Jonathan’s Jots

As society changes, courts struggle to adapt. Trial courts (through the advocacy efforts of counsel) will sometimes create a new tort in their written decision in a civil litigation case. Usually they will do that in conjunction with their decision regarding other, well established torts. For example, a trial court

This interesting case has failed to lead to any learned legal articles in the trade papers that I have seen and I must say; I am shocked.   The background to the case is that a wife thought her husband was cheating on her (oldest story in law). She hired

I would like to comment on an interesting recent Ontario case involving the intersection of 3 areas of law:   Employment law Defamation law Public policy/procedural law     The case is Joshi v Allstate Insurance. Ms. Joshi sued Allstate for alleged wrongful dismissal and included some claims in lawsuit

There is a showdown pending at the Law Society of Ontario that mirrors two opposing philosophies that one can see from watching geopolitical events around the world. The establishment folks, whom one might loosely call the Obama or Trudeau social engineering types, who have, over time, created a large staff

I have had a chance to review the new restriction buried in the CDSA about having the Health Canada analyst attend at the preliminary inquiry to testify about his/her sampling methods. I was shocked that there was no case law about when a judge at a pre-hearing should order such

You may have seen us on TV lately! We wanted to share our feature in a collaborative commercial that was put together by our local Business Improvement Association, the Hyde Park BIA. We hope you enjoy this theatrical extension, and please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have a