Service Area: Commercial Litigation

Specific performance refers to the Court-ordered remedy that the parties must proceed with completing a real estate transaction. The recent Court of Appeal decision of[...]

Does Ontario’s Construction Act allow a trust claim to be joined with a lien claim? Until recently in Ontario the answer has not been clear.[...]

Both in my commercial and employment litigation practice, I encounter Ontario business owners faced with serious charges laid against them under the Provincial Offences Act[...]

In Ontario, the Small Claims Court offers parties a more expedient, cost-effective process for litigating smaller value claims, in comparison to the processes of the[...]

In today’s episode, Director’s Liability, host Cheryl Gerhardt McLuckie talks to her colleague, Commercial Litigation lawyer Chris McLeod.  They discuss directors liability, piercing the corporate veil, statutory liability, and civil liability under Section 99[...]

The recent Superior Court decision of Leis v Lee (2021 ONSC 3683), which involved dueling oppression applications by two shareholders, provides guidance as to how[...]

I am an associate and a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group and Estate Litigation Group. My practice is exclusively focused on litigation matters,[...]

The 2021 Court of Appeal decision in Republic Developments Inc. v Butt demonstrates when the Court of Appeal will grant a stay of a decision[...]

The recent Court of Appeal decision in Kearns v Canadian Tire Corporation Limited examined when a settlement is enforceable in cases of mistake, specifically when[...]