A Matter of Deductions: Resolving Uncertainty in MVA Litigation
Cadieux v. Cloutier, 2018 ONCA 903 (CanLII) As any Ontario personal injury lawyer knows, the common law of damages has been modified significantly in the context of motor vehicle accidents, to the benefit of defendants and their insurers. Read More
Comeau is a Casualty of Confused Doctrine
The Supreme Court delivered a bizarre decision last week in R.v. Comeau. By way of background, Comeau concerned the interpretation of s. Read More
Canon to the Right of Them, Canon to the Left of Them, Canon in Front of Them
The Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Schnarr v. Blue Mountain is significant for two reasons. First, it provides much needed clarification to the law of occupiers’ liability, and to waivers of liability in particular. Read More
Getting Back to the Basics of Judicial Review
One could scarcely find an area of law so muddied as administrative law. Read More
A Wise Decision in Retrospect
Cobb v. Long Estate, 2017 ONCA 717 (CanLII) The Ontario Court of Appeal handed down two seminal decisions last month. In the companion cases, Cobb v. Long Estate and El-Khodr v. Read More