Mahmoud Mohammad stormed an El-Al plane in 1968, threw grenades and was convicted of manslaughter. His buddies in the PLO stormed another El Al plane […]
In 30724453 Nova Scotia Company v. 1623242 Ontario Inc., 162 was the mortgagor and 307 was the mortgagee of a commercial property (an old non-functioning […]
There is no little irony in that Markus Koehnen (now Superior Court Judge), was both quoted by Cote J. in the unanimous supreme court of […]
The oppression remedy can be used to impose personal liability against a party involved in the oppression. Because personal liability runs counter to the long-established […]
Drake v. Goodwin 2019 ONSC 2865 is the latest derivative action case in Ontario. The details are explained elsewhere. Suffice it to say, the Divisional Court […]
Beatty v. Wei, 2018 ONCA 479 (CanLII), Beatty sold a house to Wei. Apparently unknown to Beatty, the house had been a grow-op sometime in […]
In Beatty v Wei and ReMax [2018] ONCA 479, Brown J.A. reversed the motion judge on whether a seller’s warranty needs to be true at […]
Most lawyers remember Central London Property Trust Ltd. v. High Trees House Ltd. [1947] 1 KB 130. It was the case that introduced ‘reliance’ into contract […]
A comment on minimum conditions of personal service Everybody knows that they have to serve the opposing party. There are numerous examples where service fails […]
Bosnali v. Michaud [2019] O.J. No. 2337 is a perfect example of the plaintiff holding out for too much and ultimately getting nothing. Bosnali was […]
There were 17 Ontario cases on derivative actions in 2019. Possibly the most important is Drake v. Goodwin [2019] OJ No. 2543 Drake and Goodwin, […]
In Saint John(City) v. Irving Oil Co [1966] SCR 581, Irving Oil, owned a gas station on land that the City of Saint John lawfully […]
In Minister of Citizenship and Immigration v. Vavilov [2017] FCA 132, we have mom and dad, Russian spies, who had once spy around in Canada, […]
