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avril 15, 2021

Canada Announces New Pathway to Permanent Resident Status for Essential Workers

In an effort to fast-track Canada’s post-COVID 19 economic recovery, on 14 April 2021, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced that an innovative pathway now exists to permanent resident status for over 90,000 essential workers and international graduates who are actively contributing to Canada’s economy. To be eligible in the first category, workers […]
avril 15, 2021
Ritchie v Castlepoint Greybrook Sterling Inc: Exculpatory Clauses in Pre-Construction Agreements of Purchase…

By Philippe Guiton & Selena Saikaley

If you take a drive around Ottawa, you’ll see one development project going up after another. Whether it’s a new subdivision in Kanata, or a new…

mars 26, 2021
Firm Hires Back all Four Articling Students

Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall is pleased to announce that all four of our Articling Students have been hired back as full-time Associates with…

mars 11, 2021
Federal Court of Appeal: A Corporation Must be Represented by Counsel in Tax Appeals

By Alanna T. Mar

After a series of conflicting decisions from the Tax Court of Canada on the issue of non-lawyers representing corporate taxpayers in General Procedure…

mars 5, 2021
Recent Update to Ontario’s Standard Form Lease for Residential Tenancies

By Selena Saikaley

Since April 30, 2018, landlords and tenants entering into residential tenancies must use Ontario’s standard Residential Tenancy Agreement (“Standard…

février 24, 2021
Celebrating the Past, Visualizing the Future

By Anthony P. McGlynn

Perley-Robertson, Panet, Hill & McDougall LLP/s.r.l. opened its doors and commenced providing legal services to its clients officially on January 1st,…

février 22, 2021
Diagnostics update: Subject matter eligibility in Canada

By Wendy Lamson

Helping you streamline allowance Personalised medicine shows tremendous promise in revolutionizing the way we diagnose and treat disease.  However, in…

février 18, 2021
Supreme Court of Canada to Review Settlement Agreements in Family Law

By Alison Boyce

Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada granted the application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in Sylvia H.C.C.…

février 18, 2021
Gotta have (good) faith: The Supreme Court clarifies the duty of good faith in contracts

By Bryce Dillon

Pursuant to recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada there are two separate but related aspects of the duty of good faith, both of which arise in…

février 17, 2021
Changes to Canadian Privacy Legislation

By Brianna Mayes and Selena Saikaley

Canada’s Privacy Act[1] is over 35 years old and is long overdue for an update. Given the technological shifts and societal changes over the years, the…

janvier 6, 2021
Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall is Pleased to Announce New Firm Partner

Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP/s.r.l. is pleased to announce that John Siwiec has joined the Firm’s Partnership. John is a lawyer in the…

novembre 17, 2020
Building the Bridge over Troubled Waters: Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan in the wake of the United States…

By Warren L. Creates

On 30 October 2020, the Honourable Marco Mendicino, the Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced the 2021-2023 Immigration…

octobre 30, 2020
Partner & Trademark Agent named Co-chair of IPIC-McGill IP Courses Committee

OTTAWA, October 29, 2020 – Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP/s.r.l. is pleased to congratulate Partner & Trademark Agent, Richard Whissell…