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John has been the editor of Blaneys Appeals since the inception of the blog in the Summer of 2014. He is a partner at the firm with over two decades of experience handling a wide variety of litigation matters. John assists clients with matters ranging from appeals, to injunctions, to corporate, partnership, breach of contract, construction, environmental contamination, product liability, debtor-creditor, insolvency and other business litigation. He also handles complex estates and matrimonial litigation involving disputes over property and businesses, as well as professional discipline and professional negligence matters for various types of professionals. In addition, John represents amateur sports organizations in contentious matters, and also advises them in matters of internal governance. John can be reached at 416-593-2953 or jpolyzogopoulos@blaney.com.

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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (SEPTEMBER 23-27)

By John Polyzogopoulos on September 28, 2019

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Good afternoon,

Following are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

In Urbancorp Toronto Management, the Monitor unsuccessfully sought to set aside security granted in favour of Urbancorp’s arm’s length electrical contractor as being a transaction under value or a fraudulent conveyance. The basis of the challenge was not that the electrical contractor was not an arm’s length party (it was arm’s length), but that the party that provided the contractor with the impugned security was not arm’s length from the party that owed the debt to the electrical contractor. The Court rejected this approach. It confirmed that the focus of the analysis had to be on the relationship between the transferor and transferee, not between the transferor and other parties related to the transferor that may have benefitted from the transaction.Continue Reading COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (SEPTEMBER 23-27)