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Air Carrier Liability under the Montreal Convention Ontario Court of Appeal recognizes right to bring a civil action for invasion of personal privacy
 

Air Carrier Liability under the Montreal Convention

Krista Bulmer’s recent article on air carrier liability in Wings Magazine. Check it out here: WINGS article Jan-Feb 2013

Ontario Court of Appeal recognizes right to bring a civil action for invasion of personal privacy

By Samantha Wu Advancements in technology have made collecting, storing, and accessing the personal data of an individual easier than ever before.  Consequently, concerns about the risk of unauthorized access to personal information have increased. In Jones v. Tsige, the Ontario Court of Appeal recognized a right to bring a civil action for invasion of [...]

The Discovery Plan in Ontario Litigation

06 September 2011

Snapshot: The following extract is from Warman v. National Post Company, 2010 ONSC 3670 where Justice Short comments on the ramification of parties not agreeing to a discovery plan. Failure to Agree to Plan 29.1.05   On any motion under Rules 30 to 35 relating to discovery, the court may refuse to grant any relief or to award any costs if the [...]

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The E-discovery Proportionality Chart

06 September 2011

Snapshot: Plaintiff ordered to serve and file a Proportionality Chart in Guestlogix v. Hayter, 2010 ONSC 4384 Justice D. M. Brown in the Ontario Superior Court recently wrote: [1] In my August 6, 2010 case management memorandum I gave the following directions for the preparation of the plaintiff’s motion to compel the production of electronic versions of documents produced by [...]

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Developments in Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards

06 September 2011

In the 2008 case of Smyth v. Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that the standard of review test applied in administrative law cases is the same test to be applied in an application to set-aside an arbitration award. Shortly before Smyth, the standard of review test was fundamentally altered by the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in Dunsmuir [...]

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The Oppression Remedy: How Minority Shareholders Can Fight Back

06 September 2011

Snapshot: This article discusses some of the options available to minority shareholders in private companies where the company acts unfairly, prejudicial and oppressive against their interests. In Ontario, minority shareholders in private companies are given a number of rights and remedies to better protect their investments under the Ontario Business Corporations Act. The legislation requires, [...]

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The Consequences of Not Agreeing to a Discovery Plan

06 September 2011

Snapshot: The following extract is from Warman v. National Post Company, 2010 ONSC 3670 where Justice Short comments on the ramification of parties not agreeing to a discovery plan. Failure to Plan 29.1.05 On any motion under Rules 30 to 35 relating to discovery, the court may refuse to grant any relief or to award any [...]

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Litigation as the Battle of Digital Records

05 September 2011

Snapshot: Most lawyers in Ontario have been left drowning in the amount of digital information produced in litigation. However, the information overload has resulted in opportunities for tech savy lawyers to obtain the upper hand for their clients. Litigation has changed significantly in the last 20 years. The Internet, email, text and instant messaging, digital recorders, [...]

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