Before a wedding ceremony, the parties often enter into a number of contractual relationships with vendors for decorations, entertainment and venue ahead of their "big day". There are a number of legal implications to be considered when unforeseen circumstances arise a...

Emergency Order Has Suspended All Limitation Periods and Procedural Deadlines in Ontario

Amidst the emergence and uncertainty posed by COVID-19, governments and health officials have made the decision to apply appropriate measures for public safety to the Ontario Courts...

Among the several watershed amendments to the Construction Act, such as the prompt payment provisions, longer lien timelines and the establishment of a new adjudication process (for more information visit the Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts), th...

Construction liens are a creature of statute. The Construction Lien Act, RSO 1990, c C.30, gives contractors and subcontractors who perform any work or service or provide materials for the construction or repair of a real property the right to register a lien on title...

A corporation can validly hold an interest in property when it is in existence. A company can be dissolved by a resolution of its shareholders or by an order of the Minister of Finance for reasons such as failure to pay taxes under various acts, file the annual returns...

It is not exactly "reefer madness," but recreational use of marijuana is now legal in Canada since October 2018, and like a hotbox it has left the real estate market feeling a little “dazed and confused”. The Cannabis Act, SC 2018, c. 16, stipulates a strict legal fram...

Summary of Article published in the Alberta Law Review by Jason Brock and Jim Phillips, (2000) 38 Alta L Rev 989 - 1039.

While a commercial lease is a contract for the ongoing use of land, at common law the commercial lease has long been seen to create a...

Child protection proceedings are governed by the Child and Family Services Act [the "Act"]. The Act does not expressly provide party status to foster parents, who are considered to not have a legal interest in the child protection proceedings. 

In this case, the ch...

The action arose out of a slip and fall accident which occurred in December 2011. The estate commenced an action for $500,000 in damages for injuries the deceased suffered when he slipped and fell over a damaged carpet in his residential unit. The action was commenced...

The Ontario Court of Appeal held that the wife who recently learned of her husband’s 10-year affair should not be precluded from seeking a bigger share of family property to reflect the funds he spent for his lover.

Frick v Frick, 2016 ONCA 799, is an important decision...