On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, a panel of Cox & Palmer insurance lawyers from across the region presented our Defence of Slip, Trip and Fall Liability Claims 101, which covered a review of the fundamentals of the law, including evidentiary basics, standards, approaches and strategies associated with the defence of slip, trip and fall liability claims. Our panel of lawyers referenced recent cases and new issues arising from them.
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Written by Jane Elise Bates, Joshua Pye, Carolle Fernando, Atosa Asadi, and Rose Klug. Update as of March 6, 2025: The U.S. President has announced that some tariffs on Canadian goods would be postponed until April 2, 2025. Background On February 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14193 imposing an additional 25% […]
read moreWritten by: Matthew K. LeBlanc What happens when a company terminates someone who is both an employee and a shareholder? In Kirke v Spartan Controls Ltd, 2025 ABCA 40 (“Spartan Controls”), the Alberta Court of Appeal reiterated the distinction between a person’s employment rights and their shareholder rights, and held that the payments owed upon […]
read moreWritten by: Kevin Latimer, KC. Facing daunting capital and operational challenges, Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) has amended its wastewater discharge bylaw to allow for cost recovery of wastewater services through a user pay model. The municipality sees this as the first step in a larger transformation. Like many Canadian municipalities, CBRM had aging wastewater […]
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