Judge defers six-figure costs claims in contentious family estate battle, citing prematurity
TORONTO – An Ontario Superior Court judge has declined to award over $200,000 in combined legal costs sought by the…
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Court orders Ledcor to pay subcontractor nearly $51,000 despite justified termination in Toronto condo dispute
An Ontario court has ordered Ledcor Construction Limited to pay nearly $51,000 to a mechanical subcontractor it had removed from…
Toronto man sentenced to six more months after jumping from balcony while dual wielding loaded handguns
TORONTO – A young Toronto man who jumped from a second-storey balcony with two loaded handguns during a police raid…
Brother must pay sister $45,000 after secretly mortgaging family home
An Ontario Superior Court judge has ordered a man to pay his sister over $45,000 after finding he secretly placed…
Court rejects Kitchener man’s attempt to alter firearms forfeiture deal he consented to twice
KITCHENER, ON – The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed a man’s third attempt to renegotiate the forfeiture of…
Man acquitted in historic sexual interference case centred on chaotic 2008 ‘fight weekend’
An Ontario Superior Court judge has found a man not guilty of a sexual interference charge that dated back nearly…
Father ordered to return sons after withholding them following summer holiday
An Ontario Superior Court judge has ordered a father to immediately return his two sons to their mother’s care in…
Borrower’s delays and meritless defence lead to enhanced legal costs award for bank
TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ordered a self-represented man to pay $15,000 in legal costs…
Brother can keep $700,000 from sister, calling it a gift
An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a woman who sought to recover hundreds of thousands…
Court halts lawsuit between towns, enforces arbitration clause in decades-old landfill pact
An Ontario Superior Court judge has ordered a halt to legal proceedings between two northern Ontario municipalities over a landfill…