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Worker misclassification is an ongoing issue in many workplaces and industries. Both provincial and federal employment standards legislation include prohibitions...

When defamatory statements are alleged to have been transmitted internationally via social media, the question of where to start a lawsuit is often a key issue.

In collapsing real estate markets, buyers who fail to complete a purchase may face liability vastly exceeding any deposit they may have paid.

In collapsing real estate markets, buyers who fail to complete a purchase may face liability vastly exceeding any deposit they may have paid. In most cases, the seller will be...

"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."

While the discovery of misdescriptions as to the size of a property or unpermitted renovations may allow a buyer to terminate a purchase transaction, that is not always the case.

In addition to acting on purchases and sales, real estate agents may be engaged to find tenants for their clients. The services provided in this regard can include listing the rental property and vetting potential tenants.

A claim for title by adverse possession can grant property rights to a non-owner of land resulting from their use or occupation of the lands over an extended period of time.

Major home construction projects involve a substantial investment of time and money. There is typically a high amount of stress involved for homeowners over the scope of the work to be performed...

As we discussed in a previous blog, an easement may become abandoned as a legal right as a result of prolonged lack of use.

Cases arising out of the 2017 market correction in the Greater Toronto Area continue to result in decisions favouring innocent sellers and substantial damages awarded against defaulting buyers.

When properties are owned by two or more persons, situations may arise when one of the owners wishes to sell the property contrary to the wishes of the other. The Ontario Partition Act provides a way for joint...

In a professional negligence claim, a plaintiff must establish not only that a defendant breached the applicable standard of care but that the breach was the factual cause...

The doctrine of adverse possession remains alive and well in Toronto despite the conversion of most properties into the Land Titles registry system many years ago.

Owning a condominium unit that can be leased for short-term vacation rentals can be exciting.

Ioannidis v. Ioannidis, 2022 ONSC 3942 (CanLII), is a cautionary tale of siblings who owned an investment property without a written partnership or trust agreement.

Motor carriers will be intimately familiar with the limits of liability for cargo damage and loss. Across Canada, the uniform rules of carriage generally provide for a limit of liability of $2 per pound...

The Canadian National Railway Company applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency under subsection 98(2) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C. 1996, c. 10...