The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in Resolute FP Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Attorney General) deciding that an indemnity given by the province to private corporations did not extend to the … Continue reading
Please join me at this month’s Toronto Business Lawyers’ Association breakfast where I will be speaking on the topic Bulletproofing Your Company (and yourself) Against Legal Liability For Contaminated Land. The event takes place on May 16, 2019 at 8:30 am in … Continue reading
Ontario is proposing changes to the excess soil management and brownfields redevelopment regime. The changes are designed to “make it safer and easier for more excess soil to be reused locally…while continuing to ensure strong environmental protection” and to “clarify rules … Continue reading
The Court of Appeal for Ontario’s recent decision in Huang v. Fraser Hillary’s Limited, 2018 ONCA 527 creates interesting and important implications for the tort of nuisance in the context of environmental contamination as well as for the statutory tort under … Continue reading
I will join a faculty of my peers on Wednesday May 24, 2017 to help facilitate the Ontario Bar Association’s program: Advanced Environmental Law Practitioner Roundtable: The Legal Landscape Following Midwest, Crombie And Huang Experienced members of the environmental bar will … Continue reading
I was delighted to help judge the 2017 Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot. Thanks to my colleagues at Willms & Shier for inviting me back and congratulations on organizing another successful competition. The moot was held once again at Ontario’s … Continue reading
I was delighted to to join the roster of speakers at Hazmat Management Magazines’ Remediation Technology Seminar at the Mississauga Convention Centre in Mississauga today., The seminar provided an overview of new developments in remediation technology in Canada and discussed how new regulations will … Continue reading
I will be speaking at “The Six-minute Environmental Lawyer”, to be held by the Law Society of Upper Canada at the Donald Lamont Learning Centre, 130 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON on Thursday October 20, 2016. I will join a faculty of my peers who will speak on … Continue reading
We are pleased to publish this guest post from our friends and colleagues at the Calgary office of McLennan Ross LLP, where the authors: Gavin Fitch, Q.C. is a partner and Marco Baldasaro is an associate. The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench … Continue reading
We reported in our post: Ontario Court of Appeal Extends D&O Personal Liability for Corporate Contamination to Civil Actions in January, on the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in Midwest Properties Ltd. v. Thordarson The case was an action by a landowner for … Continue reading
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