Consider a time when you had a terrible customer service experience while shopping, going to the dentist, or grabbing a bite to eat with some friends.

Defamation actions that involve matters of public interest can be risky because under section 137.1 of the Courts of Justice Act ("CJA") a defendant can move to get the action dismissed at...

"The factual background to this summary judgment motion is a sad story that has frequently been retold in courtrooms across the land with the same tragic ending."...

Often, an agreement to purchase real estate will have a conditional period to allow for various steps to be completed by either the buyer or seller.

At issue was the date to be used to assess the buyer's damages resulting from the seller's failure to complete the transaction.

Due to the high cost of residential real estate in Ontario, many buyers require financial assistance from family members.

Despite courts moving to electronic hearings whereby theoretically a witness could appear virtually from anywhere in the world, provincial statutes still have rules that protect out of provinces...

On February 18, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear the appeal of Canada Life Assurance Company v Aphria Inc. [1] In this momentous hearing, the Court will be asked to decide whether commercial landlords...

A misrepresentation by the seller and real estate agent as to the square footage of a residential property in Stouffville, Ontario resulted in the rescission of the Agreement of Purchase and Sale ("APS") and the return of the $50,000 deposit: Issa v. Wilson.

Rights between co-owners of a property and their lenders are generally subject to the contracts they have made.

Real estate agents often represent co-owners or potential buyers during the course of a transaction and at times they may receive communications from only one of the clients. In such cases, agents should...

Commercial real estate mortgage lenders in Ontario require a comprehensive security package to safeguard their investment. One critical component of this package is the assignment of leases.

Of a capped total of 21 m. Bitcoins, 18.77 m. have been "mined"...

Artificial intelligence has been defined as "the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think and act like humans."

As 2025 draws to a close, the end of the year offers a valuable opportunity for supply chain intermediaries – including shippers, freight brokers, freight forwarders...

In Balogh v. R.C. Yantha Electric Ltd., 2021 ONCA 266 (CanLII), the Court of Appeal for Ontario affirmed that the appellants had no right to cross the respondents' land to get to their otherwise landlocked property.

Living in a condominium requires a balancing of interests between the residents and compliance with the rules and by-laws that govern the community.

On November 29, 2021, I wrote a Gardiner Roberts LLP "Keeping Current" article on the decision in Corporation of the Township of Brudenll, Lyndock and Raglan (Integrity Commissioner) v. Budarick, 2021 ONSC 7635 (CanLII).

Canadian trucking companies and Canadian transportation brokers are always at risk for nuclear verdicts for their operations when they go into the Unites States of America.

This past weekend, despite Ontario's stay-at-home order, there were two major public protests in Toronto. On late Saturday afternoon (May 15th) an estimated crowd of 2,500 to 5,000 people gathered at Nathan Phillips Square...