Environmental & Resource Law

This title provides a comprehensive review of Ontario’s Conservation Authorities Act and the law surrounding Conservation Authorities. It includes a section-by-section review of the Act, with commentary and case law summaries to assist readers in understanding the legislation, and how it has been interpreted and applied by the Courts and relevant tribunals.

Expropriation is an essential reference for those representing land owners facing possible expropriation and expropriating authorities seeking to acquire land. Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance untangles the complex web of Canada's extradition regime and provides an indispensable guide to the balancing of rights and obligations in dealing with extradition requests and meeting legislative and treaty obligations. Forestry provides practitioners with the necessary guidance to determine the authority responsible for administering forest lands, to navigate the applicable federal, provincial or territorial regime, and to manage and harvest the forest resources on those lands.

This legal treatise provides a comprehensive review of the law of public and private nuisance and strict liability (Rylands v. Fletcher) as articulated and applied in Canadian case law.

This title covers the main issues relating to oil and gas law, such as property interests, conveyancing, oil and gas leases, implied covenants, and pooling and unitization.