limitation periods

Why won’t environmental consultants stand behind their work?

June 12, 2009 13:20

Why won't Canada's environmental consultants stand behind their work?Post from: Saxe Environmental Law News Related posts:Engineer’s Negligence A surprisiNegligent Engineers - is the Public Protected? Who shouldGiving the MOE False Information? An environCanada’s major environmental...

Why won’t environmental consultants stand behind their work?

Dianne Saxe
June 12, 2009 13:20

Why won't Canada's environmental consultants stand behind their work?Post from: Saxe Environmental Law News Related posts:Engineer’s Negligence A surprisiNegligent Engineers - is the Public Protected? Who shouldGiving the MOE False Information? An environCanada’s major environmental...

C.A. Confirms that If Principal Claim Prescribed, So Are FLA Claims

November 28, 2008 22:05

In a very brief decision, the Court of Appeal today said, in Godoy v. 475920 Ontario Ltd., that “if the principal claim is statute-barred the derivative claim under the Family Law Act is also barred”. Here, the principal claim was subject to the limitation period under s. 38(3) of the...

C.A.’s Applies “Litigating Finger” Test to Add Defendants After Expiry of Limitation Period

November 18, 2008 02:33

In June, the Court of Appeal laid to rest a dispute that had persisted for more than four years: do courts still have the power to allow defendants to be added to actions after the expiry of the limitation period, on the basis of “special circumstances”? In a pair of r...

Limitation Period for MVA Pecuniary Claims Follows That of Non-pecuniary Claims Says Superior Court

October 15, 2008 17:59

Hard on the heels of the Court of Appeal’s decision in Grewal v. Ivany, released last Friday, Mr. Justice Paul Perell has delivered reasons in Ng v. Beline that address one of the issues considered in Grewal: in personal injury claims arising out of motor vehicle accidents, are claims for ...