August 29, 2022
With court delays limiting options for parents who have child-related disputes, parenting co-ordination is increasingly an appealing alternative.
May 24, 2022
A Vancouver cannabis retailer will not be allowed to use the same arbitrator again in a secondary arbitration matter, the Ontario Superior Court has ruled, owing to the applicants’ “vocal objection” and the consensual nature of arbitration.
May 05, 2022
British Columbia has issued a number of new directives for legal counsel to follow while involved in civil proceedings with Indigenous peoples, and legal observers are saying they could represent a seismic change from the rights denial that has characterized such litigation in the past.
April 28, 2022
Arbitration Place announced that Pierre Bienvenu, an arbitrator and counsel, has joined Arbitration Place.
April 22, 2022
Appellants in a long-running family dispute, who caused a delay in sending a settlement agreement to the respondent party, have had their appeal for summary judgment dismissed and a stay of proceedings ordered against them.
April 14, 2022
The Competition Bureau has reached an agreement with GFL Environmental Inc. to resolve litigation related to GFL’s purchase of Terrapure Environmental Ltd.
April 13, 2022
A mining company has lost its application for leave to appeal an arbitration award after it failed to object to the tribunal’s jurisdiction over disputed claims in a timely manner.
April 08, 2022
BlackBerry Limited has reached an agreement in principle to settle the consolidated securities class action lawsuit in Pearlstein v. BlackBerry Limited, et al., Case No. 13 Civ. 7060 (CM) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
April 04, 2022
The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) has released a report highlighting the lack of diversity of arbitrators and mediators being hired in the province. The OBA’s research in this area noted trends in commercial litigation and employment law, with survey respondents indicating that they engaged mostly white males for mediation and arbitration matters.
January 28, 2022
Alberta has paused its plans to shake up traffic court, proposals which have led to an outcry by lawyers in the province that the changes would ignore due process and create barriers for people who may want to challenge the tickets they have received.