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Cases this week included a couple of commercial leasing decisions involving issues such as insurance and allocation of risk for damage between landlord and tenant and the commencement of the limitation period for suing for ongoing breaches of covenants.  Other topics included the enforceability of a choice of law and forum clause in

Hello again to everyone.  Below are summaries of this week’s Ontario Court of Appeal civil decisions (non-criminal).  In an interesting Charter decision this week, Tanudjaja v Canada, the Court (2-1) rejected on the basis of justiciability a Charter challenge on whether the Charter guarantees the right to affordable housing.  Among other grounds for dismissing

Good afternoon.  This week’s OCA Summaries include an interesting decision for our corporate/commercial followers on when a guarantor has a right to seek contribution from his or her co-surety when the first guarantor made payment even though there was no default by the borrower nor demand for payment by the bank.  Other subjects include oppression