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Please join us as we present The Advocates' Society Medal to Bryan Finlay, Q.C., WeirFoulds LLP.
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Posted on 2019-02-16 Parties may now request a chambers appointment on Toronto civil cases. Chambers appointments take place before a Judge for 15 minutes at a date and time to be fixed by the Judge...
Posted on 2019-02-16 For initial bail applications and detention and bail reviews the Criminal Proceedings Rules for the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario), provide for affidavits to be filed along with the material in support of the application two clear days before th
Posted on 2019-02-16 The Federal Court has issued a Notice to the Parties and the Profession to clarify the Court's expectations regarding informal requests for interlocutory relief...
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