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April 17, 2018 – In Douglas v. Stan Fergusson Fuels Ltd., 2018 ONCA 192, the Court found that an insurer could not pursue a subrogated claim in the name of its bankrupt insured unless it obtained a court order authorizing the action in its own name or used the provisions in the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act to acquire the bankrupts rights...

March 18, 2018 – Innovative new applications, rapidly increasing computing power, and faster communication between computers, devices and sensors are having the effect of quickly eroding individual privacy. People have increasingly lost their ability to determine and regulate their own individual zone of personal privacy. While most people expect to maintain control over what personal information about them becomes...

March 18, 2018 – Individuals of prominence and power across all industries and institutions have recently been thrust into the spotlight by claimants claiming to have been sexually abused. While the public nature and sheer number of allegations being brought today against movie directors, actors, sports doctors and politicians is perhaps a new phenomenon, sexual abuse litigation has been...

March 18, 2018 – Mitch Kitagawa is this year’s recipient of the Gordon F. Henderson Award.  Presented by his legal peers from the County of Carleton Law Association, the award is given each year to a lawyer who has made a significant contribution to the welfare of the community by performing charitable services on behalf of the community. Read more