Levine Sherkin Boussidan acts for owners, contractors, sub-contractors and builders in a variety of construction-related areas including: enforcement of liens, breach of trust claims under the Construction Lien Act, claims against performance and material payment bonds, deficiency claims, priorities amongst mortgagees and other interested parties, clearing title for real estate closings and financing, and unjust enrichment claims.
Roofing subcontractor entitled to view fundamental breach by the general contractor in honoring the terms of one contract as amounting to an anticipatory breach of a second, separate and discrete contract between the same parties.
Download PDFMotion for summary judgment for failure to pay sub-contractor and for breach of trust claim pursuant to the Construction Lien Act.
Download PDFSummary judgment motion to dismiss action against individual defendant as he was not a party to the contract for services and materials supplied and had no ownership interest in the property.
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Appeal court holding that purchasers of condominium units for tax shelter purposes are protected under the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act.
Download PDFCourt held that in the absence of an enforceable contractual provision stipulating a fixed term of notice, or any other provision to the contrary, a fixed term employment contract obligates an employer to pay an employee to the end of the term, and that obligation will not be subject to mitigation.
Download PDFSecond time around, court holds that this is a case in which the Ontario court may assume jurisdiction and which favours Ontario as the most convenient forum.
Download PDFAppeal upholding lower court’s finding that second mortgagee took reasonable precautions to obtain the true market value of the property, such that the sale of which was not an improvident sale.
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