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When an employee misrepresents their academic credentials on their resume, can an employer terminate them for cause? This case examines whether false claims about possessing an MBA degree constitute sufficient grounds for dismissal without notice, and explores the boundaries of trust and honesty in the employment relationship.

When multiple guarantors share liability for a debt and one pays more than their proportionate share, can they recover the excess from co-guarantors? This analysis examines the equitable Right of Contribution among joint and several guarantors, exploring how much can be claimed, limitation periods for recovery, and whether contractual indemnities provide additional protection beyond common law remedies.

March 2020 will live in our memories forever. It is the month that, among other things, the world panicked, that governments issued emergency orders to shutdown non-essential businesses, and that workplaces which could do so transitioned to accept work-from-home business models.

The Ontario Land Titles Act ("LTA") provides that a registered mortgage that is determined to be a fraudulent instrument is void and may be deleted from title.

Civil contempt is a procedure that is used to ensure that a court order is obeyed.

The use of handguns can result in a person being seriously injured or killed. Accordingly, there has been much public debate about whether gun manufacturers should be held liable for the misuse of a handgun...

We have written several blogs about the use of fakes cases by lawyers to support arguments made in court. Among those blogs is the one published this week by my colleague, James Cook...

The tokenization of real-world assets has evolved from experimental pilots to production-grade financial infrastructure, with major institutions like BlackRock, HSBC, and Goldman Sachs driving adoption. As tokenized assets surpass $30 billion globally, Canadian institutions face the critical question of how to implement tokenization within existing securities, payments, and prudential frameworks rather than whether to adopt it at all.

Finality is an important concept in law. Finality provides certainty to the meaning of the law and ensures that the legal process is not endless.

The April 2025 Canadian federal election was a close contest, with a handful of electoral districts not determining a winner until the votes in the last ballot box were counted.

In general, ordinary consumers of goods and services are viewed as a vulnerable class.

This case involved a landmark transfer pricing dispute in which the Canada Revenue Agency (the "CRA") reassessed the taxpayer for additional income of CAD$483,431,713 for the years 2003-2006 ...

A margin account permits an investor to borrow money from a broker in order to buy more securities than an investor would otherwise be able to purchase with their own capital.

Lawyers are expected to act honestly when providing legal services to a client. A lawyer who acts dishonestly breaches the trust of their client, brings the administration of justice into disrepute, and exposes the lawyer to regulatory discipline and potential disbarment. Accordingly, dishonesty is a serious allegation which adjudicators must carefully consider before rendering judgment.

Planning For Trusts Faced With The 21‐Year Deemed Disposition Rule

In the past few months, I have written a number of blogs about court decisions involving City Councillors. The courts and other processes available to hold politicians accountable...

Although politicians continue to be targets of defamation actions, politicians also continue to knock them out under Ontario's anti-SLAPP legislation.