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Discharged a certificate of pending litigation registered a residential property operating as a bed and breakfast

Michael Crampton of CP LLP successfully brought a motion to discharge a certificate of pending litigation (“CPL”) registered without notice by the opposing party against a residential property out of which CP LLP’s client operated a bed and breakfast. The court found that the opposing party that registered the CPL had failed to make full and fair disclosure on his initial motion and did not have a reasonable claim to…

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Defeated a purchaser’s attempt to compel the vendor in a commercial real estate acquisition to sell its land after the purchaser failed to close the transaction

Daniel Chitiz and Michael Crampton of CP LLP successfully represented the defendant vendor in Gil Shcolyar v. Bensher Holdings Limited, 2025 ONSC 2205. The court dismissed the purchaser’s action to compel the vendor to sell its land after the purchaser failed to close the transaction. We also obtained a declaration that the vendor is entitled to retain the deposits.

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Successfully upheld a motion judge’s decision to use the court’s powers when overseeing a receivership to assign an insurance contract subject to a consent requirement for assignment

Successfully responded to an appeal in the Alberta Court of Appeal (Export Development Corporation v MNP Ltd, 2025 ABCA 25 (CanLII)). The appellant sought to set aside the court at first instance’s decision to assign claims under an insurance contract to a creditor over the insurers objection. Michael had the opportunity to share his unique insights in the legal magazine, Take Five Alberta (Feb 2025). “More than anything else,” says…

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