May 2025

Waiver of the Right to Arbitrate Many contracts include arbitration provisions and arbitration agreements, which allow the parties to the contract to agree in advance that some or all disputes that arise out of the contract will go to arbitration, rather than going to court. Arbitration can be an efficient and cost-effective way of dealing...Read More

Ex Parte Injunctions Protect Clients in Urgent Legal Disputes What is an ex parte injunction? An injunction is a court order that either prohibits a party in a lawsuit from doing a specific thing or orders them to do a specific thing. To convince a judge that they should grant an injunction, the party must...Read More

For many Canadian business owners, gathering information about customers forms the bedrock of sustained growth, because such data can inform decisions in a wide variety of areas, like marketing and advertising. Some businesses have subsidiaries, or are themselves subsidiaries of larger corporations, and they may want to share the customer information that they’ve gathered with...Read More

Many contracts contain forum selection clauses, which tell the parties to the contract where legal disputes over the contract will be litigated. For example, a contract between two businesses could say that any litigation arising from the contract must be brought to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Forum selection clauses play an important role...Read More

In both civil and criminal proceedings, court attendance is not always voluntary, especially when someone is ordered to do something they do not want to do. But can a person be forced to attend court or another court proceeding? And what legal framework governs the use of force in these situations? Criminal Context Most people...Read More