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Mareva Injunctions: Freezing Assets to Protect Your Legal Rights
Fraud is rampant in today's market. The Civil Justice provides some tools for an innocent party to hold the fraudster to account. One of...
Daniel Ebady
Jan 93 min read
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Real Estate Market Notes: Open Building Permits Can Give Buyer the Right to Terminate
In real estate purchases, a buyer should ensure they have performed sufficient due diligence so there are no unfortunate surprises once...
Daniel Ebady
Sep 5, 20222 min read
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What happens when a Purchaser does not Close on a Residential Real Estate Transaction?
Every few years the residential real estate market takes a tumble after a considerable increase in price. If you are caught in the midst...
Daniel Ebady
May 9, 20224 min read
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Setting Aside a Trust: McGoey (Re), 2019 ONSC 80
Trusts are invariably used by individuals and entities to conceal who the true owner of the property is and is usually asserted by the...
Daniel Ebady
Feb 12, 20223 min read
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Using the Interim Order for Preservation: Rule 45.01(1)
Rule 45.01(1) allows litigants to obtain an interim Order on any property in question in a proceeding or relevant to an issue in a...
Daniel Ebady
Aug 5, 20213 min read
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Mortgagor’s Right To Redeem After Commencement of Power of Sale Proceeding and Court Action
The common law is rich in cases of mortgagees (lender) and mortgagors (borrower) dueling it out against each other when the mortgagor...
Daniel Ebady
Apr 14, 20213 min read
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Setting-off Against Trust Funds under Construction Act
A recent case reminds us that setting-off against trust funds in accordance with the Construction Lien Act/Construction Act is a bit more...
Daniel Ebady
Mar 23, 20213 min read
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Municipalities banning Hookah Lounges: 2386240 Ontario Inc. v. Mississauga (City), 2019 ONCA 413
Hookah bars or lounges have become relatively popular in the past several years. Some municipalities have cracked down on these types of...
Daniel Ebady
Mar 22, 20212 min read
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Rolling Limitation Periods! Marvelous Mario's Inc. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co., 2019 O
Background In October 1999, there was a moth infestation in the appellants’ factory. The infestation interrupted the business, of which...
Daniel Ebady
Mar 22, 20214 min read
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Tricky Limitation Periods and Real Estate Course?: Irps-Bleeker v. Van Gaalen, 2019 ONCA 592
Facts The appellant sues her real estate agent for inducing her to sign a counter-offer and presenting the counter-offer to the purchaser...
Daniel Ebady
Mar 22, 20212 min read
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Due Diligence Gone Wrong: Environs Wholesale Nursery LTD. v. Environs Landscape Contracting LTD
Background The appellant accepted a conditional offer to purchase the respondent’s business assets. The offer provided for a due...
Daniel Ebady
Mar 22, 20212 min read
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Breaching party’s gain not a requirement for loss of benefit damages in a breach of contract
The Ontario Court of Appeal overturned a motion judge’s decision not to reward a loss of benefit to a purchaser for a breach of contract...
Daniel Ebady
Mar 22, 20212 min read
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