Litigation Law, Mediation Law and Arbitration Law

On April 25, 2012, District Judge Carter upheld United States Magistrate Judge Peck’s opinion in Da Silva Moore v Publicis Groupe et al.

The BLG Monthly Update is a digest of recent developments in the law which Neil Guthrie, our National Director of Research, thinks you will find interesting or relevant – or both.

The BLG Monthly Update is a digest of recent developments in the law which Neil Guthrie, our National Director of Research, thinks you will find interesting or relevant – or both.

A year after the uncertainty created in the Canadian corporate debt financing world by the Ontario Court of Appeal's pensions-friendly decision in the Indalex CCAA restructuring matter, the Quebec Superior Court, in April 2012, determined in a lengthy and well-reasoned decision that the key restructuring and pensions law principles underpinning Indalex do not apply in Quebec when considering the treatment of defined benefit amortization payment and deficit claims in a restructuring.

The Federal Court of Appeal ("FCA") upheld the judicial review decision of the Federal Court ("FC") in "Livaditis v. Canada Revenue Agency".

On February 24, 2012, the Tax Court of Canada ("TCC") rendered its decision in Morguard Corporation v. Her Majesty the Queen (2012 TCC 55 – PDF) on the issue of the taxation of break fees received in the context of a takeover bid pursuant to a "lock-up agreement".

In Caisse populaire Desjardins d'Aylmer v Roy, the Quebec Court dismissed a claim against two individuals by a financial institution ("CPDA") for payment of interest allegedly due on a loan.

In Caisse populaire Desjardins d'Aylmer v Roy,1 the Quebec Court dismissed a claim against two individuals (the "Debtors") by a financial institution ("CPDA") for payment of interest allegedly due on a loan.

Companies victimized by cheque fraud from within their own ranks often turn to their banks for recovery.

There has been much publicity regarding the incidents of falling glass from condo balconies in Toronto over the past year.

A landlord’s failure to enforce lease rights in response to a tenant’s default can result in the default rights becoming unenforceable.

Immovables are frequently owned by several co-owners, residential condominiums being one example that naturally comes to mind.