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The Costs of Refusing Mediation

The Costs of Refusing Mediation

  • 05 septembre 2018
  • Mitchell Rose, lawyer/chartered mediator/settlement counsel with SGR LLP

In a recent Ontario Court decision, Canfield v. Brockville Ontario Speedway, a defendant's refusal to participate in non-mandatory mediation had negative cost consequences for the defendant.

Mécanismes extrajudiciaires de règlement des conflits, Student Forum

Online Dispute Resolution: It’s Time to Rethink the Future, While We Still Can

  • 05 septembre 2018
  • Colm Brannigan, mediator and arbitrator, and Conor Brannigan, mediator

When we think of ADR, most practitioners see themselves as working face–to-face with their clients. However on-line dispute resolution (ODR) technologies are quickly becoming part of the “new” mainstream. Our clients, influenced by new on-line tribunals, will demand ODR services. Colin and Colm Brannigan argue that we must learn to “race with the machine” in order to remain competitive in what will soon be a very different marketplace.

Mécanismes extrajudiciaires de règlement des conflits, Student Forum

Ontario Court of Appeal Summaries (August 20 – 24, 2018)

  • 27 août 2018
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Following are the summaries for this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. One noteworthy decision released relates to Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. Almost 10 years have passed since Madoff’s confession!

Litige civil, Student Forum

Social Clubs with Share Capital and the ONCA

  • 23 août 2018
  • Clifford S. Goldfarb

Transition requirements for share capital social clubs Under the Ontario Corporations Act on Proclamation of the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010.

Œuvres de bienfaisance et organismes à but non lucratif, Student Forum
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Creating Privacy Impact Assessments

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Creating Privacy Impact Assessments

  • 23 août 2018
  • Shan Alavi, B.Com (Hons.) JD, Technology Lawyer, www.legalmindspc.com

Large-scale data breaches at corporations such as Facebook and Ashley Madison have underscored the need for organizations to re-evaluate their approaches to data security. If legal professionals use Privacy Impact Assessments to uncover organizations' privacy blind spots, they can then work to address those systemic issues using multi-disciplinary approaches.

Droit de la protection de la vie privée, Student Forum

Court of Appeal Summaries (August 13-17)

  • 21 août 2018
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Topics covered this week include applications for release from immigration detention pursuant to the Habeas Corpus Act and related infringement of Charter rights, as well as collateral attacks relating to leave applications for appealing a costs award.

Litige civil, Student Forum

Ontario Court of Appeal Summaries (July 16 - July 20)

  • 24 juillet 2018
  • John Polyzogopoulos

This week’s summaries include two property boundary disputes between neighbours, a child custody decision, several criminal decisions, and a couple of Ontario Review Board decisions.

Litige civil, Student Forum

Ontario Court of Appeal Summaries (July 9 - 13)

  • 17 juillet 2018
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Topics covered in our summaries of this week’s civil decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal include crown wardship, constructive dismissal, partial summary judgment, unjust enrichment as a result of an overpayment by an insurer, a construction lien action, and a claim for negligent investigation and related torts against the police and Fire Marshall in a case of arson by negligence.

Litige civil, Student Forum

Court of Appeal Summaries (June 25 - 29)

  • 09 juillet 2018
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Topics covered in this week's summaries include the validity of a will of someone with chronic alcoholism and an application for habeas corpus in the immigration law context.

Litige civil, Student Forum