Finding the City Negligent in Williams v Toronto (City)
In Williams v Toronto, 2012 ONCA 915, the Ontario Court of Appeal explores the relationship between the City and a tenant, Mr. Williams, over loss of rent paid by tenants...
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Credulous Consumers and ‘Strange Collections of Affirmations and Restrictions’: A Case Comment on Richard v. Time Inc.
Generally speaking, advertisers are in the business of making promises. Occasionally, it falls on courts to determine when businesses will be held to the promises they make, even if they...
Chevron Corp v Naranjo: Goliath’s Global Anti-Enforcement Injunction against David
The clichéd David vs. Goliath depiction is one which is often used when describing legal cases. But Ecuador’s Lago Agrio community vs. the Chevron Corporation is one legal battle which...
Intrusion on Seclusion in Jones v Tsige: The Role of Courts, the Value of Privacy, and the Difficulty of Erecting Fences
For over a century, common law courts have grappled with the question of whether or not to recognize a cause of action in tort for invasion of privacy. In 1937,...
