The appellate court dismissed the appeal: the CFA was enforceable and produced a contingency fee obligation because the arbitration conferred a real and valuable benefit on the client (control and access to the profitable business) even though the fixed monetary award was not collected in cash; the assignment constituted an unconditional acknowledgment of the debt; non‑compliance with regulatory formalities did not render the CFA unenforceable where the agreement is fair and reasonable; the respondent was entitled to a common‑law solicitor's lien; no reversible error in the motion judge's exe…
The Court of Appeal granted an extension of time and leave to appeal a BIA s. 272 order, restrained use of seized information pending appeal, expedited the appeals, and made targeted sealing orders.
The court ordered Chase Business Development Corp. to post $60,000 security for costs after finding it likely could not pay costs and had not shown sufficient exigible assets.
An action under the Fraudulent Conveyances Act to declare a conveyance void as against creditors is governed by the two-year discoverability limitation in s.4 of the Limitations Act, 2002, not the ten-year RPLA s.4, because the FCA remedy does not grant the plaintiff a proprietary interest in land by judgment; accordingly Anisman (ONCA) was wrongly decided to the extent it applied the RPLA.
The court granted an interim preservation order under the Civil Forfeiture Act over cash, gold, watches, jewelry, and bank funds linked to Quadriga-related allegations.
The court cancelled two certificates of pending litigation on condition of $20,000 security, finding the CPLs caused financial hardship through costly refinancing.
The court dismissed TCC Mortgage Holdings Inc.’s application to substitute a discovery representative, holding XS West could examine Mr. Nye and no overwhelming prejudice was shown.
The court held the renovation contract was cost-plus, not fixed-price, and awarded IRL $311,000 plus pre-judgment interest. Lunniss recovered $196,768.08 from IRL.
Section 9 of the August 9, 2010 share purchase agreement unambiguously required that if one half of the purchase price ($750,000) had not been paid within five years, the unpaid balance of that one half was immediately payable; therefore the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal in part and awarded the appellant $750,000 jointly and severally against Walter Palisca and Palcam Solutions Inc. with pre‑judgment interest from August 9, 2015; the trial judge's dismissal of the appellant's other claims (wrongful dismissal/oppression and punitive damages) was upheld as supported by the factual findings.