Written by Nick Noonan One of the more intriguing pandemic-related pieces of jurisprudence had surprisingly little to do with business law, but is worth profiling nonetheless, given its unique nature. The case (two cases in the same matter, heard a year apart because...
Written by Nick Noonan, JD, LLM This case is a COVID-19 related dimension of Manitoba business law. In Aleshka v. Fettes et al., 2021 MBQB 14, there was a complex legal dispute involving an alleged settlement agreement between several parties, Carmyn Aleshka and Greg...
Written by Nick Noonan In the case of Prairie Risk Management Inc. v. Marsh Canada Ltd. et al., the plaintiff, Prairie Risk Management Inc. (PRM), alleged that the defendant, Marsh Canada Ltd. (Marsh), had engaged in a series of unlawful activities that resulted...
Written by Nick Noonan In Maes et al. v. Western Warner Oil Ltd. et al., the case unfurled a mix of complex allegations and counterclaims involving an investment in Western Warner, a small oil and gas company based in Alberta. The central figures in this drama...
Written by Ty Schmidt In the recent decision of Tron Construction (Re) (2022 SKKB 203), the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench determined that a claims process for builders’ lien claims can be established through a single-proceeding model under the Bankruptcy and...
Written by Ty Schmidt A recent summary judgment from the Alberta Court of King’s Bench, Savanna Well Servicing v Cleo Energy, has added to the body of jurisprudence stating that, when a contract’s terms clearly supersede any previous negotiations, unfulfilled verbal...
Written by Connor Jonsson Leaving false and malicious negative online reviews can make a reviewer liable for defamation, as is illustrated by this recent case. Here, a family lumber business was recently awarded $90,000 in damages after successfully claiming...
Written by Connor Jonsson How should ongoing bankruptcy proceedings be handled once debts have been resolved through a subsequent CCAA process? In a recent decision from British Columbia, EncoreFX Inc. (Re), 2023 BCSC 39[1], the province’s Supreme Court...
Written by Ty Schmidt Can a court, in light of section 89 of the Indian Act,[1] place an on-reserve business into receivership? No, confirmed the Ontario Court of Appeal in the recent decision of Bogue v Miracle.[2] Under s. 89, all assets on reserve lands are...
Written by Ty Schmidt In the recent case of Aubin v Quantiam Technologies Inc(2022 ABCA 288), the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld the case management judge’s decision to enforce a minority shareholder’s security interest in a corporate owner’s shares in a corporation....