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272
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610
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538
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288
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Mortgages
562
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Motor vehicle insurance
493
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Motor vehicle liability
880
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115
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Municipal law
895
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Native law
359
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Negligence
456
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Occupiers' liability
236
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Personal injury quantum
2902
- Aggravated damages 1
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- Appeals 59
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- Chronic pain 65
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- Elbow 8
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- Head 10
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- Legs 1
- Loss of enjoyment 1
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- Loss of opportunity 5
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- Lower back 1
- Management fees 17
- Minor injuries 29
- Mitigation 10
- Multiple injuries 50
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- Myofascial pain 6
- Nausea vertigo syndrome 1
- Neck 102
- Neck and arm 2
- Neck and back 388
- Neck and hip 1
- Neck and jaw 2
- Neck and shoulder 44
- Neck and shoulders 34
- Neck, back and arm 1
- Neck, back and chest 2
- Neck, back and hip 1
- Neck, back and shoulder 87
- Neck, back and shoulders 115
- Neck, back and wrist 1
- Neck, back, shoulders 1
- Neck, shouder and back 1
- Neck, shoulder and arm 6
- Neck, shoulder and back 29
- Neck, shoulder and hip 1
- Neck, shoulder, and back 1
- Neck, shoulder, back 1
- Neck, shoulders and back 9
- Paraplegia 5
- Past and future income loss 10
- Past income loss 30
- Payment of judgment 2
- Pedestrians 1
- Pelvis 4
- Pentaplegia 1
- Post-traumatic stress disorder 11
- Principles 11
- Proof of damages 16
- Psychological factors 6
- Psychological injury 81
- Quadriplegia 3
- Ribs 5
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- Sexual assault 36
- Shoulder 63
- Shoulder and ankle 1
- Shoulder and arm 2
- Shoulder and back 6
- Shoulder and knee 2
- Shoulder and neck 1
- Shoulder, knee and neck 1
- Shoulder, neck and back 11
- Shoulders 3
- Special damages 5
- Spinal cord, bladder 1
- Structured judgments 1
- Tax gross-up 12
- Teeth 2
- Thoracic outlet syndrome 13
- Urological dysfunction 1
- Vertigo 1
- Visual-vestibular disorder 2
- Voice 1
- Whiplash 151
- Wrist 18
- Wrist, arm and leg 1
- Personal property 7
- Personal property security 103
- Picketing 1
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Practice
9245
- Accounting 6
- Actions 54
- Adding defendant 1
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- Adjournment 1
- Admissions 71
- Advance payments 15
- Advances 2
- Affidavits 88
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- Children 1
- Class actions 575
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- Counterclaim 10
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- Disclosure 6
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- Discovery 233
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- Dismissal for want of compliance with court order 1
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- Documents 2
- Evidence 476
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- Expedited litigation project 12
- Expert reports 1
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- Fast track litigation 41
- Fatal injury claims 5
- Financial disclosure 4
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- General 1
- Guardians ad litem 13
- Indigent status 16
- Infant judgments 1
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- Infants 2
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- Interlocutory motions 18
- Interpleader 17
- Interrogatories 27
- Intervenors 8
- Judicial case conferences 1
- Jurisdiction generally 1
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- Jury awards 104
- Jury trials 252
- Leave to appeal 2
- Letters rogatory 12
- Mediation 3
- Money in court 6
- Money in trust 4
- No-evidence motions 3
- Orders 307
- Parties 424
- Parties under disability 1
- Physical examination and inspection 11
- Pleadings 915
- Preliminary point of law 17
- Preservation of property 52
- Pre-trial conferences 3
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- Privilege 5
- Proceedings 1
- References 1
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- Representative proceedings 3
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- Sales by court 4
- Service 21
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- Special case 7
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- Stay of proceedings 41
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- Striking out 2
- Subpoenas 12
- Substituting defendant 1
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- Summary judgment 92
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- Time 7
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- Trial 476
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- Venue 27
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- Privacy 99
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Professions
180
- Accountants 38
- Acupuncturists 2
- Architects 2
- Building inspectors 1
- Commodities brokers 1
- Dental assistants 1
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- Electricians 2
- Engineers 32
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- Notaries public 21
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- Opticians 6
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- Pharmacists 8
- Physiotherapists 1
- Professional associations 2
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- Psychologists 6
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- Social workers 1
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Public authorities
405
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- Community support 1
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- Customs 9
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- Gun control 17
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- Medical and health services 9
- Medicare 1
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- Police 112
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- Public trustee 7
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- School boards 3
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- Tobacco control 3
- Vital statistics 11
- Public health & welfare 14
- Public inquiries 4
- Public utilities 32
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- Quantum assessment 4
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Real property
1134
- Adverse possession 6
- Agricultural land reserve 15
- Boundaries 18
- Bounderies 1
- Building schemes 45
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- Condominiums 364
- Contracts 1
- Co-ownership 60
- Easements 167
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- Fixtures 8
- Heritage conservation 2
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- Indefeasibility of title 17
- Lateral support 6
- Legislation 7
- Licences 4
- Lis pedens 2
- Lis pendens 157
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- Partition and sale 94
- Plans 4
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- Registration of interests 40
- Registration of interests in land 1
- Residential tenancies 1
- Restrictive covenants 41
- Riparian rights 2
- Statutory right of way 8
- Strata corporations 1
- Surveys 2
- Receivers 104
- Resources 354
- Restitution 187
- Sale of goods 96
-
Sale of land
682
- Agreements for sale 8
- Building inspectors 4
- Compl 1
- Completion of contract 79
- Contract 149
- Contractors 3
- Contracts 3
- Contractual interest 1
- Developers 21
- Misrepresentation 112
- Options to purchase 39
- Real estate agents 83
- Remedies 136
- Right of first refusal 8
- Vendor’s title obligations 3
- Vendor's title obligations 13
- Warranties 14
- Securities 154
- Societies 155
- Statutes 17
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Taxation
529
- Carbon tax 1
- Corporate taxation 2
- Corporation capital tax 8
- Fire tax 2
- Fuel tax 3
- Gst 13
- Harmonized sales tax 1
- Hotel room tax 1
- Income tax 86
- Income tax offences 1
- Legislation 2
- Logging tax 3
- Mineral tax 5
- Parking rights tax 2
- Property transfer tax 27
- Real property assessment 237
- Real property tax 14
- Sales tax 97
- Social services tax 3
- Social-services tax 5
- Tax sales 4
- Tobacco tax 10
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Torts
599
- Abuse of process 6
- Abuse of public office 14
- Abuse of statutory authority 1
- Alienation of affection 1
- Ancillary liability 2
- Assault 69
- Assault and battery 2
- Battery 8
- Breach of confidence 10
- Breach of privacy 1
- Conspiracy 28
- Conversion 45
- Damages 2
- Deceit 19
- Detinue 1
- False arrest 1
- False arrest and imprisonment 15
- False imprisonment 2
- Fraud 6
- Fraudulent misrepresentation 6
- Fraudulent preferences 1
- Harassment 2
- Inducing breach of contract 9
- Injurious falsehood 1
- Intentional infliction of mental distress 1
- Intentional interference with economic relations 1
- Interference with contractual relations 11
- Interference with economic relations 2
- Intimidation 1
- Invasion of privacy 10
- Joint and several liability 8
- Malicious prosecution 13
- Misappropriation of personality 1
- Misfeasance in public office 15
- Negligence 1
- Nuisance 56
- Passing off 27
- Products liability 17
- Sexual assault 68
- Spoliation 2
- Trespass 6
- Trespass to chattels 4
- Trespass to land 84
- Vicarious liability 17
- Wrongful arrest 2
- Trust 1
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Trusts
290
- Administration of trust 19
- Advisors to the trust 2
- Beneficiaries 5
- Breach of trust 20
- Charitable trusts 13
- Constructive trust 1
- Constructive trusts 37
- Creation 8
- Disclaimer 2
- Express trusts 49
- Express, resulting and constructive trusts 6
- Implied trusts 1
- Purpose trusts 2
- Remedies generally 5
- Resulting trust 3
- Resulting trusts 59
- Secret trusts 6
- Termination 7
- Trustees 43
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Wills & estates
821
- Administration 1
- Administration of estate 105
- Conflict of laws 3
- Costs 53
- Debts owed to estate 1
- Executors 1
- Executors & administrators 1
- Executors and administrators 129
- Interpretation 1
- Intestate succession 38
- Legislation 5
- Passing of accounts 1
- Practice 3
- Property of estate 1
- Settlement of action 1
- Will 1
- Wills 207
- Wills interpretation 52
- Wills variation 217
- Workers' compensation 277
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Administrative law
216
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Commercial
12452
- Administrative law 67
- Agency 46
- Agriculture 10
- Arbitration 297
- Bailment 20
- Banking 69
- Bankrptcy 1
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Bankruptcy
282
- Actions 35
- Administration of estate 22
- Annulment 4
- Appeals 4
- Claims 35
- Cross-border insolvencies 1
- Discharge 40
- Legislation 2
- Petitions for receiving orders 22
- Practice 15
- Priorities 5
- Proceedings generally 1
- Property of the bankrupt 21
- Proposals 32
- Receiving orders 11
- Rights of creditors 1
- Securities firm bankruptcies 1
- Settlements and preferences 8
- Stay of proceedings 5
- Trustees 17
- Bills of exchange 47
- Builders' liens 144
- Builders’ liens 3
- Carriers 19
- Charter of rights 3
- Choses in action 15
- Class actions 1
- Commissions 1
- Communications 6
- Condominiums 1
- Conflict of laws 267
- Constitutional law 28
- Construction law 293
- Consumer protection 23
- Contempt of court 61
- Contract 1
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Contracts
764
- Breach 105
- Breach of confidence 1
- Breach of duty 1
- Certainty of terms 4
- Collateral contracts 10
- Conditions precedent 5
- Consideration 1
- Contracts made while insolvent 1
- Discharge 44
- Enforcement 6
- Formation 116
- Franchise agreements 6
- Interpretation 170
- Misrepresentation 12
- Mistake 8
- Non-competition clauses 4
- Novation 4
- Parties 31
- Performance 17
- Privity 4
- Proof 5
- Rectification 14
- Releases 5
- Remedies 82
- Repudiation 1
- Restrictive covenants 22
- Restrictive coventants 1
- Tenders 3
- Termination 16
- Terms 20
- Unilateral contracts 3
- Unjust enrichment 1
- Validity 37
- Conversion 1
- Co-ownership 1
- Corporate opportunities 1
- Corporation 1
-
Corporations
698
- Actions 184
- Amalgamation 6
- Arrangements and compromises 174
- Contracts 11
- Corporate opportunities 4
- Debentures 3
- Derivative actions 3
- Directors 1
- Directors and officers 43
- Dissolution 8
- Extraprovincial corporations 1
- Fraud or oppression 58
- Fraudulent conveyancesd or oppression 1
- Incorporation 1
- Liability 6
- Liability of agent 1
- Meetings 10
- Proceedings 8
- Records 4
- Redemption of shares 1
- Register of members 1
- Restoration and reinstatement 1
- Security 1
- Security agreements 1
- Security for costs 19
- Sha 1
- Shareholders 53
- Shareholders' agreements 1
- Shares 51
- Winding-up 40
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Costs
787
- Administrative proceedings 3
- Amount involved 13
- Appeals 10
- Appeals as to costs 9
- Assessment 10
- Class actions 2
- Conduct of counsel 3
- Conduct of parties 78
- Contractual provisions 5
- Costs against non-parties 2
- Costs in the cause 1
- Costs of appeal 1
- Costs of appeals 55
- Costs of motions 22
- Disbursements 10
- Discretion of court 30
- Divided success 3
- Fast track litigation 8
- Increased costs 40
- Liability 2
- Nature of litigation 30
- Offer to settle 69
- Orders as to costs 1
- Outcome of litigation 127
- Parties entitled to costs 8
- Parties entitled to or liable for costs 2
- Parties liable for costs 3
- Payment of costs 1
- Persons entitled to costs 1
- Persons liable for costs 4
- Practice and procedure 6
- Procedural inefficiencies 5
- Recovery 1
- Security for costs 119
- Special costs 69
- Summary trial 2
- Unfounded allegations 24
- Courts 80
- Creditors' remedies 160
- Creditors’ remedies 9
- Criminal law 4
- Crown 23
- Damages 39
- Defamation 71
- Defences 1
- Directors 1
- Education 2
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Employment
813
- Characterization of relationship 20
- Constructive dismissal 69
- Contract of employment 147
- Contracts 2
- Corporations 1
- Duties and liability of employee 37
- Duties and liability of employee/employer 1
- Duties and liability of employer 11
- Duties of employee 1
- Legislation 35
- Remuneration 25
- Severance pay 3
- Vacation pay 1
- Wages 1
- Wills interpretation 1
- Wrongful dismissal 457
- Wrongful resignation 1
- Environmental law 55
- Equity 14
- Estoppel 73
- Examination for discovery 1
- Expropriation 45
- Fiduciaries 47
- Fourth party proceedings 1
- Franchises 15
- Fraudulent transactions 82
- Gaming 5
- Gifts 1
- Guarantee 1
- Guarantee & indemnity 109
- Human rights 17
- Income tax 1
-
Injunctions
370
- Anti-suit injunctions 5
- Anton piller orders 2
- Availability 3
- Enforcement 1
- Ex parte injunctions 16
- Interim injunction 2
- Interim injunctions 246
- Interlocutory injunctions 2
- Mandatory injunctions 6
- Mareva injunctions 79
- Mareva injunctions 1
- Permanent injunctions 1
- Pleadings 1
- Practice 1
- Remedies 2
- Statutory injunctions 1
- Variation 1
-
Insurance
186
- Actions 47
- Agents 16
- All-risks insurance 8
- Business interruption insurance 4
- Claims 1
- Course of construction contract 1
- Course of construction insurance 2
- Creditors' insurance 1
- Creditors’ insurance 1
- Defences 2
- Directors and officers insurance 2
- Disability insurance 1
- Duties & liability of insured 1
- Duties and liability of insured 4
- Duties of insured 3
- Fidelity insurance 4
- Fire insurance 13
- Government regulation 2
- Homeowners' insurance 4
- Insurance generally 25
- Interpretation 1
- Interpretation of contract 1
- Interpretation of policy 3
- Liability insurance 15
- Liability of insurer 4
- Life insurance 1
- Marine insurance 12
- Mortgage life insurance 1
- Property and loss of income insurance 2
- Subrogation 3
- Intellectual property 20
- Interest 67
- Interest act 1
- Interim injunctions 2
- Interpretation 1
- Labour law 147
- Landlord & tenant 333
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Law profession
261
- Conflict of interest 42
- Custodianships 3
- Discipline 2
- Duties and liability generally 29
- Law society 2
- Negligence 42
- Partnerships 13
- Removal of solicitor 2
- Remuneration 1
- Solicitor and client 1
- Solicitor’s fees 18
- Solicitor's fees 1
- Solicitors' fees 1
- Solicitor's fees 99
- Trust funds 2
- Unauthorized practice 2
- Withdrawal or removal of solicitor 1
- Liability insurance 1
- Limitation of actions 59
- Lis pendens 2
- Maintenance 1
- Mareva injunctions 1
- Maritime law 27
- Mortgages 298
- Motor vehicle insurance 13
- Motor vehicles 12
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Municipal law
228
- Actions 4
- Building permits 2
- Building regulation 19
- Business licences 2
- Business regulation 25
- Bylaws 9
- Bylaws and regulations 2
- Bylaws and resolutions 53
- Contract 1
- Contracts 12
- Development cost charges 4
- Development permits 10
- Financial management 1
- Financial management of municipality 1
- Legislation 1
- Liability 12
- Municipal services 1
- Official community plans 1
- Powers 4
- Subdivision approval 1
- Subdivisions 10
- Tax sales 1
- Zoning 49
- Zoning bylaws 3
- Municpal law 1
- Native law 37
-
Negligence
121
- Apportionment of liability 2
- Breach of statute 1
- Causation 2
- Construction 2
- Contributory negligence 1
- Damages 3
- Duty of care 4
- Fires 5
- Hazardous materials 3
- Liability in particular cases 1
- Manufactured goods 1
- Negligent hiring 1
- Negligent misrepresentation 76
- Performance of contract 11
- Proof of negligence 1
- Public officials 5
- Reliance 1
- Remanufactured goods 1
- Occupiers' liability 8
- Partnerships 92
- Pensions 28
- Personal property security 91
- Picketing 1
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Practice
2522
- Accounting 4
- Actions 13
- Adding defendants 1
- Admissions 12
- Advances 1
- Affidavits 24
- Appeals 420
- Availability 1
- Case planning conferences 2
- Chambers proceedings 5
- Class actions 291
- Commencement of proceedings 22
- Counterclaim 2
- Court order interest 1
- Default judgment 52
- Disclosure 4
- Disclosure of documents 23
- Discontinuance 1
- Discovery 8
- Discovery of documents 183
- Dismissal for want of compliance with court order 1
- Dismissal for want of compliance with order 7
- Dismissal for want of compliance with rules 5
- Dismissal for want of prosecution 79
- Documents 2
- Evidence 61
- Evidence and procedure at trial 1
- Examination for discovery 98
- Expert reports 1
- Fourth party proceedings 2
- Indigent status 1
- Injunctions 3
- Interlocutory motions 4
- Interpleader 11
- Interrogatories 11
- Intervenors 4
- Jury trials 16
- Leave to appeal 1
- Letters rogatory 7
- Mediation 2
- Money in court 2
- Money in trust 3
- Orders 90
- Parties 124
- Physical examination and inspection 6
- Pleadings 291
- Practice 1
- Preliminary point of law 3
- Preservation and recovery of property 1
- Preservation of property 33
- Pre-trial examination of witnesses 5
- Privilege 3
- Proceedings 1
- References and inquiries 5
- Representative proceedings 1
- Sales by court 2
- Service 8
- Service ex juris 27
- Set-off 1
- Settlement 2
- Settlement of action 47
- Small claims procedure 10
- Small claims proceedings 18
- Solicitor’s fees 1
- Special case 3
- Stay of execution 6
- Stay of proceedings 14
- Striking out 1
- Subpoenas 1
- Summary judgment 1
- Summary judgment 43
- Summary trial 221
- Third party proceedings 42
- Transfer to provincial court 1
- Trial 88
- Trial management conferences 1
- Trial of issue 1
- Trials 1
- Venue 4
- Witnesses 12
- Writ of summons 7
- Privacy 8
- Professions 55
- Proposals 1
- Public authorities 78
- Public health & welfare 6
- Public utilities 16
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Real property
235
- Agricultural land reserve 3
- Building schemes 10
- Condominiums 73
- Contracts 1
- Co-ownership 2
- Easements 27
- Encroachments 3
- Fixtures 4
- Indefeasibility of title 2
- Legislation 4
- Licences 1
- Lis pendens 65
- Partition and sale 14
- Registration of interests 8
- Restrictive covenants 12
- Statutory right of way 5
- Surveys 1
- Receivers 87
- Remedies 2
- Resources 163
- Restitution 57
- Sale of and 1
- Sale of goods 86
- Sale of land 304