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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.Rob Danter of Harrison Pensa LLP comments on the “Impact of COVID-19 on Receivership Proceedings”. Surprisingly, there hasn’t been a lot of case law to date that supports the failing of businesses due entirely to COVID-19. With the prolonged lockdown, Rob believes that we will likely see more receivership applications and proceedings in the future, and more case law.
Linda Smits of McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP provides a case comment on C.M. Callow Inc. v Zollinger. Find out whether silence impacts the contract! This case of the Supreme Court of Canada delves into the duty of honest performance, and what that means.
Eric Grigg of Advocates LLP discusses “How Law Abhors a Vacuum: A case comment on Tran v. Bloorston Farms Ltd, 2020 ONCA 440”.
Rob is an associate in the Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law Group at Harrison Pensa LLP. He represents institutional creditors, debtors, trustees, and receivers in commercial bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, contract disputes, and the enforcement of security.
Rob was raised in London, ON, and earned his undergraduate degree Classical Studies at the University of Western Ontario, as well as a Masters in Roman Archaeology at the University of Leicester, in the UK. Rob worked in Ontario Archaeology for several years before returning to school and receiving his JD from Western Law in 2015.
Eric is a partner at Advocates LLP, practicing exclusively in the areas of commercial litigation and construction law. His commercial litigation practice includes partnership/shareholder disputes, commercial real estate litigation, professional negligence claims, and debtor/creditor remedies. Eric’s construction law practice encompasses the defence of architects and engineers, Construction Act trust and lien actions, delay/impact claims, and claims on labour and material and performance bonds. Eric has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Divisional Court, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and at private arbitrations.
Linda Smits is a lawyer with the law firm, McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP, practicing in the areas of employment law and commercial litigation. Linda returned to McKenzie Lake in early 2020, after spending three years with the in-house legal team for GoodLife Fitness.
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