Does an online review by an upset customer relate to a matter of public interest? How much harm arising from negative online reviews is sufficient to outweigh the public interest in protecting freedom of expression? These issues are central to the anti-SLAPP analysis in Benchwood Builders, Inc v Prescott, 2025 ONCA 171, leave to appeal granted.
The SCC has granted leave to appeal the decision in Arcamm v Avison Young, 2024 ONCA 925. The Court is expected to determine whether contributory fault governs the apportionment of damages arising from breach of contract, and to provide, for the first time in over a decade, renewed guidance on realizing the culture shift envisioned in Hryniak v Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7.
In Kosicki v Toronto (City), 2025 SCC 28 [Kosicki], a narrow five-to-four majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) granted a Torontonian couple possessory title to a municipally owned strip of land in their backyard. Although Kosicki clarifies the law of adverse possession, the divided judgment reveals challenges in reconciling the common law with […]