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Creditors Rejoice: Ontario Court of Appeal Confirms Summary Judgment Is ‘Tailor-Made’ to Enforce Liquidated Claims

2275518 Ontario Inc. v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2024 ONCA 343

On May 6, 2024, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a summary judgment motion decision in favour of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (“TD Bank”) in 2275518 Ontario Inc. v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2024 ONCA 343.[1]

Canada, Ontario, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Aird & Berlis LLP | Aird & McBurney LP
Managing the Tax Impact of Debt Restructuring in the Wake of COVID-19

Many businesses are—or soon will be—unable to meet their obligations. Not all businesses in distress are unsuccessful; sometimes, as in the economic circumstances arising from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the governmental directives tailored to address the related public health issues, even successful businesses must confront closures and steep declines in demand that could not have been anticipated, and may find it necessary or desirable to restructure their existing debt obligations.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Tax, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Coronavirus
When Can a CCAA Monitor Bring an Oppression Claim Against a Stakeholder?

Until a court orders otherwise, a monitor appointed under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act is a neutral party and may not take sides in favour of one stakeholder over another.

Canada, Ontario, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Aird & Berlis LLP | Aird & McBurney LP, Court of Appeal for Ontario