Case Law › Nova Scotia

[1]          This decision concerns two children, E and B, who are the children of KM and SH.  The son will soon be 14 years old, and the daughter will be 12 years old. 

[1]          This is a motion brought by the Royal Bank of Canada ("RBC") requesting that the court grant it an order for security for costs against the defendants/plaintiffs by counterclaim, Colorcars Experienced Automobiles Limited ("Colorcars" or “the Corporate Defendant”) and John T. Early III ("Mr. Early").  I will refer to them collectively as “the defendants”.

[1]          For over half a century, the pulp mill at Abercrombie Point has discharged fluid effluent into Boat Harbour and emissions into the air. Pictou Landing First Nation is a Mi’kmaw community nearby. It has long complained to the Province that the discharges were toxic. The Provincial Government promised to act. But nothing was done.   

[1]          In 2000 Ms. Grant purchased a Banook lakefront home on 5 Hume Street in Dartmouth.  Nine years later she paid $25,000.00 for 7 Hume Street, a long, narrow vacant lot next door.  At the time she knew 7 Hume Street, because of its small size, to be undevelopable.

[1]      I have detailed the factual background in my May 31, 2019 decision. In response to my decision, I have received Counsel’s written briefs on costs.  I have carefully read and considered those submissions.

[1]          In late 2011, file reviews conducted by the procurement office at the Shearwater military base raised concerns about certain contracts awarded respecting the heating plant.  Following an investigation known as Operation Aftermath, it emerged that two civilian employees, Wayne Langille and the accused, Bry’n Ross, directed contracts to four companies connected to the co-accused,...

[1]          Mr. Huphman filed for his third bankruptcy on February 16, 2016.  At that time, he was the sole registered owner of a piece of land at Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia.  Mrs. Huphman was not on title.  Both subsequently made consumer proposals.