We’re pleased to welcome our new articling student, Balpreet Singh Khatra, to the firm! Balpreet completed his law degree at the University of Birmingham (UK) and obtained a Masters... Read more
Congratulations to Sara Pedlow for her election to the board of the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, British Columbia (FACL BC)! The Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers Society is... Read more
Our very own Kaja Marinic will be featuring in this year’s Lawyer Show! The Lawyer Show is an annual fundraiser for Carousel Theatre for Young People and Touchstone Theatre,... Read more
We are pleased to announce that Mark Szepes has joined Burns Fitzpatrick as an associate. Originally hailing from Toronto, Mark is called to the bar in both Ontario and... Read more
By: Dennis Fitzpatrick Typically security instruments in commercial lending situations contain contractual provisions requiring the borrower to pay the costs of the financial institution for securing and enforcing the collateral.... Read more
By: Dennis Fitzpatrick and Kaja Marinic In New Solutions Financial Corp. v. 952339 Ontario Ltd., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice decides that secured creditors have priority over students who paid in... Read more
By: Dennis Fitzpatrick We are sometimes asked by a lender to transfer and assign a mortgage to another party after the mortgagee has obtained order nisi. The assignee then seeks order... Read more
By: Dennis Fitzpatrick We are often asked whether the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) has a secured claim for income taxes owed by a personal or corporate taxpayer. The easy... Read more