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Advisor’s Costly Conflict: Court Upholds OSC’s $500K Penalty and Industry Ban against Advisor who inherited from elderly client

Summary In Marrone v Ontario Securities Commission, 2024 ONSC 4750, the Ontario Divisional Court recently upheld a 2023 decision of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) sanctioning the appellant, a former ... [more] Full article

Court of Appeal denies recovery from fraudster’s wife

In a decision released on August 21, 2023 in Sase Aggregate Ltd. v. Langdon, Ontario’s top court affirmed the decision below denying a defrauded company’s attempt to recover from the wife ... [more] Full article

Fiduciary Duty for advisors not created by “Best Interest” standard alone

The Ontario Divisional Court recently confirmed the dismissal of a certification motion against an investment dealer and two individual advisors for breach of fiduciary duty.   In Boal v. International Capital ... [more] Full article

Failure to Disclose Fees on Investment Accounts can be a Breach of Fiduciary Duty

On February 28, 2020, a judge of the Ontario Superior Court granted judgment in a class action and awarded an  accounting of the profits realized by three Bank of Montreal ... [more] Full article