Corporate Commercial Archives : 2015

R. v. British Columbia (Attorney General) | 1923 CarswellNat 3 | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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Emitting

Podolsky v. Cadillac Fairview Corp. | 2013 CarswellOnt 1405 | Ontario Court of Justice

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Closer

Elliott v. R. | 2013 CarswellNat 2540 | (T.C.C. [General Procedure]

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Legal Wit — Unfortunately Prescient

Perhaps the persons involved in naming the Cranberry Village project were prescient in that cranberries grow naturally in bogs.

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The sale of a golf course under receivership was approved by the Court, in opposition to the wishes of the first mortgagee, who wanted to redeem the first mortgage.

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Phrase of the Week - Chain Link Fence

Stone Mills (Township) v. Rebel Scrap Metal Inc. | 2013 CarswellOnt 3078 | Ontario Court of Appeal

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This month’s post features a potpourri of legal issues stemming from the ever-growing world of the internet: an overview of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), a brief look at cyberbullying and harassment, and an examination of crimes against computers systems including hackers, mischief, malware and spyware.

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Phrase of the Week - Corporate Identification Doctrine

Livent Inc. (Receiver of) v. Deloitte & Touche | 2014 CarswellOnt 4365 | Ontario Superior Court of Justice [Commercial List]

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In Reckitt Benckiser LLC v. Jamieson Laboratories Ltd., the Federal Court applied the tri-partite test and granted an interlocutory injunction to restrain Jamieson from selling essentially the same product into the same channels as Reckitt Benckiser’s registered trademark.

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This post looks at Ontario landlord and tenant law, focusing on tenancy agreements, financial issues like security deposits, post-dated cheques and automated payments, the validity of “no pets” clauses, and assigning and subletting.

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Modified Objective Test

Higginson v. R.T.D. Enterprises Ltd. | 2012 CarswellBC 2560 | British Columbia Supreme Court

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Legal Wit — The Limits of Fairness

I do not think that it lies well in the mouth of the unsuccessful party whose evidence was found to be lacking to complain that the party opposite did a more thorough job marshalling its resources.

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