Contract
Believe it or not, there is such a thing as a frustration of a contract. The “frustration” has nothing to do with people’s feelings. It is governed by the doctrine of frustration of contracts at common law and under the Frustrated Contracts Act. The frustration may...
Contract
The law of contract governs our lives every day in many ways from hiring a tradesman to purchasing a product. The traditional theory of contract is that it is based on a bargain. A bargain requires an offer, the acceptance of that offer, and the exchange of...
Consumer Protection
You buy a brand new snowmobile with state of the art technology from a local dealer. You take it out for its first weekend trip of the winter season. Within 10 minutes of using the snowmobile, it bogs down, or cuts out, on you despite the fact that your hand is on the...
Consumer Protection
The Consumer Protection Act received Royal Assent on December 13, 2002 but the legislation could not be proclaimed in force without the regulations which detail the many requirements. After drafts of regulations in 2003 and 2004, a final regulation was introduced in...
Consumer Protection
In earlier days in Toronto, there used to be door-to-door sales people who would come around trying to sell you a vacuum cleaner or the ten volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Today, there still are door-to-door sales people selling the usual goods but they now...
