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	<title>The Litigator - Affleck Greene McMurtry, LLP &#187; Disputes over Contracts</title>
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		<title>Table Manners &#8211; Recipes for Negotiators</title>
		<link>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2013/04/table-manners-recipes-for-negotiators/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=table-manners-recipes-for-negotiators</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Hon. David C. Dingwall, P.C., Q.C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The legendary basketball coach, John Wooden, once said:  “A failure to prepare is preparing to fail.”  The same can be said of the negotiator.  Preparation is another crucial determinant of the negotiating process.]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Hortons Franchisees Must Be Content With Profits from Coffee, Not Food</title>
		<link>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2013/01/tim-hortons-franchisees-must-be-content-with-profits-from-coffee-not-food/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tim-hortons-franchisees-must-be-content-with-profits-from-coffee-not-food</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Binetti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Hortons franchisees have lost their challenge to Tim Hortons&#8217; &#8220;Always Fresh&#8221; model that allegedly reduced the profitability of donuts, TimBits, and other food items. In Fairview Donut Inc. v. The TDL Group Corp., the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lengthy lower court decision that on the one hand certified a class action against&#160;<a href="http://www.thelitigator.ca/2013/01/tim-hortons-franchisees-must-be-content-with-profits-from-coffee-not-food/">[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Court pierces corporate veil on alter ego theory of liability</title>
		<link>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2012/05/court-pierces-corporate-veil-on-alter-ego-theory-of-liability/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=court-pierces-corporate-veil-on-alter-ego-theory-of-liability</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Binetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commercial Litigation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debtor-Creditor and Banking Litigation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Chan v. City Commercial Realty Group Ltd., the court &#8220;pierced the corporate veil&#8221; to hold the principals of a real estate brokerage personally liable for the debts of their corporation. The corporate defendant, City Commercial Realty Services (Canada) Ltd. (&#8220;City 1&#8221;), had initially sued the plaintiffs in respect of a real estate transaction, which&#160;<a href="http://www.thelitigator.ca/2012/05/court-pierces-corporate-veil-on-alter-ego-theory-of-liability/">[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Whale of a Fight!</title>
		<link>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2011/09/a-whale-of-a-fight/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-whale-of-a-fight</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brigid Wilkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commercial Litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disputes over Contracts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent decision from the Ontario Superior Court pits Marineland against Seaworld in a battle of contractual interpretation and the application of foreign law for possession of Ikaika, a killer whale.  Ikaika was born in Orlando, Florida in 2002, but since 2006 has been residing in the Marineland facilities in Niagara Falls, Ontario, subject to a Breeding Loan Agreement.  In December 2010, Seaworld gave written notice that they wanted their whale back.  Marineland refused, so Seaworld launched an application seeking immediate possession.]]></description>
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		<title>Bank cannot take advantage of mistake, court rules</title>
		<link>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2008/11/bank-cannot-take-advantage/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bank-cannot-take-advantage</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna N. Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Ellis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ontario Court of Appeal recently clarified the difference between mutual and unilateral contractual mistake in the case of <i>Royal Bank of Canada v. El-Bris Limited</i>.   Laskin J.A., writing for the court, explained that the four prerequisites set out by the Supreme Court of Canada in <i>Performance Industries Ltd. v. Sylvan Lake Golf &#038; Tennis Club</i>  only apply to cases of unilateral, not mutual, contractual mistake.]]></description>
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		<title>Employment agency liable for not checking references</title>
		<link>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2007/11/employment-agency-liable-for-not-checking-references/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=employment-agency-liable-for-not-checking-references</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2007/11/employment-agency-liable-for-not-checking-references/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Binetti</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[theft]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed a trial decision awarding damages against an employment placement agency for not checking the references of an employee who would later go on to defraud her employer of more than $263,000.]]></description>
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		<title>Contracting parties beware: Court of Appeal implies duty of good faith</title>
		<link>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2006/12/contracting-parties-beware-court-of-appeal-implies-duty-of-good-faith/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=contracting-parties-beware-court-of-appeal-implies-duty-of-good-faith</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2006/12/contracting-parties-beware-court-of-appeal-implies-duty-of-good-faith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meredith Hayward</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commercial Litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disputes over Contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breach of contract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[duty of good faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entire agreement clause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[implied terms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Ontario Court of Appeal has recently held that, in certain circumstances, contracting parties owe a duty of good faith to one another and, further, that an "entire agreement" clause will not preclude the implication of a duty of good faith as a term of a contract.]]></description>
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		<title>Court of Appeal stays Ontario action in favour of the Iranian courts</title>
		<link>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2006/09/court-of-appeal-stays-ontario-action-in-favour-of-the-iranian-courts/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=court-of-appeal-stays-ontario-action-in-favour-of-the-iranian-courts</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth A. Dekker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past summer, Ontario's highest court made it clear that contracting parties who choose a particular nation's courts for the litigation of their disputes will almost always be held to their choice - even where that forum may not conform to the traditional Canadian concepts of democracy and fairness.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer forces TD Bank to release trust funds</title>
		<link>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2006/06/awyer-forces-td-bank-to-release-trust-funds/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=awyer-forces-td-bank-to-release-trust-funds</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Emerson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Remedies for Emergency Relief]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[self-help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solicitor's malpractice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Toronto real estate lawyer was successful recently in forcing the Toronto-Dominion Bank to release funds held in his trust account after the bank wrongly purported to freeze his account to recoup its loss from a fraudulent cheque that had been drawn by another of the lawyer's clients and deposited into the trust account.]]></description>
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		<title>A dog is not just another consumer product, appeal court finds</title>
		<link>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2006/03/a-dog-is-not-just-another-consumer-product-appeal-court-finds/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-dog-is-not-just-another-consumer-product-appeal-court-finds</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelitigator.ca/2006/03/a-dog-is-not-just-another-consumer-product-appeal-court-finds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth A. Dekker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commercial Litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disputes over Contracts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[damages]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[negligence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pain and suffering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent decision, Ontario's Divisional Court upheld an award of damages for pain and suffering to a couple who lost their beloved dog.  In doing so, it refused to treat family pets as merely another piece of property.]]></description>
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