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Does an assignment agreement give a right to an interest in a property? Under the terms of many assignment agreements, the party agreeing to assign their interest to someone else (the assignee) relinquishes their right...

Disputes between neighbours over property boundaries and rights-of-way are often messy and fraught with charged emotions as each party asserts their respective claims.

A dispute between neighbours over a strip of land between their properties no wider than 21.9 centimetres resulted in years of litigation supported by no less than ten affidavits.

Chang Jiu Chen, the Appellant in the December 20th 2022 decision of Chen v Brookfield Residential (Ontario) Limited[i], signed an agreement of purchase and sale for a condominium unit in 2017.

Expert witnesses have a fundamental duty of independence and impartiality towards the parties in litigation. If a proposed expert is inextricably tied to the facts at issue in the case...

In cases where a buyer fails to complete the purchase of a property, they may try to argue that it was the seller who was in breach of the agreement due to missed deadlines.

Sales of new condominiums and townhouses may sometimes allow a buyer to move into a unit on an "interim occupancy date" which may be several months before the purchase is scheduled to be finally completed.

Under the Ontario Land Titles Act (the “LTA”), a transfer of property may be removed from title if it is determined to be a “fraudulent instrument”.

The Landlord and Tenant Board's recent decisions in Farooqui v. Toronto Luxury Suites, 2025 ONLTB 46458 and Al-Jabar v. Star International Luxury Suites and Properties Inc., 2026 ONLTB 2375 (not on CanLII) clarify...

The Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA") is changing how it assesses and collects duties and taxes on commercial goods imported into Canada.

On April 16, 2024, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland ("Freeland") – then the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance – tabled "Budget 2024: Fairness for Every Generation"...

The City of Toronto has implemented a new annual tax on vacant residences, payable beginning in 2023.

The use of artificial intelligence by lawyers to conduct legal research appears to be a runaway train. Notwithstanding the widespread reporting of several cases in which even highly regarded international law firms...

In a recent case, the Tax Court of Canada was faced with deciding if the taxpayer's investment in a Hollywood film was "make believe" or real.

The decision of West York Sales and Leasing Inc. v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, 2025 ONSC 3845 is a recent interesting case in the Superior Court of Ontario dealing with coverage under fleet...

A Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decision examines the consequences when a litigant uses artificial intelligence tools to create a fraudulent court transcript containing 39 discrepancies from the certified record. The case explores how courts balance access to justice against protecting the integrity of legal proceedings when AI is deliberately misused to mislead the court and prejudice opposing parties.

The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, has responded to the unsettling levels of mobility in the province...