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Court of Appeal Summaries (August 24 – 28, 2020)

September 08, 2020
John Polyzogopoulos

Please find below our summaries of the civil decisions released by the Court of Appeal for Ontario during the week of August 24 to 28, 2020. There was a plethora of decisions released.

Court of Appeal Summaries (August 17 – 21, 2020)

August 27, 2020
John Polyzogopoulos

There was only one substantive decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario last week.

Revised Filing Direction for Estates and Commercial List Matters

August 26, 2020
Commercial/Estates List, Toronto Superior Court

Effective immediately, Estates and Commercial List filings should be completed through the Civil Submissions Online portal, which has been expanded to accept applications. This direction from the court provides guidance on the process for submission.

Team Allyship: Collaboration That Includes the Whole Group

August 24, 2020
Barbara De Dios, Corporate Counsel at Canadian Dental Services Corporation

Facilitating change to our organization’s governance, management structure, policy and even social practices to remove unconscious and legitimized bias requires the work of multiple people, such as the Encourager, the Leader and the Mentor, among others with parallel objectives.

Court of Appeal Summaries (August 10 – 14, 2020)

August 24, 2020
John Polyzogopoulos

Following are last week's summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Court of Appeal Summaries (August 3 – 7, 2020)

August 13, 2020
John Polyzogopoulos

Please find below our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of August 3 to 7, 2020.

Small Business Tenant Evictions due to COVID-19 and Mechanisms for Relief – A Canada-wide Perspective

August 07, 2020
Nipuni Panamaldeniya, LXM Law

A summary of the current practice of evictions of small commercial tenants in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. The author breaks down the different statutes and programs in place in several Canadian provinces.

Four Verbal Sexual Harassment Comments is Not Just Cause

July 31, 2020
Barry B. Fisher LL.B.

A summary of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice's recent decision in Hucsko v. A.O. Smith Enterprises (2020 ONSC 1346).

The Dependent Contractor Test – What is the “True Substance” of the Relationship?

July 31, 2020
Vanessa Glasser, counsel, Ministry of the Attorney General, Crown Law Office Civil, and Vincent Rocheleau, associate, Blaney McMurtry LLP

In the past three years, the Ontario appellate courts released four appellate decisions affirming and clarifying the test to determine whether a worker is a dependent contractor. Thurston v. Ontario (Children’s Lawyer) is the third of four post-McKee appellate court decisions that counsel should consider when advising clients regarding contracts and termination in employment matters.

ROE, ROE, ROE Your Boat! A Refresher On the Ins and Outs of ROEs

July 30, 2020
Adrian Ishak, Senior Corporate Counsel, Salesforce

A subject often considered by our clients, a subject never considered in any detail by lawyers. With the recent pandemonium in the workplace wrought by the pandemic, the institution of the CERB, the extension of the CERB, the delay in EI benefits as a result, and the impact on so many employers and employees, have all resulted in more attention being given to this usually innocuous document

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