2016 Legal Year in Review

Our observations about what we believe to be some of the most significant legal developments affecting Canadian business over the past year and their...

Preparing for fast-approaching margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives

Derivatives regulatory reform in Canada continues, with new margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivative transactions coming into effect...

Potential significant changes to the Ontario Municipal Board on the horizon

The Government of Ontario (the Province) is conducting a formal review of the Ontario Municipal Board (the OMB), which may result in significant...

Kukemueller v Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services): Deciding a Moot Appeal to Clarify the Law

In Kukemueller v Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services), 2016 ONCA 451, the Court of Appeal for Ontario provided brief reasons allowing...

R. v. Pahl: Determining a Sentence’s Fitness on Appeal

In a sentencing appeal, the British Columbia Court of Appeal in R v. Pahl split on the issue of how to properly determine whether a sentence was fit...

Supreme Court of Canada clarifies the remedy of rectification in Canadian tax cases

On December 9, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada released two much-awaited decisions in Fairmont and in PJC that clarified the scope of the remedy...

Canada’s younger generation needs a new pension tool

Ottawa recently introduced proposed changes that would amend federal pension laws to permit federally regulated employers to provide a pension plan...

Harle v. 101090442 Saskatchewan Ltd: Clarifying the Scope of a Trial Court’s Jurisdiction on Remitted Issues

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in Harle v. 101090442 Saskatchewan Ltd. clarified the scope of the trial court’s jurisdiction in hearing new...

Payments Canada announces a multi-year, multi-phase plan to modernize Canada’s payment systems

On October 8, 2016, Payments Canada announced a high-level, multi-year, multi-phase plan to modernize Canada’s payment systems (the press...

Significant insider trading cases on both sides of the border

The first week of December 2016 has proven to be a big one for pursuers of alleged insider traders on both sides of the border. On December 2,...