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CASENOTES AND PUBLICATIONS:
INSOLVENCY CASENOTE: 25 JULY 2025
COURT ORDERS RECEIVERSHIP OF REAL ESTATE ENTITIES FOLLOWING ALLEGED MISUSE OF INVESTOR FUND
Re: Ontario Securities Commission v. Cacoeli Asset Management, 2025 ONSC 3012
INSOLVENCY CASENOTE: 06 OCTOBER 2024
ONTARIO COURT TEACHES STUDENT LOAN FRAUDSTER A LESSON IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES
Re: Bank of Nova Scotia v. Rosario Rosado 2024 ONSC 4395
INSOLVENCY CASENOTE: 01 JUNE 2022
THE SCC RULES ON THE DEEMED TRUST PROVISIONS OF THE EXCISE TAX ACT AND OVERTURNS THE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL RULING IN CALLIDUS CAPITAL CORPORATION V. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Callidus Capital Corporation v. Her Majesty the Queen, 2018 SCC 47 (SCC)
INSOLVENCY CASENOTE: 01 JUNE 2022
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR SUPREME COURT DISALLOWS LAW FIRMS ADMINISTRATION FEES IN INSOLVENCY
In Re: Great North Data Ltd. 2020 NLSC 149
INSOLVENCY CASENOTE: 03 JUNE 2020
RECEIVERSHIPS AND COVID-19 – IS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SUFFICIENT CAUSE FOR POSTPONEMENT OF AN ASSET SALE?
Choice Properties Limited Partnership v Penady (Barrie) Ltd., 2020 ONSC 3517
INSOLVENCY CASENOTE: 03 JUNE 2020
COURT APPOINTED VS. PRIVATE APPOINTED RECEIVERS: IN RE: NORCON MARINE SERVICES LTD.
In Re: Norcon Marine Services Ltd. 2019 NLSC 238
INSOLVENCY CASENOTE: 19 JULY 2017
NL COURT OF APPEAL FINDS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHERE ACCOUNTANTS ACT IN DUAL CAPACITY
Wabush Hotel Limited v Business Development Bank of Canada, 2017 NLCA
INSOLVENCY CASENOTE: 14 NOVEMBER 2017
LIFTING THE BIA STAY OF PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY LAW PROCEEDINGS
Fiorito v. Wiggins, 2017 ONCA 765
INSOLVENCY CASENOTE: 08 JANUARY 2024
IGNORE A COURT ORDER AT YOUR PERIL: NL SUPREME COURT ORDERSFULLY INDEMNIFIED COSTS FOR BREACH OF A CCAA ORDER
Re: Edward Collins Contracting, CCAA NLSC 24-08-23 [Unreported]
CORPORATE UPDATE: 11 OCTOBER 2022
BILL 24 AND THE 2022 CHANGES TO THE NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR CORPORATIONS ACT: HOW DO YOU COMPLY?
JOURNAL ARTICLE: 2017 NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR CONSTRUCTION JOURNAL
DIRECTORS DUTIES AND LIABILITES IN INSOLVENCY
Darren D. O’Keefe
Publications Continued
NOTEWORTHY REPORTED DECISIONS:
INSOLVENCY CASES:
Re Blue Lobster Capital Limited et al., 2025 NSSC 243 (CanLII)
Harbour Grace Ocean Enterprises Ltd., Re CCAA, 2024 NLSC 47 (CanLII)
IN RE: CANADA FLUORSPAR (NL) INC.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. v. Canada Fluorspar (NL) Inc., 2023 NLSC 88 (CanLII)
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. v. Canada Fluorspar (NL) Inc., 2022 NLSC 25 (CanLII)
IN RE: WABUSH HOTEL LTD.
Wabush Hotel Limited v Business Development Bank of Canada, 2017 NLCA 35
Wabush Hotel Limited v Business Development Bank of Canada, 2016 NLCA 47
IN RE: ATLANTIC SEA CUCUMBERS LTD.
Atlantic Sea Cucumber Ltd. (Re), 2023 NSSC 232 (CanLII)
Atlantic Sea Cucumber Limited (re), 2023 NSSC 238 (CanLII)
Atlantic Sea Cucumber Ltd. (re), 2023 NSSC 325
Atlantic Sea Cucumber Ltd. v. Weihai Taiwei Haiyang Aquatic Food Co. Ltd., 2024 NSCA 35
Smith Kielly Professional Optometric Corporation v. Foreyes Optical Ltd., 2024 NLSC 148
Norcon Marine Services Ltd., (Re), 2019 NLSC 238 (CanLII)
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Re), 2018 NLSC 175
Norman, In Re: 2019 NLSC 149 (Bankruptcy and Insolvency)
IN RE: GREAT NORTH DATA LTD.
Great North Data Ltd. (Re), 2020 NLSC 149
Great North Data Ltd.(Re), 2020 NLSC 105 (CanLII)
Great North Data Ltd. (Re), 2020 NLSC 48 (CanLII)
Bitmain Technologies Limited v. Great North Data Ltd., 2018 NLSC 130
BUSINESS DISPUTES AND OTHER CASES:
ZENDA MOUNT PEARL ENTERPRISES (INSOLVENCY FRAUD)
Zenda Mount Pearl Square Enterprises Limited Partnership v. MP TEI Realty Limited Partnership, 2023 NLSC 82
Zenda Mount Pearl Square Enterprises Limited Partnership v. MP TEI Realty Limited Partnership , 2023 NLSC 142
ARIZONA HEAT INC.
Ratan Holdings Inc. & Arizona Heat Inc. v Health Quest Inc., 2015 CanLII 67272 (NL PC)
Health Quest Inc. v. Arizona Heat Inc., 2018 NLSC 64 (CanLII)
Health Quest Inc. v. Arizona Heat Inc., 2019 NLSC 52 (CanLII)
Duffitt v. Conception Bay South (Town), 2016 CanLII 58474 (NL SC)
O'Connor v. Nolan, 2024 NLSC 5 (CanLII)
Power v. Newfoundland and Labrador, 2022 NLSC 13 (CanLII)
MTY Tiki Ming Enterprises v. Azmy Enterprises Inc., 2018 NLSC 169 (CanLII)
Reported Cases Continued