Ontario Superior Court absolves landlords from liability in …
WEB1 day ago · The Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a claim against landlords, ruling they had no legal duty to maintain a municipal sidewalk where a tenant slipped and fell, leaving the City of Ottawa as the sole defendant in a personal injury case. Tenant Laura Burley sued the landlords, John and ...
Toronto lawyer Kathryn Marshall opens plaintiff-side human rights …
WEB2 days ago · Marshall has represented clients in several high-profile human rights cases. Human rights and employment lawyer Kathryn Marshall launched a litigation boutique on Tuesday that she says will be distinct from many other employment firms in one critical regard: it will only represent plaintiffs. “There’s a lot of employment law firms and ...
Legal Aid Ontario releases final report on Aboriginal Justice Strategy
WEB1 day ago · Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) has released its final report on the Aboriginal Justice Strategy titled, “A Time for Action: Indigenous Services at LAO,” to coincide with the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The report summarized a multi-year initiative aimed at addressing the structural barriers faced by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit ...
Ontario court says Toronto litigants are increasingly 'forum …
WEB1 day ago · An Ontario court told Toronto-Dominion Bank that a legal proceeding it initiated in London seemed to have “no connection with this judicial centre, or indeed this region,” noting the case was part of a broader phenomenon of banks increasingly filing collection proceedings in the jurisdiction. The ruling last week was a response to a factum filed by the defendant, who accused TD of ...
Ontario Superior Court orders new hearing after pedestrian was …
WEB3 days ago · The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ordered a new hearing in a personal injury case after the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) dismissed the appellant’s case despite her lack of legal representation. In Fernandez v. Commonwell Mutual Insurance, 2024 ONSC 5180, the appellant was injured in a car accident and claimed she was denied procedural fairness during a hearing. She sought an ...
Sellers breached insurance policy by failing to timely report lawsuit ...
WEB3 days ago · In a recent decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that the sellers of a residential property breached their insurance policy by delaying notice of a lawsuit over alleged misrepresentation of the property's condition. The dispute in Kerk-Courtney v. Security National Insurance Company (TD ...
Judicial appointments announced: six new judges join Ontario …
WEBJul 12, 2021 · David Lametti, federal justice minister and attorney general, has announced on July 2 the appointments of six judges to the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario: William Black, Ian Smith, Brian Dubé, Jill Presser, P. Tamara Sugunasiri and Tami Waters. Black replaces Justice Faye McWatt in Toronto, who was appointed associate chief justice on Dec. 18, 2020. Black, a civil litigation specialist ...
Over 67,000 backlog cases plague Ontario’s key tribunals – …
WEBDec 21, 2022 · Tribunal Watch Ontario is urging the government to confront a collective backlog of over 67,000 cases at four key tribunals as per Tribunals Ontario’s count in its 2021-22 annual report published in September.
Law Society of Ontario to vote on regulatory sandbox pilot for ...
WEBApr 21, 2021 · On Thursday, the Law Society of Ontario Convocation will vote on whether to approve a five-year regulatory sandbox pilot, intended to drive innovative technological legal service development. The regulatory sandbox is a recommendation from the Law Society’s technology task force. If approved, participants will have permission to serve consumers with new tools without having to worry about ...
Ontario Government's justice reform legislation aimed at …
WEBFeb 22, 2021 · Ontario has introduced the Accelerating Access to Justice Act, 2021, which the province said will build upon the modernization efforts adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed legislation seeks to eliminate barriers in Ontario’s courts and tribunals, as well as in the estates law, …