Jonathan’s Jots

I noted, with great approval, that Doug Ford’s warnings to universities, is bearing fruit.   Specifically, he publicly told them that unless they adopted policies favouring “free speech on campus” he would cut their funding, starting in January.   I noticed that UWO came out with such a sensible policy

I was pleased to act on an important animal rights matter a few months ago in Owen Sound. I represented the defendant who had possession of a rare dog. She and her boys were giving the dog love and affection and had arranged to have the dog “fixed” at the vets. My client

Skiing and conflicts of laws   The law often tries to serve conflicting masters, like fairness on the one hand and predictability on the other. Businesses love and rely upon predictability. They also want to limit or cap their exposure to losses so that they can stay in business. Ordinary folks

There is an interesting Superior Court case out of BC to report, involving residential real estate and tax law.   Buried in the paperwork of a real estate deal is a clause about the seller being a resident of Canada for Income tax purposes. The seller needs to sign or initial next

As often is the case, an unfortunate event has lead to some clarity of the law. In a recent case called Wilks, the defendant owned a Great Dane dog. The defendant asked a friend to walk the dog, and the friend complied. Unfortunately, the dog had a seizure during the

For almost 20 years now, pursuant to a 1998 Supreme Court case, auditors have been largely shielded from liability for their work, if their corporate client goes bust because of fraud.   The reason is an old doctrine called “privity of contract.” This meant that the shareholders or bondholders did not have