Perspectives juridiques

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Executor releases: the parameters on what is possible

Gestion de patrimoine

Introductory comments about executor releases Is it appropriate for an executor to ask beneficiaries to sign a release and indemnity prior to receiving a distribution from an estate? Although non-indemnified executors may face potential personal liability for their work as […]

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Advisory Committee on Open Banking provides update on consumer-directed finance in Canada

Communiqué - Services financiers et restructuration

Overview On January 31, 2020, the Advisory Committee on Open Banking[1] (the « Committee« ) released a report on « Consumer-directed finance: the future of financial services » (the « Report« ). The Report was in connection with the Committee’s consultation process and recommends the development […]

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Labour Board rules that Foodora couriers can unionize

Communiqué droit du travail et de l'emploi

In Canadian Union of Postal Workers v Foodora Inc., released on February 25, 2020, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the « Board ») held that Foodora couriers can unionize under the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (« Act ») on the basis that they are […]

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Des informations qu’une municipalité transmet sur sa réglementation peuvent-elles engager sa responsabilité ?

À-Propos Juridique Construction

Journal Constructo – 20 février 2020 Il arrive parfois que dans le cadre d’un projet de construction, des échanges surviennent avec une municipalité relativement à la réglementation municipale applicable au projet, et ce, afin d’assurer sa conformité. D’emblée, il importe […]

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Votre entreprise souffre-t-elle des effets des barrages ferroviaires et du Coronavirus? Voici un programme gouvernemental qui pourrait vous aider

Communiqué droit du travail et de l'emploi

Les effets des récents barrages des voies ferroviaires du CN, qui causent des retards dans la circulation des biens, et les impacts du Coronavirus sur l’importation des biens provenant d’Asie, touchent de nombreuses entreprises partout au Canada. Si votre entreprise […]

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Failure to cooperate during investigation justifies suspension

Bulletin matinal de droit de l’éducation

A recent arbitration decision provides insight into what constitutes reasonable discipline in response to a failure by a teacher to participate in an investigation. In Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association v Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board, 2019 CanLII […]

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Hawkins: The oppression remedy, charge backs and condo-wide work

Bulletin MT Condominiums & Copropriétés

Condominium corporations are uniquely placed to encounter collective action problems.  Each condo unit is individually owned, but they share much of the same infrastructure and that infrastructure connects with collectively owned infrastructure. TSCC 1696 encountered one of these situations when […]

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Episode 2: Construction dirt – Where does it go and who regulates it

Morning Commute with Miller Thomson

Listen to Episode 2 of Morning Commute with Miller Thomson. This Environmental episode examines the issues of excess soil and waste from construction projects in Ontario.

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Payments and work changes in Integrated Project Delivery

Des idées en chantier : Droit de la construction MT – Ouest du Canada

This series continues our overview of the CCDC 30 Integrated Project Delivery (“IPD”) Contract. The first article explained the unique tools that Integrated Project Delivery contracts provide for realizing the full potential of Building Information Modeling (“BIM”) and other similar […]

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BC Supreme Court hears CBA legal challenge

Des idées en chantier : Droit de la construction MT – Ouest du Canada

The Supreme Court of British Columbia heard arguments from February 3 to 7, 2020 from a coalition of British Columbia’s largest construction associations (the “Coalition”) who are challenging the provincial government’s labour framework for the building of public infrastructure projects. […]

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