Monday’s Mix

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.

This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. À bon droit 2. Avoid a Claim 3. Michael Geist 4. Barry Sookman 5. Eloise Gratton

À bon droit
La solution à la difficulté pour le promettant-vendeur d’intenter une action en passation de titre serait-elle l’injonction interlocutoire?

Nous avons traité ce matin des grandes difficultés qui attendent un promettent-vendeur qui intente une action en passation de titre et des enseignements de la Cour d’appel dans l’affaire De Chanteloup c. St-Laurent (2021 QCCA 90). La solution à ces difficultés – notamment l’absence de consignation du prix de vente – serait-elle l’obtention d’une injoncton interlocutoire forcant le promettant-acheteur à déposer les fonds en fidéicommis? Selon l’Honorable juge Horia Bundaru dans l’affaire IMP Group Limited c. Satys Aerospace (2025 QCCS 1842), ce serait le cas. …

Avoid a Claim
Ontario Small Claims Court limits increased to $50,000

As of October 1, 2025, the Small Claims Court claim limit increased to $50,000, up from $35,000 set in 2020 ($25,000 previously). The change is intended to provide the public with quicker and more affordable Court based dispute resolution for claims up to the new $50,000 limit. The government has also indicated that claims commenced in Superior Court will be able to transfer to the Small Claims Court branch of the Court if it falls within the monetary threshold. …

Michael Geist
Government Reverses on Bill C-2: Removes Lawful Access Warrantless Demand Powers in New Border Bill

The government today reversed course on its ill-advised anti-privacy measures in Bill C-2, introducing a new border bill with the lawful access provisions (Parts 14 and 15) removed. The move is welcome given the widespread opposition to provisions that would have created the power to demand warrantless access to information from any provider of a service in Canada and increased the surveillance on Canadian networks. The sheer breadth of this proposed system was truly unprecedented and appeared entirely inconsistent with Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. That was the immediate reaction when the bill was tabled in June …

Barry Sookman
Tiktok Privacy Decision: A Major Compliance Warning

You may be in for an unpleasant surprise when you read the September 23, 2025 findings of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) in PIPEDA Findings # 2025-003. The decision, issued jointly with the OPC counterparts in Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta involving Tiktok, is easily the most significant privacy enforcement action in Canada in years. It provides important guidance on what the federal and provincial privacy commissioners (the “Offices”) expect under privacy laws including with respect to minors and to obtain consents to collect and use personal information. …

Eloise Gratton
2e Conférence annuelle sur la protection de la vie privée – Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Montréal (21 octobre 2025)

L’équipe Respect de la vie privée et gestion de l’information du bureau de Montréal, a le plaisir de vous inviter à sa 2e Conférence annuelle sur la protection de la vie privée – Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt S.E.N.C.R.L./s.r.l. qui se tiendra le mardi 21 octobre 2025 à 9 h, dans nos bureaux de Montréal, suivie d’un lunch de réseautage. Cette demi-journée réunira des membres de notre équipe ainsi que des experts de l’industrie et conseillers juridiques expérimentés pour aborder les enjeux pratiques et juridiques au Canada …

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