Quiz: Navigating Franchising Leasing Agreements

With franchisors and franchisees involved, lease agreements can get fairly complicated. In many situations, it’s not immediately obvious where obligations lie, or whether a clause will be harmful or helpful. […]

OSC Finds Mining Disclosure Misses the Mark

On June 27, 2013, the Ontario Securities Commission (the “OSC”) published OSC Staff Notice 43-705 Report on Staff’s Review of Technical Reports by Ontario Mining Issuers, which sets out the […]

Identifying CCDC contract pitfalls to avoid

Partner Glenn Ackerley is quoted in this article. An excerpt is below, please click here to read the entire article. Contracts provided by the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) possess […]

WeirFoulds welcomes H. Scott Fairley

We are pleased to announce that H. Scott Fairley, has joined our litigation practice. Scott is an experienced litigator with recognized expertise in public and private international law, constitutional and […]

Prevent Estate Battles

No matter how well someone crafts her estate plan, ex-spouses, disgruntled business partners, estranged children and misguided family members can still challenge her wishes. Estate professionals must anticipate such backlash. […]

Canada picks Pecman

WeirFoulds partner Nikiforos Iatrou is quoted in this article regarding the hiring of John Pecman as the new commissioner of competition.