Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in March.
Bankruptcy & Insolvency Law
Are Licensed Insolvency Trustees Liable for Complying with Environmental Cleanup Orders?
– Merovitz Potechin LLP
Civil Litigation
Is there a tort of harassment in Ontario? ONCA says “no, but maybe, but probably not, so yeah…”
– Andrew Montague-Reinholdt, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Condominium Law
Soldier Ordered to Take Down Canadian Flag from Condo Unit
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
Court Approves a Borrowing By-law Despite the Absence of a Majority Supporting it
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
Must Condos Making Renovations Implement Accessibility Measures?
– Graeme Macpherson, Condo Adviser
Do Police Need a Warrant to Investigate on Common Elements (Part I)
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
Ontario Condominium Status Certificates
– Merovitz Potechin LLP
Flagging Issues on the Common Elements
– Christy Allen & Andrea Daly, Davidson Condo Law
Costs, Costs, Costs… Another Court Decision Considers Recovery of Legal Costs
– Jessica Weick & Cheryll Wood, Davidson Condo Law
Corporate Commercial Law
International transactions: Consumer contracts Q&A Canada
– Multiple Authors, Gowling WLG
International transactions: Agency Q&A Canada
– Multiple Authors, Gowling WLG
For Whom the Limitation Period Tolls: Agreements under Section 11 of the Limitations Act
– Alexander Bissonnette, Mann Lawyers
Criminal Law
March 2019 Criminal Law Round-Up
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
MCLNugget: Montesano ONCA
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law
SNC-Lavalin Affair Raises the Issue of the Role of Former Judges
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Gerald Butts’ Quarrel with Jody Wilson-Raybould’s Evidence Falls Short
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Employment & Labour Law
Ontario superior court confirms that frustration of contract is a two-way street
– Andrew Vey, Vey Willetts LLP
Hi. I have some news.
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Employer Entitled to Return of Severance Payment After Discovering Misappropriation of Funds
– Sean Bawden, The House Work Blog
Frustration Does Not Require an Act of an Employer
– Sean Bawden, The House Work Blog
Inability to Measure and Manage Risk of Harm Created by Cannabis Use Constitutes Undue Hardship: NFLD Supreme Court
– Sean Bawden, The House Work Blog
Did the WSIB get the memo on marijuana?
– Jim Anstey & Peggy King, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Government Affairs
Ontario government announces plans for centralized procurement
– Multiple authors, Gowling WLG
IP & Copyright Law
Keatley v. Teranet: Land Surveys, the Law of the Land and Access to Justice – The Supremes will Have Their Hands Full but will They Have Everything they Need?
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
The WIPO Broadcasting Treaty – A Solution in Search of a Problem?
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Update on Access Copyright Proposed Post-Secondary Educational Tariffs: 2011 – 2013 and 2014 – 2017
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Competition Bureau releases 2019 Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines
– Cole Meagher & William S. Foster, Gowling WLG
There and Back Again – Protective Agreements in the Federal Court
– Alexander Camenzind & Ben Pearson, Gowling WLG
Marketing Law
The Influence of Underage Influencers
– Mary G. Griffith, Maclaren Corlett
Practice Management
The moral issue here
– Jordan Furlong, Law21
The next top model: Law firm edition
– Jordan Furlong, Law21
Tax Law
Budget 2019: Positioning for a fall election
– Multiple authors, Gowling WLG
We include highlights of recent posts and articles from Ottawa-area blogs that are of substantive value to the legal community. Did we miss one? Let us know!
