Courses
Contract Formation: Offer, Acceptance, and Consideration
The legal requirements for a binding contract in Canada — how offers are made and accepted, what consideration means, and the common formation errors that leave businesses without the protection they assumed they had.
Terms, Conditions, and What the Contract Actually Says
How contract terms are interpreted in Canadian law — express terms, implied terms, standard form contracts, and the rules courts use when the language is unclear or disputed.
Misrepresentation, Mistake, and Void Contracts
When a contract can be set aside in Canadian law — misrepresentation, mutual and unilateral mistake, duress, undue influence, and the remedies available when a contract is flawed from the start.
Breach of Contract and Your Remedies
What constitutes a breach of contract in Canada, how damages are calculated, the duty to mitigate, and when specific performance or injunctions are available instead of damages.
Limitation and Exclusion Clauses
How limitation and exclusion clauses work in Canadian contracts — what they can and cannot do, how courts assess their enforceability, and what businesses need to know when signing or drafting them.
Contracts in a Digital and E-Commerce Context
How contract law applies to digital transactions in Canada — click-wrap and browse-wrap agreements, electronic signatures, terms of service enforceability, and the specific rules that govern online contracts.
Indemnification and Duty to Defend in Commercial Contracts
How indemnification clauses and contractual duties to defend work in Canadian commercial contracts — what they require, how courts interpret them, and how to negotiate and draft them effectively.
Breach of Contract and Your Remedies
Examines a homeowner's legal options when a roofing contractor cannot deliver the specified materials and refuses to return a $20,000 deposit.
Accord and Satisfaction: When Payment Bars Further Recovery
Analyzing how a $31,500 partial payment on a $47,000 Alberta subrogation claim may constitute accord and satisfaction under section 13(1) of the Judicature Act.