For many people, Susan Heyes is something of a folk hero. Ms. Heyes is the proprietor of Hazel & Co., a woman’s clothing store formerly located at the corner of 16th Avenue and Cambie Street in Vancouver. Like many other businesses located along the Cambie Street corridor, Ms. Heyes’ business was adversely affected by the construction of the rapid transit Canada Line ...
The court process in Canada’s two western most provinces have much in common. Prominently, new Rules of Civil Procedure has come into effect in both British Columbia and Alberta in the last 8 months. Rules of Civil Procedure, often called Rules of Court, establish the procedures by which lawsuits are commenced and proceed in the superior courts of each province.
In British ...
On October 28, 2010, a panel commissioned by the Ontario Attorney General delivered its report, recommending that the province enact legislation to address so-called strategic litigation against public participation or “SLAPP” suits. The panel was chaired by Mayo Moran, the dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. According to the government’s press ...
When Liverpool players take to the pitch, they are greeted by a chorus of cheers as tens of thousands of Liverpudlians sing “You’ll Never Walk Alone” - the Club’s theme.
In the last 2 months, however, it was the form, tactics and results of lawyers off the pitch which had Liverpool supporters most vocal. To try and do justice to football pundits, it would go something ...
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. is a film production company that originated in Vancouver and is best known for producing the “Saw” horror films and the popular television drama “Mad Men.” Recently however it has been involved in its own high stakes corporate drama that has been playing out in B.C. Supreme Court.
Reminiscent of the movie “Wall Street,” the ...
The repercussions of the first Gulf War have now made their way to the courts of Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada has recently weighed in on whether Kuwait Airways Corp. ("KAC") could enforce in Canada a C$84 million judgment against the Republic of Iraq.
In 1990, Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait. Iraq ordered its national airline to appropriate aircraft and equipment ...
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