Publications

Shantona Chaudhury explains the current state of the law on settlement privilege, and the significance of the clarifications that the Supreme Court of Canada brought to this area of the

In January 2015, the Court of Appeal released its highly-anticipated decision in Moore v. Getahun. The case was a medical malpractice action that occasioned great interest from the civil litigation

A “rapid fire” review of key civil appeal decisions in 2013. Read More

The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in Clements v. Clements’ (1) can be described, with a pinch of poetic licence, as part requiem, part resurrection. The requiem is for

This paper aims to answer one question: what does waiver of tort allow a plaintiff to recover? While the approach outlined in this paper is not settled law (there is

Perspectives on being a first-year lawyer from Shantona Chaudhury. Although Paul J. Pape is unlike many lawyers, most – if not quite all – Shantona’s words of wisdom will be

In a January 2010 decision, Rosenhek v. Windsor Regional Hospital, 2010 ONCA 13 (“Rosenhek”), the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a trial decision awarding over 3 million dollars to a