Menziesbank Corp. assisted in the implementation of a matrimonial settlement. The Court of Appeal for Ontario granted leave to appeal to the creditors who claimed a solicitor’s lien and a salvage lien in relation to services rendered or money lent to the bankrupt taxpayer.

This post examines the general principles behind the interpretation of contracts, and an overview of the burden of proof for construction and interpretation.

Aetna Financial Services Ltd. v. Feigelman | 1985 CarswellMan 379 | Supreme Court of Canada

I confess to finding the situation rather surreal — one, indeed, that would have excited the admiration of Lewis Carroll.

In 1947 that irreverant sage George Bernard Shaw made this observation: To expect an average farmer to be not only a sower and a reaper, but an agricultural chemist, an accountant, a meteorologist, a veterinary expert, a merchant, a financier and a resident housekeeper all united in a single Admirable Crichton is ridiculous; yet this is our practice.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.