Kornfeld LLP Updates

* An abbreviated version of this article is published in the Advocate Jan 2022 Use and Abuse of Certificates of...… Keep Reading

This paper outlines the ways in which tracing may be employed by plaintiffs to recover funds or other property. Tracing...… Keep Reading

Security for Costs: Defending a legal action can be an expensive process, even where a defendant is ultimately successful in...… Keep Reading

The Supreme Court of Canada has opened the door more widely to consumer class actions in a case which follows...… Keep Reading

PDF version is available here The key functions of executors are to call in the estate assets, to manage them...… Keep Reading

A seemingly counter-intuitive process has just come a bit closer to being the final law of Canada. We often act...… Keep Reading

The Supreme Court of Canada, in a recent decision favouring freedom of speech, has ruled against a claim that assumed injury to groups of...… Keep Reading

On January 10, 2011, the British Columbia Securities Commission (the “Commission”) overturned the proxy solicitation process employed by the Mutual...… Keep Reading

Thanks to Richard Sehmer for his assistance with this article On November 29, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released...… Keep Reading

In the preparation of this article, the assistance of articled student Richard Sehmer is gratefully acknowledged.  You may recall that,...… Keep Reading

Two recent appellate decisions make it harder for companies to resist certification of class action lawsuits. A critical threshold for...… Keep Reading

New guidelines assist insiders in reporting derivative-based transactions in which they are able to monetize their equity without simultaneously transferring… Keep Reading

For print version, click here This article is published in the Verdict, a publication of the Trial Lawyers Association of...… Keep Reading

The BC Securities Commission issued reasons on Thurdsay, April 8, 2010 for its recent decision not to enter the fray of a...… Keep Reading

This is the fourth and final post in a series of posts on this subject. The full version of the...… Keep Reading

This is the third in a series of posts on this subject. The full version of the article was published...… Keep Reading

  This week award-winning Mario’s Gelati and related businesses commenced litigation to recover devastating economic losses sustained as a result of alleged...… Keep Reading

This is the second in a series of posts on this subject.  The full version of the article was published...… Keep Reading

Print version available here. This article was published by the Institute of Corporate Directors in its Journal and as a...… Keep Reading