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Koskie Minsky LLP acts as counsel to the Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA), which is the regulator for new home builders and vendors in Ontario.  Demetrios Yiokaris and Katherine Ferreira recently succeeded in having the license of Albion Building Consultant Inc. revoked after a week long hearing. This decision recently received positive media attention from

On March 14, 2023, the Ontario Ministry of Finance released its long-anticipated consultation paper on the regulatory framework intended to govern target benefit plans, “A Permanent Framework for Target Benefits.”  The proposal can be accessed online at https://www.ontariocanada.com/registry/view.do?postingId=44107&language=en. BACKGROUND In 2007, the Ontario government introduced temporary funding measures, permitting multi-employer pension plans that satisfied prescribed

Koskie Minsky LLP is pleased to announce that 18 of the Firm’s lawyers were chosen by their fellow professionals to be listed in the 2023 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory compiles lists of outstanding professionals by conducting peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their

Kirk Baert was voted as one of the 2023 Leading Legal Practitioners across Canada based on an extensive peer survey process. The identification of leading practitioners and firms is based upon a comprehensive annual survey, ongoing since 1994. The selected lawyers have been recommended by their law firm leaders. They are acknowledged as leaders in

Lyons v Deputy Head (Correctional Service of Canada), 2022 FPSLREB 95 On November 21, 2022, the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (the “Board”) released its decision in Lyons v Deputy Head (Correctional Service of Canada), 2022 FPSLREB 95. This decision follows the Board’s previous ruling in Lyons v Deputy Head (Correctional Service

To review the news articles, please click on the links below: Thorneloe appeals denial of $9.8M claim against Laurentian – Sudbury.com Thorneloe shouldn’t be held responsible for mismanagement at LU, court hears – CTV News Laurentian has ‘path forward’ after 1st phase of restructuring, but can’t rest on laurels, court hears – Sudbury.com Laurentian created ‘manufactured crisis’

We are excited to announce that Nancy Shapiro has been selected by her peers as one of Post City Magazine’s Top Lawyers in the GTA. She, and the other winners, are featured in the November issue of Post City Magazines. Nancy Shapiro has over 20 years of experience and is recognized by Lexpert, Best Lawyers and

The right of workers to collectively bargain, which includes the right to strike, is the bedrock upon which Ontario’s labour relations regime has been built since the end of the Second World War. The gains unionized workers have made through the collective bargaining process over the decades has improved the working lives of unionized and

  On October 31, 2022 the Ontario government introduced Bill 28 (“Bill 28”), the Keeping Students in Class Act. The Bill involves a broad and aggressive legislative attack on the constitutional rights of workers to engage in collective bargaining. Bill 28 arrived in the midst of ongoing bargaining between the government and education workers represented by

Demetrios Yiokaris, a Partner in the Litigation Department, successfully defended a real estate lawyer in a fraud and conspiracy matter.  The Ontario Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal of a June 2021 decision that found a real estate transaction, which concluded unfavourably for the appellant, was not due to fraud or conspiracy on the