On February 11, 2018, Janet Lunau sat as a volunteer Judge for the U of T Cup, an undergraduate mooting competition that drew competitors from universities across Ontario and Quebec. The moot required competitors to address questions of freedom of religion and the Crown’s duty...
On February 2, 2018, Malik Martin sat as a volunteer judge for the Julius Isaac Alexander Diversity Moot. The Annual Koskie Minsky Diversity Moot Competition began in 2008. In 2012, the moot was named after the late Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal, Julius...
On January 30, 2018, Rueters LLP partner Sara Erskine presented at The Advocates' Society workshop "Cross-Examination: Strategies for Success" in Toronto. Other speakers included the Honourable Justice Julie A. Thorburn, Eric Hoaken, and Marie-Andree Vermette....
Robert Rueter has been named a "Benchmark Litigation Star" in the 6th edition of Benchmark Canada, the Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys. Now in its 11th year of publication, Benchmark exclusively covers the litigation and disputes market in North America, covering the US, Canada and Mexico. Benchmark Canada provides extensive coverage...
Rueters LLP partner Sara Erskine has been named a "Benchmark Litigation Future Star" in the 6th edition of Benchmark Canada, the Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys. Now in its 11th year of publication, Benchmark exclusively covers the litigation and disputes market in North America, covering...
Rueters LLP was named "Contributor With Most Reader Response In Canada" in December 2017 for Shannon Bennett's article "Trial Proceedings Conducted Outside the Territorial Jurisdiction of the Court." Shannon's article discusses the Ontario Superior Court decision Rueters LLP lawyers obtained in Borrelli v. Chan, 2016 ONSC 4953, which allowed...
In May 2016, Rueters LLP lawyers Robert Rueter and Malik Martin successfully obtained leave to appeal to the Divisional Court from a decision of the Superior Court of Justice concerning the Court’s power to grant Mareva injunctions against non-resident defendants, the requirement that a party...
Complex commercial litigation often involves evidence from witnesses in multiple jurisdictions. Effective trial strategy in such cases can require special procedures enabling the evidence of foreign witnesses to be put before the trial court wherever the witnesses may be located. This article examines recent developments...
Robert Rueter was quoted in Precedent Magazine's article on Rueters LLP's 2nd Anniversary Party, which was held at Stratus Restaurant in downtown Toronto-- “Our lawyers are professionals who fight hard for our clients in sophisticated litigation, but we respect all the lawyers we work with and...
Barry Weintraub gave an update at a conference in Ottawa on November 3, 2017 to assembled lawyers from Justice Canada and the Canadian Bar Association National Environment, Energy & Resources Law Section on the enforcement of foreign judgments in Canada against subsidiaries of multinational judgment...
