Breakfast With Appeal: The Michelin Guide edition

What’s Breakfast without a little culinary flair? Join the Breakfast with Appeal panel for a special seating on February 26, when they’ll be serving up an array of interesting cases. Read the full menu below:

Light bites:

• We charge for no-shows. In Canada Life Assurance Company v. Aphria Inc., the Ontario Court of Appeal held that a commercial landlord faced with a fundamental breach of contract by a tenant may insist upon the performance of the lease, and may sue for ongoing rent even if the tenant attempts to repudiate the lease.
• The healthy option. In Sanis Health v. British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada held that it is constitutionally permissible for the province to authorize a multi-Crown class action against opioid manufacturers, marketers and distributors—a decision which may open the door to similar class actions for a broader array of health wrongs.
• No alterations. In Galderma Canada Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), the Federal Court of Appeal admonished the Patented Medicines Review Board (PMPRB) for overreaching in its attempt to regulate an off-patent medicine, in a decision that underscores the limits of administrative decision-making bodies.
• Sorry for the wait, folks. In Barbeiro v. Pollack, the Ontario Court of Appeal, overturning its own prior decision in Langenecker v. Sauvé, ruled that the passage of time can constitute sufficient prejudice to dismiss an action for delay, concluding that class actions are not immune from dismissal due to delay.

Full Canadian breakfast:

• Can we see the “Kits” menu? In Kitsilano Coalition for Children & Family Safety Society v. British Columbia (Attorney General), the B.C. Court of Appeal struck down provincial legislation adopted to expedite rezoning for an affordable housing development, ruling that, in passing the legislation, the province unconstitutionally interfered in the legal process.
• Waterfront location. In Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation v. South Bruce Peninsula, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that 2.2 kilometers of Sauble Beach coastline rightly belong to the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation, after having been unfairly excluded from reserve lands in a treaty that surrendered the Saugeen Peninsula to the Crown.

This session will be presented in English.

Time: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. ET Presentation
8:30 a.m. ET Webinar opens

Ontario: This program is eligible for 1.0 Substantive hour.

Be sure to check out the other sessions in this series over at torys.com/webinars.