The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to appeal in Antrim Truck Centre Ltd. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario, a case that is expected to provide clarity about the law of nuisance, particularly in cases where the social utility of the defendant’s activity is arguably very high…. → Read More
Category Archives: Construction and Real Estate
Subscribe to Construction and Real Estate RSS FeedOCA to Consider Jurisdiction of Superior Court Over Construction-Related Claim Against Municipality
Posted in Class Actions, Construction and Real Estate, TortsSummary The OCA will soon decide whether the Ontario Superior Court, as opposed to the Ontario Municipal Board, has jurisdiction over a claim by a class of failed businesses against a municipality for damages flowing from a local construction project. Decision The case involved a construction project by the City of Toronto and the Toronto… → Read More
Will Your Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act Superpriority Still Be that Super once the Scheme of Collocation is Drawn Up?
Posted in Bankruptcy & Debt, Construction and Real Estate, Financial ServicesIn the context of an arrangement plan pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, a financial institution was granted a superpriority on all moveable and immoveable debtors’ assets following an additional $2,150,000 loan to the debtor, in order to allow it to complete some construction projects it had already started and for which it already owed… → Read More
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