Highlights from this week's Houlden & Morawetz Insolvency Newsletter

Highlights from this Month's Securities Law Newsletter.

Quiring v. Ontario (Director, Ministry of the Environment) (2013) | 2013 CarswellOnt 583 | Marcia Valiante (Member)

"Alice in Wonderland in comparison looks like a normal regime."

Streeper Contracting Ltd. v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia (2013) | 2013 CarswellBC 545 | Fenlon J.

"[I]t would be at least counterintuitive for a “base” or “pedestal” to be more prominent than what it is supporting."

The definition betrays the age of the by-law which was passed in 1963.

In other words, these groups or individuals seek to avoid income tax obligations without any proper legal foundation.

[The secured creditor bank] says that the Debtor and its related corporation ... (the “Related Party”) were involved in a scheme [similar to the commonly known scheme of “cheque kitting”] whereby cheques drawn against the [bank] account were matched by fictitious deposits of cheques drawn on the Related Party's account.

[CRA] bulletin 1C73-21R9 ... [which] seems to be implicitly contending that “meal” and “lunch” are two different concepts ... [was] simply incorrect.

Following a controversial year in hockey, many of the legal issues surrounding the sport have been pushed to the fore. On the occasion of the hotly-anticipated 2013 NHL playoffs, here is an overview of the law governing professional sports. This post highlights the following topics: the ownership, financing, and management of teams |sports broadcasting; the application of the Competition Act to professional sports | labour relations and players’ associations |the promotion and protection of personality | and the owner of trophies.

• ... in 16 Am. Jur. Proof of Facts 273: “Computers may be defined as systems of machines that process information in the form of letters, numbers, and other symbols, and that are selfdirecting within predetermined limits”.