Personal Property and Securities Law

In September 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a trilogy of decisions involving the application of Quebec’s Consumer Protection Act fee disclosure rules to credit card agreements.

KBA Canada Inc. v. 3S Printers Inc., Coast Mountain Aviation Inc. v. M. Brooks Enterprises Ltd., CFI Trust v. Royal Bank of Canada, Lemare Lake Logging Ltd. v. 3L Cattle Co., Royal Bank of Canada v. Atlas Block Co. Limited, GMAC Leaseco Corp. v. Jaroszynski, Wells Fargo, N.A. v. Best Theratronics Ltd.

Article written by Hovsep Afarian of McCarthy's Legal Opinion Group deals with determining the date from which the limitation period begins to run in a contract case based upon anticipatory breach.

Fifth Third Bank v. O’Brien RBC v. Samson Management & Solutions Ltd. et al Coast Mountain Aviation v. M. Brooks Enterprises Ltd. CIT Financial Ltd. v. Mike Closs Logging Ltd. Scott and Pichelli Ltd. v. Eveley International Corp. Puratone Corp. (Re) Re: Bock inc. 2013

Proposed Amendments to the Ontario Payday Loans Act will have consequences for lenders and lessors.

Eagle Eye Investments Inc. v. CPC Networks, 2012;; Hav-A-Kar Leasing Ltd. v. Vekselshtein, 2012;; Wynndel Lumber Sales Ltd. v. Shukin, 2013;; Monical v. 0793545 B.C. Ltd., 2013; Ted LeRoy Trucking Ltd. (Re), 2012

Sun Indalex Finance; LLC v. United Steelworkers, 2013 SCC 6, on appeal from 2011 ONCA 578

The Jobs and Growth Act, 2012 (Canada) was passed in December 2012.

1258917 Ontario Inc. (417 Truck Centre) v. Daimler Truck Financial 2012; Chrysler Financial Service Canada Inc. v. Misner, 2012; CNH Capital Canada Ltd., v. Diamond 4 Holdings Ltd., 2012; KBA Canada Inc. v. 3S Printers Inc., 2012...

A great service has been done for the profession and our creditor clients by Associate Chief Justice Rooke of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench in his 188 page analysis of the various types of arguments raised by these vexatious litigants.