Corporate & Commercial Law

New Requirements for the New Year: Transparency Register for Ontario Corporations

As of January 1, 2023, significant amendments to the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (“OBCA”), have come into force, adding a new requirement for private corporations…

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Single Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations SOR/2022-138

The Single Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (SUPPR) is Canada’s most recent environmental regulation. This regulation is part of the Government’s ongoing effort to reach zero…

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Looking to Transition Your Business? Great! Now, Where to Look?

Operating a business for many can be both an exciting and rewarding experience. However, at some point in the business lifecycle, business owners turn their…

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Transitioning under Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act

After a lengthy delay, Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 (“ONCA”) was proclaimed into force on October 19, 2021, updating and modernizing laws for not-for-profit corporations…

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Simply Incorporating or Registering a business name does NOT give you exclusive rights to the name

A common mistake business owners make is thinking that simply incorporating or registering their business name (e.g., with ServiceOntario) gives them exclusive rights to the…

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Adding Certainty To Your Contracts

Crafting Corporate Agreements As a corporate/commercial lawyer, my practice centres on drafting documents to give effect to clients’ arrangements that they want reduced to writing,…

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Beneficiary Designations and resulting trusts

In 2018, the Federal government introduced Bill C-78 (the “Bill”), which proposed significant changes to the law governing post-divorce parenting, specifically to the Divorce Act[i]…

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How Contractual Discretion is Limited by Good Faith

Good Faith & Contractual Discretion In the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision of Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC…

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Ontario Courts Are Still Open During COVID-19 — Sort Of

COVID-19 & Ontario Court Proceedings On March 15, 2020, the Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice announced that the Superior Court was…

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Raising Capital In The Exempt Market

OSC & The Exempt Market When looking to grow a business outside of traditional bank financing, business owners often consider granting equity in a corporation…

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