Strike Suits, or “How I’m Going to Pay for Law School”

Encana, Talisman Energy, Suncor Energy, Husky Energy, Nexen, Syncrude. All Canadian petroleum companies. More importantly, all publicly traded companies. Strike suits have been long considered nuisance actions, meant to make a quick buck at the expense of the corporation. My proposal is this: purchase shares in oil companies, and then file class actions whenever a […]

7.1(3) – Re: Professionalism

7.1(3): Discussion Question: Is requiring that a report come from a “professional” before it can be relied on in good faith by directors without potential liability as set out in People’s Department Stores Inc v Wise going too far? What are the core justifications for such a requirement of “professionalism”? Very Brief Answer: Simply speaking, […]

What u want, fam?

Two barbers, X and Y, co-own Barbershop Z. Are they co-owners, or are they partners? They call each other partners, so surely that means they’re partners. Wrong. It is my argument that although many of the provisions of the alleged “partnership agreement” do indeed point toward a finding of partnership, a purposive look at the […]