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[...]

This episode is an intersection between environmental law and construction law.  Host Cheryl Gerhardt McLuckie speaks with colleague Brett Hodgins, a member of Commercial Litigation[...]

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[...]

I practice exclusively in civil litigation, where I focus on contract, construction and commercial disputes, as well as litigious estates, and employment disputes. I act[...]

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[...]

An earlier blog reviewed the usefulness of contractors’ and suppliers’ trusts, available under section 8.1 of the Construction Act. However, a new decision by Ontario’s[...]

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[...]