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Posted December 19, 2018

A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision expands upon the application of the duty of honest performance in contractual relations. In 2014, the Supreme Court[...]
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Posted November 5, 2018

Minority shareholders should not assume that their interests will always be secondary to the will of majority shareholders. Certainly, in general, majority shareholders carry the bigger[...]
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Posted August 16, 2018

Being named as a defendant and served with a claim in Ontario can be overwhelming, often coming out of left field.  If it is your[...]
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Posted May 14, 2018

In what circumstances will courts “pierce the corporate veil” to hold those who control a corporation personally liable for corporate conduct? Since the 19th century[...]
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Posted May 7, 2018

Ramsay v BCE Inc. The Toronto Small Claims Court recently found that a telephone conversation between an individual consumer and Bell Canada constitutes a legally[...]
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Posted April 24, 2018

The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision of DBDC Spadina Ltd. v Walton (2018 ONCA 60) has created clarity on when corporations can be found liable on[...]
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Posted April 4, 2018

What is the standard of competence that directors must meet in carrying out their duties? Serving as a corporate director in a corporation governed by[...]
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Posted March 28, 2018

When a corporation is a party to litigation in Ontario, a corporate representative is put forward to be examined for discovery on behalf of the[...]
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Posted March 6, 2018

Basegmez v. Akman, 2018 ONSC 812 Recently, the Divisional Court upheld a decision by Lederman J., whereby the court ordered the liquidation of a closely[...]