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In Assoc. de médiation familiale du Québec c. Bisaillon, et al. In Bombardier inc. c. Union Carbide Canada inc., 2014 CarswellQue 3600 (S.C.C.) ("Union Carbide"), a unanimous Supreme Court of Canada determined that a confidentiality clause in a commercial mediation agreement will generally not displace the common law exception to the rule that settlement discussions are inadmissible, and found that evidence about what had happened during a mediation in this case was admissible to prove that a settlement had been reached

"It's a 'claim'!" . . . "No! it's a 'declaration'!" . . . "No! it's a 'prelude'!" . . . "No! it's a 'gateway'!" . . . I don't know what it is - but it ain't a Limitation Period

Kyle v. Atwill, 2020 CarswellOnt 10337 (C.A.) - Feldman, Zarnett, and Brown, JJ.A.

A Helpful Summary on Interim Distributions of Property

Nelson v. Woodward, 2020 CarswellBC 645 (S.C.) - Schultes J.

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