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Co-operative Federalism Reinforced: Workers’ Compensation Rules Clarified

April 8, 2014 | Gerald D. Chipeur, KC

Canadian Labour & Employment Law Blog

Parliament said that it desired a flexible approach to workers’ compensation for federal employees across Canada when it passed the Government Employees Compensation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. G-5 (“GECA”).  The Supreme Court of Canada upheld that model of  flexibility for […]

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Summary Judgment and Small Claims Court

April 7, 2014 | Eric Sherkin

MT Litigation Blog

The stated purpose of the Small Claims Court is to provide a streamlined process for parties to pursue claims of up to $25,000 in a cost-effective and efficient manner. In Superior Court, one of the options available to try and […]

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Experimental Testing in Litigation

April 7, 2014 | David Reive

MT Litigation Blog

The Federal Court has recently issued a practice direction relating to experimental testing for litigation. This practice direction resulted from arguments made in several recent cases to exclude testimony relating to experimental testing where the opposite party was not provided […]

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Court Has Inherent Jurisdiction to Order “Non-Medical” Assessment but Defendants Must Show Assessment is Necessary for Trial Fairness Ziebenhous v. Bahlieda 2014 ONSC 138

April 7, 2014

MT Insurance Law Blog

In a decision released on April 2, 2014, the Divisional Court affirmed the Court has inherent authority to order a plaintiff to attend a “non-medical” assessment. The case dealt with two different actions where defendants had sought to have assessments […]

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Welcome!

April 7, 2014 | Eric Sherkin

MT Litigation Blog

Welcome to the Miller Thomson Litigation Blog! We are excited to unveil this new project where we will endeavour to keep our readership informed on interesting and noteworthy developments in the world of Canadian litigation. Our Miller Thomson litigation team […]

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On the Verge of a Revolution? Recent Case on How Lenders Realize on Security over Farm Land in Saskatchewan

April 3, 2014 | David G. Gerecke, Q.C.

The Food Web: Canadian Agribusiness and Food Law

How Lemare Lake Logging Ltd. v. 3L Cattle Company Ltd. could dramatically change how lenders realize on security over farm land in Saskatchewan On April 1, 2014, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal rendered its decision in Lemare Lake Logging Ltd. […]

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Water in BC and the Proposed Water Sustainability Act: A Bulletin from Tony Crossman

March 31, 2014 | Jennifer Spencer

The Food Web: Canadian Agribusiness and Food Law

We are pleased to share the following bulletin on pending changes to the Water Act in British Columbia prepared by Tony Crossman, an environmental law specialist in our Vancouver office. BC government proposes new Water Sustainability Act In an effort to […]

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Meaning of Carrying On Business in Canada

March 31, 2014

Carrying on Business in Canada For Non-Residents Blog

This posting was authored by Crystal Taylora Partner in the Saskatoon Office and Graham Pursean associate in the Regina Office ofMiller Thomson LLP As a non-resident engaging in activities in Canada, it is important to understand whether your activities will […]

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Alberta Arbitrators Strike Oil Company’s Random Alcohol and Drug Testing Policy

March 28, 2014

Canadian Labour & Employment Law Blog

Employers looking to Alberta for a legal precedent to support their random alcohol and drug testing policies will need to keep looking, after Alberta arbitrators deemed Suncor Energy Inc.’s random testing policy to be an unreasonable exercise of Suncor’s management […]

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ONSC “Permits” Insured’s Coverage Request

March 25, 2014

MT Insurance Law Blog

The Superior Court has released a new decision on whether an insured violated a statutory condition in the standard Ontario Automobile Policy. In O’Connell v. The Personal Insurance Company, the applicant’s girlfriend asked to borrow his vehicle, insured with The […]

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