Negligence
Every day in Ontario people suffer harm as a result of the activities of other people or businesses or governments. The harm is often to their person or to their physical property. The law of torts determines when a person or corporation who causes harm, the...
Negligence
In 2007, the Supreme Court of Canda recognized the tort (the wrongdoing) of negligent investigation by police officers. In this case, the suspect was investigated by the Hamilton police, arrested, tried, wrongfully convicted, and ultimately acquitted after spending...
Mortgages
A mortgage is a contract between an owner of property and a lender for the loan of money. The amount of the loan is secured by registering the mortgage against the owner’s land. The property owner is “the mortgagor,” the lender is “the mortgagee.” When a mortgagor has...
Mortgages
Everyone knows that there are things that you do when you are young that need some undoing when you get older. I won’t talk about most of those things, just about legal things. You are young back in the 1960’s and want to go back to the land. You buy a piece of land...
Litigation Stages
There are two types of lawsuits in the court system. The usual lawsuit is one commenced by a statement of claim and is called “an action.” This type of lawsuit requires the opposing side, the defendant, to file a statement of defence. Once these “pleadings” are...
