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A government does not give up its sovereign immunity simply because it owns a majority interest in a commercial airline. In Bombardier Inc. v AS Estonian Air, 2013 ONSC 3039, the Superior Court of Ontario held that it lacks jurisdiction over the Republic of Estonia (the “Republic”) in a claim accusing its government of wrongful Read more...
The Court of Appeal for Ontario in the recent case of El Dali v. Panjalingam, 2013 ONCA 24, affirmed two important principles that often arise in municipal defence cases: (1) a driver who crosses the centre line and is involved in an accident, is deemed at fault absent evidence to the contrary, and (2) the Read more...
The Ontario Government has published the amendments to Ont. Reg 239/02 – Minimum Maintenance Standards for Municipal Highways. The Regulation came into force on Friday, January 25th, 2013. Ont. Reg. 47.13 is available here. The following is a “consolidation” that we have prepared, showing the new language in red font. It is not the “official” Read more...