Crookston Law

8     The appellant’s solicitor was ordered to personally pay costs to the respondents of $700.00. The judge hearing the motion said he was not satisfied with the reasons and explanations given by the solicitor for commencing the second action and therefore ordered costs against the solicitor. The solicitor in this case […]

A case in which I was sued for ten million dollars (Isaac v. Mesiano-Crookston et al., 2019 ONSC 6973, https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2019/2019onsc6973/2019onsc6973.html) has become one of the leading cases on defamation. It re-affirms that regulatory complaints are subject to absolute privilege, which is a complete defence to a claim of defamation. As […]

140       records Records, duties of corporation 140 (1) A corporation shall prepare and maintain, at its registered office or at such other place in Ontario designated by the directors, (a) the articles and the by-laws and all amendments thereto, and a copy of any unanimous shareholder agreement known to the […]

Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) provisions that allow for applications to court Grounds (2) If, on an application under subsection (1), the court is satisfied that in respect of a corporation or any of its affiliates     (a) any act or omission of the corporation or any of its affiliates […]

Crowder v. Canada Builds Company 2022, 2022 ONSC 6018 https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2022/2022onsc6018/2022onsc6018.html The Plaintiff had contracted with a builder named Canada Builds Company Ltd. for a prefabricated modular home. The price was $610,184.80 including HST. 20% was payable on signing the contract, 15% on the start of framing, 10% at the start […]

This is part 2. Go to part 1, or part 2. Property law Related Action for possessory title (aka adverse possession) Elements:1. the claimant must establish that he is depriving the paper title holder of such use of the property as the paper title holder wishes;2. the possession of land […]

Ken Breau Corporation v. Dairy Queen, 2025 ONSC 126  https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2025/2025onsc126/2025onsc126.html This was an application by a franchisee (“Applicant”) for a declaration that DQC Canada Inc. (“Dairy Queen”) had acted in bad faith and an injunction preventing it from awarding a different franchisee a restaurant within the applicant’s territory. The Applicant […]