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Therapists not personally liable for debts of bankrupt sports medicine clinic
Thursday, November 10, 2022James R.G. CookLitigationSports, Bankruptcy, COVID-19, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Business Corporations Act
A creditor who sees the owners of a bankrupt company start up a new profitably-looking business while walking away from the prior company’s debts may understandably feel that they have...
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Leave required to sue representative of trustee in bankruptcy
Monday, July 18, 2022James R.G. CookLitigationBankruptcy, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
Trustees in bankruptcy are granted protection from civil claims for acts and omissions under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (“BIA”), as the statute requires...
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Ponzi scheme participants ordered to return payments that were "too good to be true"
Monday, July 11, 2022James R.G. CookLitigationBankruptcy, Limitations Act, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
Investors in a scheme that seems too good to be true should be aware that they may be liable to return the funds under principles of unjust...
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Administrative Monetary Penalties in the Afterlife
Monday, May 31, 2021Kenneth JullLitigation, Bankruptcy and InsolvencyBankruptcy, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Administrative Monetary Penalty
Allegations of criminal or regulatory violations are often made in the civil and administrative law world. A securities broker may be alleged to have defrauded investors by making false statements regarding the use of...
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Transfers at an Undervalue; Backfires in Creditor Proofing
Wednesday, January 25, 2017Bankruptcy and Insolvency, LitigationBankruptcy, Insolvency, Transfer at an undervalue
Individuals faced with financial pressures and money problems understandably try to protect what little assets they may have left. In particular they...
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