The original article is posted on lawtimesnews.com. You can read the article here. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice said Trillium Motor World Ltd. is entitled to $28,745,304 in damages against Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP and said Cassels Brock is responsible for the administration of the settlement in a class action suit. […]
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September 20, 2018 – Margaret Waddell comments on compensation for public health insurers in class actions
The original article is posted on AdvocateDaily.com. You can read the article here. A recent Saskatchewan court decision is significantly improving the way public health insurers are compensated in class-action lawsuits, says Toronto class-action lawyer Margaret Waddell. […]
August 2, 2018 – Margaret Waddell comments on Soulpepper settlement
The original article appeared in the Globe and Mail on August 1, 2018. Visit the original article here. A quiet end to Canadian theatre’s first brush with #MeToo The civil suits between Soulpepper Theatre Company, Albert Schultz and four actors who alleged the former artistic director of Toronto’s largest not-for-profit theatre company was a “serial […]
July 30, 2018 – Can the Royal Winnipeg Ballet get past its #MeToo moment?
The following article appeared on macleans.ca on July 30, 2018. Visit the original article here. In 2015, before sexual assault complaints against American film producer Harvey Weinstein gave rise to an avalanche of #MeToo revelations, a flood of allegations from underage dancers surfaced against an instructor at Canada’s most prestigious ballet company. […]
July 4, 2018 – Former Winnipeg ballet students allege intimate photos sold by photographer
The following article appeared on CTV News on July 4, 2018. Visit the original article here. TORONTO — A judge has ruled that a class-action lawsuit can proceed against the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and a photographer who is alleged to have taken intimate photos of students. Lawyer Margaret Waddell says about 60 people have been […]
May 2, 2018 – Iranian activist awarded defamation damages after anonymous web harassment
The following article appeared in the Canadian Lawyer on May 2, 2018. Visit the original article here. An Iranian LGBTQ activist based in Germany has been awarded damages by a Canadian court for egregious defamations, after the judge ruled that the defendant was most likely responsible for anonymous web posts. Shadi Amin, otherwise known as Soheila […]
January 25, 2018 – Lawyer wonders if new corporate accountability watchdog will have teeth
The following article appeared in the The Lawyer Daily on January 25, 2018. Visit the original article here. The government’s announcement to establish an ombudsperson to investigate allegations of human rights abuses linked to Canadian corporations working abroad comes with no timeline on when the role will be filled and active. “The intention is to […]
December 13, 2017 – Guatemalan women take on Canada’s mining giants over ‘horrific human rights abuses’
The following article appeared in the The Guardian on December 13, 2017. Visit the original article here. On the 20th floor of an office tower in the heart of Toronto’s financial district, Irma Yolanda Choc Cac’s bright pink embroidered blouse and handwoven skirt contrasted with the suits of the lawyers around her as she detailed […]
November 27, 2017 – ‘New era’: Canadian mining industry closely watching three civil cases alleging human rights abuses
The following article appeared in the National Post on November 27, 2017. Visit the original article here. A trio of civil cases winding through the courts signal a breakthrough in efforts to hold Canadian-based mining companies accountable on home turf when they’re accused of violations abroad, human rights and legal observers say. Historically, Canadian judges […]
April 2, 2016 – Guatemalan Women’s Claims Put Focus on Canadian Firms’ Conduct Abroad
The following article appeared in the New York Times on January 25, 2018. Visit the original article here. LOTE OCHO, Guatemala — Her husband was away in the fields, she said, when the truckloads of soldiers, police officers and mining security officials arrived. A half-dozen armed men swarmed into her one-room house, blocking her exit […]