On November 9, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled that the proposed cooperative capital markets regulatory system (Cooperative System) is constitutional. The unanimous decision opens the door to a proposed...more
On September 5, 2018, in Lavender v. Miller Bernstein LLP (Lavender), the Court of Appeal for Ontario (Court of Appeal) overturned a lower court decision that an auditor had a duty of care to its client’s clients. In doing...more
In a decision released on April 17, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) overturned the Québec Court of Appeal’s judgment in Theratechnologies Inc. v. 121851 Canada Inc. (See our July 2013 Blakes Bulletin: Statutory...more