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In an unusual Ontario decision, the court was faced with a case in which a homeowner had purported to transfer a half-interest of his Toronto Islands home to an adult adoptee. 90-Year-Old Adopts 58-Year-Old In 2017, the owner of a home in the Toronto Islands legally adopted an adult man. At the time … Read more »

We have been closely following Canadian cases in which commercial tenants have attempted to get out of their commercial leasing obligations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the related shutdowns, in many cases citing force majeure clauses.  More recently, the Quebec Court of Appeal examined a case i … Read more »

In a recent Ontario decision, buyers in a real estate deal were ordered to pay a real estate agent commission for the purchase of a property based on unjust enrichment, despite the fact that the parties had never signed a Buyers Representation Agreement (“BRA”). In the real estate business, relation … Read more »

In a recent Ontario decision, a company running two restaurants in a Toronto hotel sued the hotel after it terminated the parties’ relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. Hotel Signs Agreements to Open Two Restaurants on Premises In 2017, an Ontario company signed a Food and Beverage Ser … Read more »

This week, the Ontario Government announced that the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 will come into force on October 19, 2021.  The legislation, which was first introduced in 2010, provides a modern legislative framework for Ontario’s not-for-profit corporations and is intended to reduce the b … Read more »