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, […]
In Barresi v.Jones Lang Lasalle Real Estate Services [2018] O.J. No. 2161, Jones induced Barresi away from a competitor to become Jones’ Ottawa Lead’. The […]
In Trezzi v. Trezi [2019] O.J. No.6308, the deceased Peter, who owed a construction company, throw the cat among the pigeons in death, by deciding […]
In Rogers Communication Inc. v. Voltage Pictures LLC [2018] 2 SCR 643, Brown J., for the court, cites Alberta (Treasury Branches) v. Leahy [2000] ABQB […]
1068754 Alberta Ltd. v. Québec (Agence du revenu), 2019 SCC 37 (CanLII) Executing judgement is always the hardest part. Canada has five big banks, most […]
In Rogers Communication Inc. v. Voltage Pictures LLC [2018] 2 SCR 643, Brown J., for the court, cites Alberta (Treasury Branches) v. Leahy [2000] ABQB […]
D.S.B. Systems Ltd. (c.o.b. Safelink Security) v. Kastem Security Solutions Ltd., [2019] O.J. No. 5751 Bauco was the senior manager of D.S.B. Systems, which […]
Fraud continues to be the big factor in granting (and continuing Mareva injunctions). Fraud needs to be pleaded. The Ontario Superior Court in Trade Capital […]
The Most recent Mareva Injunction cases in Ontario (Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Assn. v. Atkinson, [2019] O.J. No. 3410) is the classic case of a […]
Bronson Consulting Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), [2019] O.J. No. 6142 Bronson Consulting lost a $200M Visa call center tender contract. Bronson set out to […]
It is rare for a judge to reject a family law settlement reached between parties represented by counsel. Counsel take it as almost a […]
When passing away comes into contemplation, all sorts of family dynamics come into play. In Orpin v. Littlechild (2011) ONSC 7695, old Mr. Littlechild was having difficulties […]
Most people know that they have to fill out the census form. Not many people see statisticians as police officers but the Statistics Act contains […]
Everyone has an insurance policy. You never turn your attention to it until it’s too late. Then you are told that the thing you thought […]
Reference re Environmental Management Act (British Columbia), 2019 BCCA 181 (CanLII) Is Trudeau going to get that pipeline through British Columbia? Everyone is aware […]
Why do people act through corporations? The main reason for operating through a corporation is to avoid personal liability. This legal instrument has propelled the […]
In the case of Thomson v. Thomson [1994] 3 SCR 551, 17 year old Amanda Thomson married Paul in 1991 and has a child in […]
