Only third parties experiencing a first hand impact on a right or serious interest relating to competition can challenge consent agreements, the Competition Tribunal ruled in Burns Lake Native Development Corporation v. Commissioner of Competition and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

Full article

Only third parties experiencing a first hand impact on a right or serious interest relating to competition can challenge consent agreements, the Competition Tribunal ruled in Burns Lake Native Development Corporation v. Commissioner of Competition and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

Full article

In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has made it clear that professionals who are the subject to defamatory statements made during disciplinary proceedings that merely repeat allegations made in the initial complaint cannot sue the maker of such statements – no matter how false and egregious the statements might be and no matter how malicious their intent.

Full article

That is the question the Supreme Court of Canada will decide after granting leave to appeal from the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in Pro Swing Inc. v. ELTA Golf Inc.[1] Traditionally, Canadian courts have only enforced foreign monetary judgments, in other words, judgments for a fixed sum of money. Canadian courts have [...]

Full article

Morgis v. Thomson Kernaghan & Co. (2003), 65 O.R. (3d) 321 (C.A.) In a recent decision, Ontario’s highest Court considered whether liability can be imposed on the Investment Dealers Association of Canada (the “IDA”) for the economic losses sustained by investors in their margin accounts with an IDA member. As a result of sustaining substantial [...]

Full article