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By Occasional Contributors | 4 Minutes Read August 27, 2020

Hengyun: A Quebec Court relieves a tenant of rent obligations for pandemic-related reasons, but what does the ruling actually mean?

On July 13, 2020, the Superior Court of Quebec rendered a decision in Hengyun International Investment Commerce Inc. v. 9368-7614 Québec Inc., 2020 QCCS 2251 in which it held that a tenant was relieved from its obligation to pay rent under its lease for a gym for the months of March, April, May and part of June 2020.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting / COVID-19, landlord and tenant, litigation, real estate, use clause Leave a Comment

By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read April 28, 2020

Pre-judgment garnishment: A powerful but exacting tool

Pre-judgment garnishment is a powerful remedy that allows a creditor to secure their claims by garnishing funds owed to a debtor and holding them in court pending a further order or agreement of the parties.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting / garnishment, garnishment order, litigation, pre-judgment garnishment Leave a Comment

By Occasional Contributors | 6 Minutes Read March 5, 2020

Significant online defamation damages in Canada — are online platforms immune?‎

If only Canada were to have such clear laws. Here, it is critical for operators of online platforms to understand that this issue remains largely unlegislated and left to the common law; which holds that a person will not be responsible, as a publisher, if the person’s sole participation in the publication of the defamatory material is merely their “innocent” involvement in the purely administrative or mechanical phases of publication.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting / damage awards, defamation, defamatory statements, intermediary liability, litigation, online platforms Leave a Comment

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