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Advocacy | July 07, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of June 30
New Regional Senior Justice Appointed to the OCJ: Justice Anthony Frederick Leitch has been appointed regional senior justice for the Central West Region of the Ontario Court of Justice (OCJ), effective September 1. He had been the acting senior judge in the region since 2023.
Advocacy | June 11, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of June 9
Article | June 10, 2025
“To Enforce or Not to Enforce?”: Recent Court of Appeal Decisions About Termination Clauses
This article summarizes recent Ontario Court of Appeal decisions about the enforceability of contractual termination clauses, including Bertsch and De Castro.
Legislative Update | June 06, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of June 2
Ford Government Passes Mining Legislation: Bill 5, or the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, passed third reading this week and has been granted royal assent by the lieutenant governor. The legislation will create so-called special economic zones where laws, ranging from municipal approvals to environmental rules or even labour law, won’t apply. At Queen’s Park on Wednesday, cries of protest rang out from the galleries inside the legislature as MPPs voted. Indigenous leaders have vowed to keep fighting against the legislation.
Article | June 06, 2025
Judge Awards Seven Months’ Notice to a 28-Year-Old, Short Service Technician Constructively Dismissed in March 2020. Inducement, Prior Service and COVID-19 all Factors.
Lachapelle v. St. Laurent Automotive Group Inc., 2025 ONSC 1956 appears to have been a fierce battle about a range of legal issues arising from an interesting set of facts. In addition, Justice Roger’s subsequent costs award, Lachapelle v. St. Laurent Automotive Group Inc., 2025 ONSC 2879 (released May 14), provides useful guidance on managing settlement negotiation and pre-trial conduct, particularly in the context of Simplified Procedure and Rule 49 cost consequences.
