Case comment: Urban Mechanical Contracting Ltd v Zurich, 2022 ONCA 589
By Roy Nieuwenburg QC and Manveer Sall Can a surety / bond issuer (in this case Zurich Insurance Company) rescind performance and payment bonds, based ... Continued
Back to Tort Law Basics – Plaintiff Fails to Establish a Duty of Care for Slip and Fall on a Municipal Sidewalk
By Meera Jain In order to advance a claim in the tort of negligence, a plaintiff must first establish that the defendant owes him or ... Continued
Case Comment: Procedural Requirements for Relief under the Builders Lien Act
We have previously reported on decisions that have been released by our courts this summer regarding the importance for lien claimants to follow proper procedure ... Continued
Clark Wilson Lawyers Recognized in the 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch™ has named seven of Clark Wilson’s lawyers for being peer-selected in their 2nd edition for 2023. The “Ones to Watch” ... Continued
Clark Wilson Lawyers Recognized in the 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in Canada
Best Lawyers® in Canada™ has named 34 of Clark Wilson’s lawyers for being peer-selected in their 17th edition for 2023. These lawyers have been recognized ... Continued
Making Sense of the Copyright Act’s Making Available Right
by Michal Jaworski In July 2020 (when little else was going on…), my colleague, David Bowden, and I wrote a couple of pieces about the ... Continued
Dollars, Donees, and Disbursements: New Opportunities for Charity Partnerships Await
Canadian registered charities now have greater flexibility when partnering with non-profit organizations. On June 23, 2022, Bill C-19, Budget Implementation Act 2022, No. 1 (“BIA”) ... Continued
Welcome to New Lawyer Winkie Chan
We’d like to warmly welcome our new lawyer, Winkie Chan, to the firm. Winkie joins our Commercial Real Estate Law group following her time maintaining ... Continued
James Speakman and Mike McDonald, Q.C. Recognized Once Again in BIV’s List of the Most Influential Business Leaders in BC
Clark Wilson’s Managing Partner, James Speakman, and Partner Mike McDonald, Q.C. have once again been recognized in Business In Vancouver’s BC 500 List. The list, ... Continued
TSX Venture Exchange Revises Minimum Pricing Requirements
By Maria Starko Effective June 23, 2022, the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) has amended some of the minimum pricing requirements in its Corporate Finance ... Continued
Supreme Court of Canada Decides Mother 1 Has No Claim to Slain Multimillionaire’s Estate
By Zachary Murphy-Rogers The Supreme Court of Canada has announced it will not hear the appeal brought by a woman known as “Mother 1” in ... Continued
An Ideal, or An Obligation? Alberta Court of Appeal Confirms There Is no Fiduciary Duty Between a Post-secondary Institution and its Students
By Maria Starko and Michael Larsen Modern post-secondary institutions devote themselves to promoting student well-being and academic success, whether in the domain of teaching alone, ... Continued