Business Law & Corporate Law
- Contract Disputes
- Contracts, Agreements & Governance
- Draft & Review Agreements
- Incorporating, Partnering & Joint Ventures
- Officer & Director Litigation
- Partnership Disputes
- Personal Real Estate Corporations (PRECs)
- Professional Corporations
- Shareholder Disputes
- Shareholder & Sweat Equity Agreements
- Trade-marks, Patents, Copyrights & Intellectual Property
STATUS CERTIFICATE REVIEW – A Way Out of the Deal?
Last week, one of my clients called to inform me that the sale of his condo unit failed to firm up because the purchaser’s lawyer advised...
NITTY GRITTIES OF FORMING A COMPANY
Registration is very different from incorporation. A company has to incorporate only once, but it has to register to carry on business in any and all...
CORPORATE NAMING UNINTERRUPTED: Federal vs. Provincial
Even after submission of an application for incorporation to the peoples concerned, doubts remain, a feeling of something left unfinished prevails, and a good night’s sleep...
Forgetting to Defend a Law Suit, Setting Aside the Default Judgment
I love this saying…“you can’t change the past but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future”. It applies to so many of us....
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF NAMING A COMPANY
Companies incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act can choose to use a corporate name or will have a numbered name assigned to them. There are...
HOWS AND WHYS OF INCORPORATING FEDERALLY
With incorporating, a new corporation or company is launched, which is a legal entity effectively recognized as a person under the law. The corporation could be...
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CANADIAN CORPORATE LAW
Among the definitions of business, the Concise Oxford Dictionary lists it as a person’s regular occupation or trade and then further elaborates it as commercial activity. The...
Does a Hot Tub in Your Condominium Back Yard or Terrace Need Approval?
Case analysis on the Ontario Court of Appeal decision and interpretation of Section 98 of the Ontario Condominium Act, specifically deals with an owner needing approval...
Competition Bureau and the Canadian Real Estate Associations (“CREA”): More Private Deals on the Horizon?
Recently the Canadian Competition Bureau requested that CREA open up the Canadian real estate market by making the Multiple Listing Service (“MLS”) open to the public...
Commercial Leasing: The Offer to Lease, Take it Seriously
A landlord eager to secure a tenant will often provide the prospective tenant with an offer to lease, also known as an agreement to lease, before...
