Real estate agent fined $15,000 following lease dispute and brokerage policy violations
The regulation of real estate professionals in Ontario is designed to ensure that the public is protected through transparency, accountability,…
Month: September 2025
Optician must pay $8,000 for sexual harassment and poisoned work environment
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has found an optician and his business jointly liable for sexual harassment, sexual solicitation,…
Real estate broker Johnny Wu fined $32,000 for under-reporting commercial property sale price
The Real Estate Council of Ontario has released a discipline decision involving Chien-Ting Wu, a real estate professional also known…
B.C. Court of Appeal orders new trial in drug trafficking case, citing error in “state agent” analysis
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia Court of Appeal has overturned ten drug trafficking and firearms convictions against Kien Trung Pham…
Buyer who backed out of $1.8M Hamilton farm deal forfeits $250,000 deposit, Ontario court rules
An Ontario Superior Court judge has ordered a buyer who backed out of a real estate deal to forfeit a…
Toronto property owner ordered to pay over $165,000 after mortgage default and power of sale
TORONTO – Mortgage default cases have become more common in Ontario and, in yet another example, the Ontario Superior Court…
Woman sentenced to 7.5 years for “queen” role in Toronto human trafficking operation
TORONTO – A Nova Scotia woman described in court as the “Queen” of a small human trafficking ring has been…
Tribunal finds lawyer misled injured clients with fake court documents after lawsuits were dismissed
An Ontario lawyer has been found to have engaged in professional misconduct after a Law Society Tribunal panel concluded he…
Estate trustee jailed for failing to account for minor children’s inheritance
TORONTO – An Ontario man who acted as the trustee for his mother’s estate has been sentenced to intermittent jail…
Court upholds new hotel tax by-law in Niagara Falls; dismisses legal challenge from hotel association
An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a legal challenge brought by the Niagara Falls Canada Hotel Association (NFCHA) against…