Personal Property and Securities Law

On September 4, 2018, Ontario’s Court of Appeal released its much anticipated decision in the case of Solar Power Network Inc. v. ClearFlow Energy Finance Corp., which provides a clear statement on the legitimacy of using annualizing formulas in commercial financing arrangements.

What is an accelerator, incubator and eco-bator and which is most appropriate for your start-up?

Summaries of Taylor's Towing v. Intact Insurance Company, Intact Insurance v. 2229152 Ontario Limited, Dalcor Inc. v. Unimac Group Ltd., Canada v. Callidus Capital Corporation, Canada North Group Inc., Royal Bank of Canada v. Delta, Bankruptcy of Christine Marie Rose Fauvelle, Bank of Montreal v. Linden Leas Ltd., Adebogun v. Canada (Attorney General), Cansearch Resources Ltd. v. Regent Resources Ltd. and Johal v. Nordio

Examining personal liability in the corporate context in the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Wilson v Alharayeri.

Court backs move of trust's residency in Herman Grad 2000 Family Trust v. Ontario (Minister of Revenue) 2016 ONSC 2402

HarbourEdge Mortgage Investment Corp. v. Powell Associates Ltd. (2016), 2016 NBQB 178 6 PPSAC (4th) 266, 42 C.B.R. (6th) 149

Toronto-Dominion Bank v. Konga 2017 CanLII 35122, Trimble, Re 2017 SKQB 59, CIBC v. Marko 2017 ONSC 1113, Royal Bank v. Delta Logistics 2017 ONSC 368, RBC v. Modo 2017 ONSC 1167 and CIT Financial Ltd. v. ICBC 2017 BCSC 641

Recent cases of note (Royal Bank of Canada v. Trang, Hughes, Re, Stawro v. Mayfield Holdings Inc., Fast Labour Solutions (Edmonton) Ltd. v. Kramer's Technical Services Inc. and Sprung Instant Structures Ltd. v. 1064391 Alberta Ltd.)

An overview of recent legislation updates

The Fall 2016 Report of the Council to the Minister has been published by the Minister and comments are due by December 12, 2016. A summary of the recommendations included in the report are set out herein.