interpretation of penal statutes (R. v. Carson, 2019 ONCA 396 (CanLII)
Bruce Carson was a senior advisor to Stephan Harper. Carson resigned in 2009 and immediately took up the position as executive director of Canada School […]
Bruce Carson was a senior advisor to Stephan Harper. Carson resigned in 2009 and immediately took up the position as executive director of Canada School […]
1427814 Ontario Limited v 3697584 Canada Inc., 2012 ONSC 156 (CanLII) 142 is the leading case exemplifying mortgagee negligence in the sale process. one of […]
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 […]
Korman v. Korman 2015 ONCA 578 is an example of the Court of Appeal correcting a trial judge’s mis-reading of evidence and his mis-interpretation of […]
THE EFFECT OF BILL C44(2014) AND BILL C51(2015) ON THE INTELLIGENCE LANDSCAPE The background context In December 2007, CSIS agents applied to the federal […]
s.248 of the Ontario Business Corporations act is an all-purpose review provision that gives Ontario superior court judges significant discretion to determine when a particular […]
Perell J. (in Armanasco v. Linderwood Holdings Inc. 2016 ONSC 1605) rejects an injunction request by a mortgagor against a mortgagee sale. Inevitably the mortgagor […]
Perell J., who wrote The Law of Civil Procedure in Ontario, has made yet another determination against enjoining a mortgagee from selling under power of […]
In 2496582 Ontario Inc. v. Duca Financial Services, 2018 ONSC 3749 (CanLII) Corthorn J. was asked on June 5 2018, to grant an injunction, against […]
Crescent(1952) v. Jones is a case where Palmer sells his company (Crescent) to Jones. Palmer agrees to continue to work for Jones during a transition […]
