A B.C. realtor who orchestrated a false complaint to her business associate’s employer has lost her appeal of $110,000 in defamation damages, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia has …
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Real estate brokerage justified in firing founder who threatened new owner: Court of Appeal
The founder of a Kenora, Ont., cottage real estate brokerage who swore at the new owner and threatened to hit him months after selling him the business was fired for …
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B.C. Court of Appeal dismisses real estate broker’s claim that commission trust account created statutory right to payment
A British Columbia real estate broker who lost a contractual dispute over commission cannot claim the funds were held in a statutory trust for him simply because his employer deposited …
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Realtor had cause to terminate agent who threatened violence, called owner ‘sniveling idiot’: Court
The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that real estate brokerage Cabin Country Realty Ltd. had just cause to terminate one of its long-time agents, citing a pattern of misconduct including …
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Former Sotheby’s real estate agent awarded 11 months’ severance after fixed-term contract terminated
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has awarded damages to a former real estate agent of Max Wright Real Estate Corporation, operating as Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, after the company …