Supreme Court provides important clarification on interpretation of exclusion clauses in contracts governed by Sale of Goods Act: Earthco Soil Mixtures Inc. v. Pine Valley Enterprises Inc., 2024 SCC 20
The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in Earthco Soil Mixtures Inc v Pine Valley Enterprises Inc. [1](the “Earthco Decision”) provides clarification for parties seeking to limit or contract out of statutorily implied obligations under Ontario’s Sale of Goods Act […]
Giving the “thumbs up” to contractual acceptance
Compared to other forms of communication, authors of text messages tend to prefer brevity. Why use more words when less words will work? Better yet, why use words at all when an emoji can accurately deliver a message? This kind […]
Environmental Law 2022 – Canada: Trends & Developments
Chambers Global Practice Guides, p. 52-63
Bryan Buttigieg, Adina Georgescu, Darin Hannaford and Christie McLeod are contributors for the 2022 edition of Chambers Global Practice Guides: Environmental Law. Their chapter highlights trends and developments across Canada including COVID-19 adaptations, the increased focus on ESG, the response […]
What triggers the running of a limitation period in Alberta? The applicability of Grant Thornton LLP v. New Brunswick
Last year, in Grant Thornton LLP v. New Brunswick, 2021 SCC 31, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified the law on discoverability of a civil claim under New Brunswick’s limitation legislation. This ruling has significant impacts on defining the start […]
Environmental Law 2021: Trends & Developments
Bryan Buttigieg, Adina Georgescu, Darin Hannaford and Christie McLeod co-author the Trends & Developments – Canada chapter in the Chambers and Partners Environmental Law 2021 Global Practice Guide. The chapter highlights current national developments on trending topics like climate change, […]
Alberta’s new impaired driving laws
The Provincial Administrative Penalties Act (the “Act”) came into force on December 1, 2020. The Government of Alberta has stated the purpose of the Act is to simplify its existing impaired driving programs and strengthen its impaired driving laws. The […]
