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The Evolving Law of Civil Contempt related to Fraud Recovery Injunctions
Civil contempt of court law is important to fraud victims seeking recovery. Their money is missing. A court orders the person who received their money to disclose where it went. The recipient refuses. The victim brings a motion for a declaration of contempt of court....
Practical Information For Fraud Victims
What Fraud Victims Should Know About Canadian Fraud News Inc. (CFN)
We have published many blog posts on various fraud recovery issues such as pre-action asset freezing, coordinating civil fraud recovery with criminal prosecutions, and obtaining and enforcing fraud judgments - to name a few. For an index of fraud recovery articles we...
A Survey on the Characteristics of Fraud Victims & Tips for Fraud Prevention
At Investigation Counsel, in addition to assisting fraud victims in their civil litigation recovery efforts and in preparing criminal complaints, we are involved in fraud prevention, investment due diligence and public awareness of fraud through various public and...
A Survey on the Characteristics of Fraud Victims & Tips for Fraud Prevention
At Investigation Counsel, in addition to assisting fraud victims in their civil litigation recovery efforts and in preparing criminal complaints, we are involved in fraud prevention, investment due diligence and public awareness of fraud through various public and...
Information for Fraud Victims About the Fraud Recovery Litigation Process
Our firm receives frequent requests from fraud victims for general information about the fraud recovery litigation process. Our firm also receives requests from fraud victims who already have lawyers for our opinion on the strategy their counsel have taken. This blog...
Pro Rata Restitution Orders for Fraud Victims
At Investigation Counsel PC, we often coordinate civil recovery actions with preparing criminal complaints for our clients. Our clients often seek information on how the criminal restitution process operates, and whether it is a reasonable and cost effective mechanism...
Investigation Counsel PC – Lawyers for Fraud Victims
We publish blogs in response to inquiries we receive from the public and our networks or when we come across novel issues in cases we are working on. This blog is to provide an explanation for why we use the use the concept name of “Investigation Counsel” for our law...
Legal Information For Fraud Victims
Why The Criminal Process is Secondary in Fraud Recovery – Part III Lenient Sentencing where No Restitution or Cooperation
In our prior blog post, Why the Criminal Process is Secondary in Fraud Recovery – Part I – Criminal Search Rights Override Victim Recovery Rights, we summarized the recently released case of R. v. TM, 2019 ONSC 2408, published by the Ontario Courts. The bottom line of...
When Lawyer Misstatements Amounts to Civil Fraud
This blog summarizes a recently published decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal which somewhat clarifies the where the line is drawn between a lawyer’s fair and zealous advocacy for their client and their liability for civil fraud for deceiving the Court and...
WHAT FRAUD VICTIMS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE TAX CONSEQUENCES ON SETTLEMENTS IN FRAUD ACTIONS
At Investigation Counsel PC, we are often asked by victims of fraud for advice with respect to negotiating settlements in fraud actions. To state the obvious, fraud victims often have a well-founded skepticism that the defendant they settled with cannot be trusted to...
What Investors Should Know About Negligence Claims Against Financial Institutions
On September 6, 2018, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench released its decision in TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. v Ghebrezghi, 2018 ABQB 646 (“Ghebrezghi”). This case was highly relevant to one of our cases due to the similar factual matrix. In Ghebrezghi, the investor...
What Fraud Victims Should Know About the Interplay between OSC and Police Fraud Investigations
Can a Complaint to the OSC Prohibit a Criminal Prosecution? On May 29, 2018, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released its decision in R. v. Vuong and Quach, 2018 ONSC 3348. This case is helpful to fraud victims in terms of the information it provides about the...
What fraud Victims Should Know about Loans versus Investments
Liability of Agents in Loan Transactions In cases where fraud is not alleged and where only breach of contract is asserted, whether a transaction is characterized as a loan or an investment can be critical to whether judgment will be issued. If a transaction is viewed...