Growthworks Commercialization Fund Ltd. v. Growthworks WV Management Ltd. 2017 ONSC 5099 On January 13 2017, the ‘Manager’ of a labour-sponsored venture capital corporation, abruptly […]
Lofchik J. in Grayling v Haldimand (County) [2014] O.J. No 239 summarizes that the 3/4 of an inch rule is the starting point for the […]
see more here The bank which negotiates the forged cheque that removes monies from your bank account is strictly liable for that act and for […]
Legault v Bertram [2011] ONSC 879 So the Mortgagee has gotten a judgement against me for $1M which includes all his legal costs up to […]
In Bhasin v Hrynew, [2014] 3 SCR 494, the supreme court of Canada imposed a duty of honest performance in contract. Bhasin has been considered […]
In 2014, the supreme court of Canada introduced the ‘duty of honest performance’ in contract. Beyond being a convenient tool of the moment to allow […]
Struggling to articulate what exactly is wrong with Cromwell’s good faith in contract, the essential failing is that Cromwell embraces a word: ‘honesty’ which is […]
In Bhasin v Hyrnew Cromwell J. said this: [40] This Court ought to develop the common law to keep in step with the “dynamic and […]
In Cromwell J.’s urgent need to ‘update’ the common law of contract to add the hitherto forgotten and neglected principle of ‘good faith’, he saw […]
In order to justify a wholesale application of ‘good faith’ to contract in Bhasin v. Hrynew, [2014] 3 SCR 494, 2014 SCC 71 (CanLII) Cromwell […]
In Bhasin v. Hrynew, [2014] 3 SCR 494, 2014 SCC 71 (CanLII), Hrynew was the producer of educational savings plans. Bhasin was a distributor. The […]
Lakhani v Gilla (2019) ONSC 1727 I sold my e-cigarette company to Gilla Inc. In return Gilla gave me shares in Gilla Inc. and a […]
The Muskrat Falls Hydro Project was a financial mistake. The manner in which the Newfoundland government and its instrument, Nalcor, went about justifying the insistence […]
R. v. Comeau (2018) SCC reinforces the law we all grew up with. You’re not allowed to go over to Quebec to buy your cheap […]
Every Canadian with an investment account knows that you used to lose 30% tax withholding on various investment-dividends from US stocks. This 30% […]
Krayzel Corp. v. Equitable Trust Co., [2016] 1 S.C.R. 273, is an excellent example of how a classic credit situation, when put on […]
