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Good afternoon.

This week’s decisions from the Court of Appeal covered a broad range of topics, including defamation (the requirements for notice under the Libel and Slander Act), wrongful dismissal,  expropriations,  several contract interpretation cases, and a family law case, involving whether there was a true loan from a parent to their child.

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Hello again,

The Court of Appeal released a number of interesting decisions this week.  In Meridian Credit Union Limited v. Baig, the Court confirmed that silence and half-truths can amount to misrepresentation, and found a purchaser had engaged in fraudulent misrepresentation by silence in the context of a court-approved sale of assets by a

Good evening.

The Court of Appeal’s civil decisions this week covered a number of areas including insurance, securities (secondary market misrepresentations), dismissal for delay, family, debtor-creditor, limitation periods, summary judgment and franchising in the class action context.  There were also numerous short civil and criminal law endorsements.

Please enjoy the weekend.

John Polyzogopoulos
Blaney McMurtry