In its recent decision in Lochan v. Binance Holdings Limited, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the certification of a class action brought on behalf of Canadian investors who purchased cryptocurrency products (Decision). It...more
4/18/2025
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Dans Roy Flowers v. Persist Oil and Gas Inc., la Cour du Banc du Roi de l’Alberta (la « Cour ») a prononcé une injonction permanente interdisant à la défenderesse d’exploiter une entreprise de minage de bitcoins parce que le...more
4/2/2025
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In Roy Flowers v. Persist Oil and Gas Inc., the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta issued a permanent injunction precluding the defendant from operating a Bitcoin mining operation, based on the failure of the underlying lease...more
Le 28 janvier 2025, une rare formation de cinq juges de la Cour d’appel de l’Alberta (l’« ABCA ») a rendu un jugement unanime et très attendu dans l’affaire JL Energy Transportation Inc. v. Alliance Pipeline Limited...more
On January 28, 2025, a rare five-member panel of the Alberta Court of Appeal (ABCA) issued its unanimous and much-anticipated decision in JL Energy Transportation Inc. v. Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership (Decision). The...more
Dans une décision récente, Embedia Technologies v. Blumell (l’« affaire Embedia »), la Cour du Banc du Roi de l’Alberta (la « CBRA ») a clarifié le critère relatif au cautionnement pour dépens applicable dans le cas des...more
In a recent decision, Embedia Technologies v. Blumell, the Alberta Court of King’s Bench clarified the test for security for costs against a corporation, concluding that the test under s. 254 of the Alberta Business...more
La Cour d’appel de l’Ontario (la « CAO ») a rendu récemment une décision dans l’affaire Lochan v. Binance Holdings Limited (l’« affaire Lochan »), confirmant la décision de première instance selon laquelle la convention...more
La Cour du Banc du Roi de l’Alberta (la « CBRA »), dans l’affaire Tuharsky v. O’Chiese First Nation and Poole Lawyers (l’« affaire Tuharsky »), confirme qu’un tribunal peut trancher la question de savoir si une personne qui...more
In a recent decision in Lochan v. Binance Holdings Limited, the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) affirmed the decision of the lower court setting aside an arbitration agreement as void both because it was contrary to public...more
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench, in Tuharsky v. O’Chiese First Nation and Poole Lawyers, has ruled that it is a triable issue as to whether a third party can commence an action for defamation arising from statements made in...more
Dans le cadre de l’affaire Neustaedter v. Alberta (Labour Relations Board), la Cour d’appel de l’Alberta (la « CAA ») a récemment confirmé une décision rendue lors d’un appel devant le Conseil des relations de travail de...more
Dans l’affaire Lesenko v. Wild Rose Ready Mix Ltd. (l’« affaire Lesenko »), la Cour du Banc du Roi de l’Alberta (la « CBRA ») a envoyé un message clair au Comité des règles de procédure et à la Cour d’appel de l’Alberta (la «...more
In a recent decision in Neustaedter v. Alberta (Labour Relations Board), the Alberta Court of Appeal (ABCA) upheld an appeal from the Alberta Labour Relations Board confirming penalties to the appellants under the Alberta...more
The Court of King's Bench, in Lesenko v. Wild Rose Ready Mix Ltd. (Lesenko), has sent a clear message to the Rules of Court Committee and the Alberta Court of Appeal about the desire for new standard of review rules for...more
Dans un récent arrêt de 257 pages, la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme, siégeant en une Grande Chambre composée de 17 juges (la « Cour »), a statué que le gouvernement de la Suisse a violé l’article 8 de la Convention...more
In a recent 257-page decision, the European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber of 17 judges (Court), ruled that the Swiss government violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (Convention) in...more
Le nouveau règlement intitulé Règlement sur le taux d’intérêt criminel (le « Règlement ») a été annoncé le 23 décembre 2023. Il introduit plusieurs considérations importantes en matière de droit civil que doivent prendre en...more
The new Criminal Interest Rate Regulations (Regulations) announced on December 23, 2023, give rise to several important civil implications for lenders and service providers throughout Canada, even though the Regulations have...more
On January 1, 2024, new streamlined trials replaced summary trials in Alberta. In this bulletin, we summarize some of the changes between these two processes....more
The Alberta Court of King's Bench (Court) created a new common law tort of harassment in Alberta Health Services v. Johnston (Alberta Health)....more
Le 21 avril 2023, la Cour du Banc du Roi de l’Alberta (la « Cour ») a rendu sa décision dans l’affaire Terra Energy Corp (Re). Elle a rejeté la tentative du gouvernement de l’Alberta de recouvrer les arriérés de redevances...more
On April 21, 2023, the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta (Court) released its decision in Terra Energy Corp (Re). In this decision, the Court rejected the Government of Alberta’s attempt to recover oil and gas royalty arrears,...more
On March 20, 2023, the Supreme Court of British Columbia (Court) issued a decision in Ridley Terminals Inc. v. Sandvik Canada Inc. (Ridley), affirming the importance of promoting settlement in multiparty litigation and...more
On July 22, 2022, the Alberta Court of Appeal (the court) released its decision in Alberta Health Services v. Pawlowski. In the decision, the court affirmed the importance of precise and unambiguous language in injunction...more