Blockchain Comes to Town
Last week CargoX launched its CargoX Smart B/L™ blockchain product [...]
Forwarders Face Increased Risk from Switch Bills
Several organizations, including WCA and iContainers, have warned forwarders about [...]
1st Train Reaches Churchill MB
Readers will recall that Omnitrax LLC, the owners of the [...]
Crisis in Cameroon: Conversation with Felix Nkongho
On October 25th Lawyer's Rights Watch Canada and the Law [...]
FIATA Proposes Best Practices in Demurrage and Detention
The Working Group - Sea Transport of the Fédération Internationale des [...]
Applicants successful in Bill 5 Challenge
Justice Belobaba of the Ontario Superior Court issued judgment today [...]
FMC Interim Report on Detention + Demurrage
On 5 March 2018 the FMC announced a fact-finding investigation [...]
Join Gavin Magrath at CIFFA’s 70th Anniversary Conference
Please join me at the CIFFA 70th Anniversary Conference – [...]
Gavin Magrath joins as counsel to Rocco Achampong in Bill 5 Application
We are pleased to announce that Gavin Magrath has been [...]
AMPs Penalties? Call your lawyer!
Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) feature prominently in the enforcement of [...]
Unions Serve Canadian Pacific with Strike Notice
18 April 2o18 - Two unions representing Canadian Pacific Railway [...]
All Three Rail Workers Acquitted in Lac Megantic Trial
In the early morning hours of 6 July 2013 a [...]
Global Affairs Canada creates Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise
On 17 January 2018 the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International [...]
Limitation period for Excessive Force Claim runs from dismissal of Charges
On 7 December 2017 the Ontario Court of Appeal handed [...]
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada at SCC for TWU vs LSUC
On 30 November and 1 December LRWC attended at the [...]
Gavin Magrath quoted re Churchill MB and Omnitrax
Gavin Magrath has recently been quoted several times in articles [...]
Service Outside Hague Convention
This appeal considered the validity of service of a Statement of Claim in accordance with The Hague Convention on defendants located in a state that is not a party to that Convention. The Court confirmed that in such states service in accordance with the Ontario rules is sufficient, and that service under our rules does not conflict with the domestic sovereignty of the state in which the defendants are resident.
Canadian Government suspends implementation of Anti-Spam Provisions
The Government of Canada announced earlier this month that the [...]
CBSA Delays e-Manifest Implementation
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) published Customs Notice 17-15 [...]
Canada lifts Sanctions vs Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that [...]
Interim Rules Concern Canadian Drone Operators
While anticipated regulations have not yet been published, the Minister has provided an Interim Order restricting the flight of recreational drones in Canada.
Purolator Stops Accepting Packages as Strike Looms
Purolator Courier announced today that it will not be accepting [...]
Supreme Court Grants Leave in Trinity Western vs LSUC
The Supreme Court today announced that leave has been granted [...]
De-Listing Imminent for 3000 Canadian Non-Profits!
When the Canada Not for Profit Corporations Act (CNCA) came [...]
Dual Nationals Cautioned on US Travel
Executive Order banning entry to US for Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, causes confusion, litigation; risk for dual-citizens.