What Fraud Victims Should Know about Cost Liability in Fraud Actions & What Fraud Victims Should Know About Lawyer Fees

In July 2015, the Ontario Courts released a decision in the case of Goldsmith v. National Bank of Canada, 2015 ONSC 4581, which included some surprising commentary as to what the Court considers reasonable legal fees to be for lawyers to charge their clients in the...

What Fraud Victims Should Know about the Tort of “Dishonest Receipt” – THE MIS– USE OF CRIMINAL RESTITUTION ORDERS

The Ontario Court of Appeal last week (July 9, 2015) released a decision in Healthy Body Service Inc. ats 1261679 Ontario Ltd., 2015 ONCA 516, on the law involving what is often referred to as ‘knowing receipt’ or ‘dishonest receipt’. The tort of knowing receipt is of...