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"Sugar Daddy's" $226 million action against "Sugar Baby" dismissed
Friday, February 10, 2023Stephen A. ThieleLitigationSummary Judgment, Civil Procedure, Limitation Periods
Technology has expanded the ability of people to meet others who they otherwise may have never met in a purely paper-based world. Indeed, entrepreneurs have...
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Limitation Period bars claim for breach of Assignment of Agreement of Purchase and Sale
Wednesday, November 9, 2022James R.G. CookLitigationAgreement of Purchase and Sale, Real Estate, Limitation Periods, Limitations Act
In Ontario, there is a general two-year limitation period for claims relating to a breach of contract which starts on the day when a plaintiff discovers that damage from a breach occurred and knows that a legal proceeding would be an...
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Ontario’s “appropriate means” test for limitation periods after Grant Thornton v. New Brunswick
Tuesday, October 19, 2021James R.G. CookLitigationLimitation Periods, Ontario Limitations Act
As we recently wrote, the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision on limitation periods in Grant Thornton v New Brunswick, 2021 SCC 31 (CanLII), left open the question of how...
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Limitation period avoided: Claims of republication of libel by third party allowed to be added action because stories were on internet
Monday, February 1, 2021Stephen A. ThieleLitigationTorts, Defamation, Republication, Limitation Periods
Across the country, limitation periods have been enacted to regulate the time in which an action can be commenced. Defendants are entitled to finality, and...
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