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Apr
03
2014
Interference
We have previously discussed the tort of unlawful interference with economic relations (see newsletter of December 2010). The Supreme Court of Canada has finally put all of the controversy to rest in a scholarly decision in A.I. Enterprises Ltd. v. Bram Enterprises Ltd. (2014). Rather than give you an entire analysis of the case, we will give you the bare bones rules that arise from the decision.
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03
2014
Capital
Your client, a small prospective tenant, requests you to review the landlord’s suggested lease – just in case something in it is really bad. The tenant then presents you with a 60-page, single-spaced lease on 8.5×14″ paper and asks how much your review will cost. You wonder why it is necessary for landlords to use quite so many words, but, as is apparent from Parsons Precast Inc. v. Sbrissa (2013) 36 R.P.R. (5th) 1 (Ont C.A.), incomplete leases can result in unexpected consequences.
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01
2014
Reciprocal
We often see situations in which one party breaches a settlement agreement, but then tries to hold the other party to it. One such occasion was outlined in Re Dilollo, a 2013 Ontario Court of Appeal decision.
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