Real Estate
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August 07, 2024
Perfect storm means busy time for mortgage enforcement lawyers
Despite the Bank of Canada's (BOC) recent cuts to the overnight lending rate, bellwether signs suggest a looming spike in mortgage enforcement against defaulting borrowers caught in a perfect storm. That has mortgage enforcement lawyers buckling up for action.
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August 07, 2024
Office managing partner announced at Dentons Vancouver
Dentons announced the appointment of Scott Wilson as office managing partner in the firm’s Vancouver office, effective Aug. 1, 2024.
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August 06, 2024
Value of property a key to proving breach of contract
In cases where sellers have failed to complete a binding agreement for the sale of property, the buyers may understandably assume that they have a valid claim for breach of contract. Buyers should nevertheless carefully assess the prospect and evidentiary burden of proving that damages resulted from the breach. A key factor in such an assessment should be the value of the property as of the date of the breach of contract, as demonstrated by the trial decision in 2511899 Ontario Inc. v. 2221465 Ontario Inc., 2024 ONSC 4159.
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August 06, 2024
Edmonton woman sentenced to 12 months in jail for securities breaches
The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) and the Alberta RCMP Federal Policing Integrated Market Enforcement Team (IMET) have announced that an Edmonton woman has been sentenced to 12 months in jail for fraud.
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August 02, 2024
Ontario Court of Appeal upholds decision quashing property assessment based on potential use
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a decision setting aside property assessment of certain commercial buildings based on their potential use, rejecting arguments that the Assessment Review Board had presumed that the current use of the property was its highest and best use.
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August 01, 2024
Esther’s legal odyssey: A call for accessible justice | Alexandar Pavlov
African Muslim women in Canada often face unique legal dilemmas, especially when involved in common-law relationships.
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July 31, 2024
AMPs for securities fraud can be debts released by bankruptcy discharge: SCC
Settling conflicting appellate case law over whether the exemption in s. 178(1)(e) of the federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act enables administrative money penalties (AMPs) and disgorgement orders imposed by a provincial securities regulator to survive a bankruptcy discharge, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled 5-2 that $13.5 million in AMPs imposed by the BC Securities Commission on two undischarged bankrupts for fraudulent securities activity is a debt that can be released by a future discharge in bankruptcy. But it ruled unanimously in addition that approximately $5.6 million in related disgorgement orders would survive any discharge from bankruptcy the pair might obtain in future.
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July 30, 2024
Counsel contend Ottawa’s spate of judicial appointments might make novel constitutional appeal moot
Lawyers who won a groundbreaking Federal Court declaration that recognized a “constitutional convention that judicial vacancies on the provincial superior courts and federal courts must be filled within a reasonable time” contend Ottawa’s appeal should be dismissed as moot if the Trudeau government gets federal judicial vacancies down to the reasonable level set by Federal Court Justice Henry Brown last February.
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July 29, 2024
‘One would think’ people should be very concerned about impact of Ontario Place ruling, lawyer says
People may soon be seeing activity at Ontario Place after a judge rejected a constitutional challenge of legislation to fast-track construction of the controversial redevelopment project.
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July 29, 2024
5 Ontario judicial appointments announced
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced in a July 24 news release the appointment of five judicial appointees in Ontario: Renee M. Pomerance, E. Ria Tzimas, Michelle Flaherty, Brian DeLorenzi and Jacqueline A. Horvat.