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This excerpt from the updated Expropriation title examines Canadian law with regards to what may be expropriated

Who can compel the release of a will drafting lawyer’s file in the case of a challenge to a will? The file of a will drafting lawyer is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

Private corporations incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) will need to adhere to new requirements that were introduced in Bill C-86, the Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No.

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This excerpt from the updated Torts title examines Canadian law with regards to champetry and maintenance

To reflect the Ontario Municipal Board’s (OMB) transition to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), westlaw Canada has renamed the Ontario Municipal Board Reports (O.M.B.R.) as the Ontario Municipal Tribunal Reports (O.M.T.R.).

Miller Thomson on Estate Planning - Update on Multiple Wills, Milne Estate (Re), 2019 ONSC 579

This excerpt from the updated Hospitals and Health Care title examines the law in Ontario with regards to consent in the context of relationships between patients and health professionals/health facilities

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Matrimonial Claim Brought Under Guise of Estate Claim The Estate of Lois Jean Davey v.

Plaintiff pharmaceutical company had received four patents for antibiotic cefaclor in 1980's, which were set to expire between October 1999 and July 2000 — In 1996, defendant pharmaceutical company was advised that it would face infringement action by plaintiff if it entered market with generic version of cefaclor — After defendant filed its first notice of compliance for antibiotic in 1997, it began selling its various capsules of cefaclor on Canadian market — In 1998, defendant entered into new contract with company to have cefaclor be made through new process thereby designing around plaintiff's patent by creating cefaclor 2 — Plaintiff brought successful action against defendant alleging that defendant infringed its patents for manufacture of antibiotic cefaclor