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This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of bankruptcy, insolvency and rehabilitation in the requisite jurisdictions. It is meant as an introduction to these market places and does not offer specific legal advice. This...more
In its recent decision, Forbes v. Glenmore Printing Ltd., 2023 BCSC 25 (“Glenmore”), the Supreme Court of British Columbia rejected an argument that a contractual termination provision was void due to its potential to breach...more
Dans sa décision rendue récemment dans l’affaire Cineplex v. Cineworld, la Cour supérieure de justice de l’Ontario (rôle commercial) (la « Cour ») a accordé une somme de 1,24 G$ CA à titre de dommages-intérêts à la suite de...more
In its recent decision in Cineplex v. Cineworld, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) (Court) delivered a C$1.24-billion damages award for a busted M&A transaction that was a victim of the COVID-19...more
In Rahman v Cannon Design Architecture Inc., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice upheld termination provisions that appeared to be in violation of the minimum standards prescribed by the Employment Standards Act, 2000...more
Employers sometimes include fixed terms of employment in their employment agreement. Sometimes a fixed term is meant to prompt the parties to renegotiate at the end of the term....more
The Attorney General of Alberta (AG) and ENMAX have recently settled the legal proceedings brought in 2016 (AG Action) by the provincial government against several former buyers of power purchase arrangements (PPAs). The AG...more
Following ENMAX Energy Corporation’s (ENMAX) successful application to obtain a mandatory injunction against the Balancing Pool of Alberta (as reported in our November 2017 Blakes Bulletin: Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench...more
Ontario’s highest court has confirmed that employment contract provisions that will breach the Employment Standards Act (‘ESA’) in the future are void and unenforceable. The Court has also confirmed that fixed-term employees...more
Highlighting the importance of using precise language in termination provisions of employment contracts, the Ontario Court of Appeal in Wood v Fred Deeley Imports Ltd., 2017 ONCA 158 [Wood] recently held that a termination...more
Employers often use fixed-term employment agreements to limit their future severance costs owed to employees. Although that may be an effective approach in theory, the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Howard v....more