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- Mareva (Asset Freezing) Injunctions in Toronto in the COVID-19 Era
At the commencement of the COVID-19 era, the Courts in Ontario (and elsewhere) declared that they were shutting down other than for the hearing of urgent cases. What constitutes an urgent case with respect to fraud cases was not precisely defined. The Ontario Courts published a policy on how to subm … Read more »
- What Fraud Victims Should Know About Recovery from Defrocked Investment Advisors
At our firm, we have handled cases and have ongoing cases wherein the allegations of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and / or negligence were made or have been made against investment advisors who were registered with a professional body such as the OSC, MFDA or IRROC when they first met their clien … Read more »
- What Fraud Victims Should Know about Fraudulent Conveyance Claims
A victim of fraud should be aware of conveyances of property made by those they intend to sue or have sued as often the primary target of their fraud recovery litigation will not have any assets in their name by the time a judgment is rendered. This blog provides some information on what is often re … Read more »
- Coordinating Criminal and Civil Justice as a Means of Recovery for Fraud Victims – Part II
Back in March 2014, we published a blog post titled Coordinating Criminal and Civil Justice as a Means of Recovery for Fraud Victims. In May 2015, our post was republished by the Association of Certified Forensic Investigators of Canada (“ACFI”). The blog post was also the subject of a presentation … Read more »
- Why The Criminal Process is Secondary in Fraud Recovery – Part III Lenient Sentencing where No Restitution or Cooperation
In our prior blog post, Why the Criminal Process is Secondary in Fraud Recovery – Part I – Criminal Search Rights Override Victim Recovery Rights, we summarized the recently released case of R. v. TM, 2019 ONSC 2408, published by the Ontario Courts. The bottom line of that case is that fraud victims … Read more »