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. Le Blogue du CRL 2. Great LEXpectations 3. The Treasurer’s Blog 4. Canadian occupational health & safety law 5. Michael Spratt

Le Blogue du CRL
Le recours en rectification d’une réorganisation corporative revu par la Cour d’appel

Dans une décision rendue en février 2025, l’Agence du revenu du Québec et le Procureur général du Canada se pourvoient contre un jugement rendu le 5 juin 2023 par la Cour supérieure qui a accueilli la demande en jugement déclaratoire des intimés pour rectifier une entente intervenue entre les actionnaires pour réorganiser la société intimée, Les Structures G.B. ltée (ci-après « Structures »), pour des raisons fiscales. Structures est une entreprise de fabrication de charpentes d’acier. Une firme comptable reçoit le mandat d’offrir des services comptables, de vérification et de conseils fiscaux à Structures et à ses dirigeants et actionnaires. En 2018, chaque actionnaire possède entièrement ou en partie une société de gestion, chacune détenant plus de 10 % des actions émises comportant un droit de vote du capital-actions de Structures et plus de 10 % de la juste valeur marchande de toutes les actions émises du capital-actions de Structures. Par cette…

Great LEXpectations
Looseleaf Updates – December

Party-and-Party Costs—Liability for Costs—Liability of Successful Party for Costs—In this case before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice the defendant brought a motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ action for delay for failing to comply with a court ordered timetable and for various breaches of the Rules of Civil Procedure (Ont.). The motion judge denied the defendant’s motion but ordered a new litigation timetable peremptory on the plaintiffs. The court then considered the submissions with respect to costs. Based on all of the circumstances and the applicable law, the motion judge ordered that the plaintiffs pay costs of the motion to the defendants in the amount of $4000 all-inclusive. Pokrajac et al. v. The Corporation of the Town of Essex et al, 2025 ONSC 595 (Ont. S.C.J.). …

The Treasurer’s Blog
Law Society presents Honorary LLD to the Honourable Stanley Sherr

At the October 27, 2025 Call to the Bar ceremony in Toronto, the Law Society of Ontario conferred a degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) upon the Honourable Stanley Sherr, who has been instrumental in shaping family and child protection law in Ontario.The Law Society awards honorary doctorates each year to distinguished individuals in recognition of outstanding achievements in the legal profession, the rule of law or the cause of justice.Called to the Bar in 1981, Justice Sherr primarily practised family law. He was a partner at Ulrich and Sherr until he was appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice in 2005.For more than 40 years, Justice Sherr has worked to advance access to justice for children and families. His career has been marked by outstanding achievements in family law and, most importantly, a steadfast respect for the rights of the most vulnerable. …

Canadian occupational health & safety law
British Columbia Supreme Court reaffirms limits of the “changed substratum” doctrine

In LaPlume v. AAA Internet Publishing Inc., 2025 BCSC 2139 the British Columbia Supreme Court reaffirmed the limited scope of the “changed substratum” doctrine. The court upheld a nine-year-old employment contract on the basis that the contract withstood changes to the employee’s role and rejected the employee’s argument that his position had changed significantly. The “changed substratum” doctrine is a common law concept that recognizes that an employment contract may be invalidated due to significant changes to an employee’s role or other key terms of employment. …

Michael Spratt
Why Ford and Downey’s Cash Bail Bill Won’t Make Ontario Safer

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