Personal Injury
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March 03, 2025
No duty to inform: Ontario Court confirms no obligation to notify excluded drivers
When it comes to excluded driver endorsements, the Ontario Superior Court has made one thing clear: what you don’t know can still count against you. In its recent decision in Brown et al. v Paudash et al., 2024 ONSC 2960, the Superior Court confirmed that an excluded driver endorsement remains valid even if the driver was never notified of the exclusion.
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February 28, 2025
Nova Scotia court approves $2.1 million settlement in Dell data breach class action
A Halifax law firm has announced court approval of a $2.1 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against computer giant Dell Canada and parent Dell USA over a 2018 data breach.
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February 28, 2025
Nova Scotia planning update of human rights commission
Nova Scotia’s government is planning an upgrade of the province’s human rights commission in a bid to make it more accessible and “responsive” to the public.
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February 28, 2025
SCC rules Métis Nation’s pursuit of overlapping lawsuits against Saskatchewan not abuse of process
The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed 9-0 that a legal challenge by the Métis Nation–Saskatchewan to provincial permits that allow a company to explore for uranium on land to which the Métis claim Aboriginal title in Saskatchewan is not an abuse of process and may go ahead, notwithstanding that the Métis have also launched other lawsuits involving similar issues against the province.
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February 27, 2025
Justice Minister quashes murder conviction, finds possible miscarriage of justice in decades-old case
Citing the emergence of new information, federal Justice Minister Arif Virani has ordered the retrial of Roy Allan Sobotiak, who was convicted in Edmonton 34 years ago of second-degree murder in the 1987 disappearance of Susan Kaminsky, whose body has never been found.
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February 27, 2025
CBSA launches new operation to target fentanyl and other synthetic narcotics
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced the launch of "Operation Blizzard," calling it a targeted cross-country initiative to intercept fentanyl, synthetic narcotics and other illegal contraband arriving in and leaving Canada.
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February 27, 2025
Field Law welcomes five partners, two counsel
Lee Carter, Carolyn Paterson, Pat Robinson and Matt Vernon, based in Calgary, and Paul Kolida, in Edmonton, have been promoted to the position of partners while Don Blackett and Karen Wiwchar named counsel at Field Law., according to an announcement on the firm’s website.
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February 27, 2025
Settlement versus trial: Making an informed decision
Personal injury claims arise when an individual suffers harm due to another party’s negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct. These claims often involve physical, emotional and financial distress for the injured party.
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February 26, 2025
Hosel rockets: When sport becomes tort | Michael Cochrane
The United Kingdom’s St. Augustine’s Links describes itself as Kent’s most welcoming golf course. I’m not sure Mr. Castle felt that way as he drove his taxi alongside the 13th hole in 1922, especially when an errant golf ball smashed through his windshield, blinding him in one eye. Was the ball one of the then popular $12 a dozen “C” Colonel’s advertised as “leaves the club with a click and a delightful feeling”? We know not. What we do know is that, while the course felt bad, they explained those types of errant shots happened all the time, especially — ahem — on the 13th hole. Castle sued.
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February 26, 2025
Federal Court strikes $100M class action against Canada over its handling of COVID-19 pandemic
The Federal Court has dismissed a proposed $100-million class action lawsuit against the federal government over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.