Please find below links to blog posts or articles authored by the Ottawa legal community in December.
Civil Litigation
But It Was Just An Accident!
– Najma Rashid, Ontario Trial Lawyers Association
Ontario Court of Appeal Comments on the Duty of Honest Performance
– Shauna Cant, Mann Lawyers
Recent Ontario Court of Appeal Decision Regarding Victims of Motor Vehicle Accidents
– Edward Masters, Mann Lawyers
Condominium Law
How Long Must Condos Retain Corporate Records?
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
Condo Year in Review: Top Five Decisions of 2018
– Graeme Macpherson, Condo Adviser
How Long Must a Condo Retain Information Certificates?
– Rod Escayola, Condo Adviser
Shared Common Elements in a Condominium – An explanation of POTL and CECC
– Michael Brown, Merovitz Potechin LLP
Green Thumbs: Growing Cannabis in Condos
– Andrea Daly, Davidson Condo Law
CAT – The First Year
– James Davidson, Davidson Condo Law
Decision Respecting Smoking
– James Davidson, Davidson Condo Law
The Proxy is (sometimes) the Ballot
– James Davidson, Davidson Condo Law
Appealing Decisions From the Condominium Authority Tribunal
– David Lu, Davidson Condo Law
Corporate Commercial Law
Competition Bureau and Defence Construction Canada sign agreement to safeguard procurements
– Quin Gilbert-Walters & François Baril, Gowling WLG
Criminal Law
Liberals’ New Impaired-Driving Rules Will Inevitably Target Minorities
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
Impaired Driving Update: Implications Of Bill C-46
– Anne Marie McElroy, McElroy Law
MCLNugget: McGuigan ONCA
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law
MCLNugget: Prystay ABQB
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law
MCLNugget: Plante ONCA
– Dallas Mack, Mack’s Criminal Law
Employment & Labour Law
Top Five Cases of Importance to Ontario Employment Law – 2018 Edition
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Arbitration Clause Illegal & Unconscionable: Uber Drivers Taken for a Ride
– Paul Willetts, Vey Willetts LLP
Wrongful dismissal in Ontario: how do we calculate the value of lost benefits?
– Andrew Vey, Vey Willetts LLP
Bill 47 – The Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Another Canadian Court Warns Employees Against Making Secret Recordings at Work
– Andrew Vey, Vey Willetts LLP
The ONCA’s Decision in the Uber Case and the (Il)legality of Arbitration Clauses in Employment Contracts
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
ONCA says Uber’s Arbitration Clause is both Illegal and Unconscionable
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Slate Not Wiped Clean by Release in Context of Share Sale
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Simply Complying with the ESA not Enough to Rebut Common Law Presumption of Entitlement to Reasonable Notice – ON Divisional Court
– Sean Bawden, Labour Pains
Update To Cannabis Law In Workplaces – What’s New?
– Jim Anstey, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
The Making Ontario Open for Business Act – What Are The Impacts?
– Jim Anstey, Nelligan O’Brien Payne
Bill 66: More changes to employment and labour legislation
– André Poulin-Denis, Gowling WLG
Family Law
Court Ordered Counselling Offers Hope to Re-Establish a Parent’s Relationship With An Estranged Child
– Jim Jeffcott, Low Murchison Radnoff LLP
General Interest
Who is the Best Fictional Lawyer of All-Time?
– Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP
IP & Copyright Law
Update and Comment on Blacklock’s Latest Move and Mega Motion: Be Careful What You Wish For?
– Howard Knopf, Excess Copyright
Canadian patent law: 2018 year in review
– Alex Gloor & Michael Crichton, Gowling WLG
Notice-and-Notice Regime in Canada: Don’t include a Settlement Offer in your Copyright Infringement Notice
– Stéphane E. Caron & William S. Foster, Gowling WLG
Bill introducing changes to IP legislation receives swift approval from Parliament
– Michael O’Neill, Gowling WLG
Privacy & Security Law
Privacy Commissioner requires revamp of privacy policies
– Wendy J. Wagner & Reem Zaia, Gowling WLG
Transition Time 2019
– Craig Forcese, National Security Law
Real Estate Law
Real Estate in Ontario — Will it Incorporate or Not?
– Andre Martin, Mann Lawyers
Regulatory Law
AGCO releases Cannabis Retail Store Licensing Expression of Interest Lottery Rules
– Lewis Retik & William Bjornsson, Gowling WLG
Food in Canada: 2018 year in Review
– Katrina Coughlin, Gowling WLG
Ontario amends regulations with respect to cannabis retail lottery
– Lewis Retik & William Bjornsson, Gowling WLG
Proposed regulations for cannabis edibles
– Lewis Retik & Katrina Coughlin, Gowling WLG
Ontario postpones retail cannabis licence applications at the eleventh hour
– Lewis Retik & William Bjornsson, Gowling WLG
Supreme Court
2018: The SCC year in review
– D. Lynne Watt, Gowling WLG
Trade Law
The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
– Richard G. Dearden, Wendy J. Wagner & Hunter Fox, Gowling WLG
NAFTA is dead! Long live NAFTA!
– Jean-Marc Clément, Canadian Trade Law
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!