jazeera’s allegations linking Rebel’s reputation to violent acts was defamatory. Al Jazeera sought dismissal, arguing that the action […]
By Julius Melnitzer | February 16, 2021 For almost a year now, federal and provincial pension regulators have been busily trying to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic’s effects. Regulators have never been more proactive than during COVID-19,” says Mitch Frazer, a pensions and employment law partner at Torys LLP. “They deserve full credit for refusing to […]
February 17, 2021 | Julius Melnitzer The GameStop short squeeze highlights just how much the deck is stacked against Canadian retail investors, says Russell Starr, CEO of Vancouver-based Trillium Gold Mines Inc. and co-founder of Echelon Wealth Partners Inc. “With WallStreetBets involved, there’s finally some insight into the extent to which our markets favour hedgers,” […]
February 10, 2021 | By Rafeena Bacchus, guest contributor I’ve been a Toronto-based insurance defence and human rights counsel for more than 15 years. I’m now transitioning to a focus on mediation. The first installment of this two-part series will provide a general roadmap to pivoting a legal career; the second will specifically apply the […]
Julius Melnitzer | February 5, 2021 A recent decision from the Ontario Superior Court suggests that federally-regulated employers will be held to the same strict rules as their provincial counterparts in ensuring that termination provisions comply with minimum employment standards. “The decision in Sager v. TFI International Inc. extends courts’ pro-employee interpretation of termination clauses in the […]
February 4, 2021 | By Julius Melnitzer The Lawyer’s Daily and Julius Melnitzer win COPA silver for best investigative series LegalWriter.net’s Julius Melnitzer, writing for The Lawyer’s Daily, has won the Canadian Online Publishers Awards’ silver prize for best investigative series in the 2021 business media. The series consisted of five articles on Justice and […]