All frauds involve breaching people’s trust. More often than not, sophisticated frauds are enabled by individuals and entities with varying degrees of connection to the fraudsters, such as banks, directors of corporate trustees, brokers, accountants and lawyers. Proving Third Party Liability in Fraud The Lawyers Weekly – July 17 2015
Supreme Court rebuffs Bell Mobility Inc challenge over charging for non-existent 911 service fees Bell Mobility rebuffed-National Post – July 16, 2015 Bell Mobility rebuffed in northern 911 challenge, again Bell Mobility rebuffed-CBC – July 16, 2015 Supreme Court rebuffs Bell Mobility challenge over 911 service fees Bell Mobility rebuffed-globe – July 16, 2015
We successfully defeated Bell Mobility’s application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. We achieved victory for the representative plaintiffs and the class at the liability trial and in the Court of Appeal, which upheld the trial judge’s decision. The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear Bell Mobility’s appeal.
After the Northwest Territories (NWT) Court of Appeal agreed with the Plaintiffs in upholding the trial judgment, Bell Mobility sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. On July 16, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada denied Bell Mobility’s leave to appeal with costs. Now that Bell Mobility has fully, and unsuccessfully, exhausted…
An issue that transpires on every civil appeal is the applicable standard of review. The standard of review is important because it dictates the level of deference the appellate court is to show. Law Times, June 29, 2015 Speaker’s Corner: Time to revisit Sattva on the standard of review?
The lawyers and staff of LMK congratulate their friend and colleague on this most prestigious and well deserved award! The Catzman Award for Professionalism & Civility The Catzman Award was created in 2008 by the Catzman family, together with The Advocates’ Society and the Chief Justice of Ontario’s Advisory Committee on Professionalism, in memory of…
Representing the Plaintiffs, Keith Landy and Shawn Tock brought this motion to force the Defendants to comply with an Order requiring production of certain documents over which the Defendants had waived privilege in the pleadings. Master Haberman granted the order, including costs on a substantial indemnity basis to the Plaintiffs.
In Han, the Plaintiffs wished to invest in a property. The Defendants, who facilitated the sale, asked the Plaintiff for a large deposit, took the deposit money to purchase the property and then flipped the property for an inflated final price to the Plaintiff. Shawn Tock and Keith Landy, representing the Plaintiff, persuaded the court…
The Turcos had contracted for a pool to be installed by Supreme Pools in their backyard. Supreme Pools sued, alleging that the Turcos had not paid their bill; the Turcos counter-sued for negligence in the improper installation of the pool. The Turcos, represented by Adel Mian, successfully recovered the costs of reinstalling their pool at…
Torcom and a contractor, Pylon had an agreement for Pylon to do the asphalting on a large construction project. Torcom was sued by Pylon for the increased price of the asphalt. The action was successfully defended by Adel Mian and Torcom was awarded costs against the Plaintiff.