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Jun
01
2010
Criminal
In addition to some federal and provincial laws dealing with criminal acts, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) has its own provisions governing bankruptcy offences. These offences mostly deal with the bankrupt’s conduct during the bankruptcy. How does the BIA deal with offences under the Act? This was discussed in Re White, a 2010 decision of the Bankruptcy Registrar.
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01
2010
Vendor’s lien
A vendor’s lien allows an unpaid vendor to claim an interest in land, even without a mortgage in the vendor’s favour. However, the vendor may still have priority problems. The priority issue was discussed in Hosseini v. Salerno 2010 CarswellOnt938 (SCJ).
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01
2010
Waiver of Tort
Have you ever heard of it? Aside from some cases out of England and the occasional article, neither had we. However, it has now been dealt with, at least peripherally, in Aronowicz v. Emtwo Properties Inc. (2010), 64 BLR (4th) 163 (Ont C.A.).
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