Adjudicator awarded $426,000 in damages
A rental board adjudicator who was threatened to be fired by the Quebec government has been awarded $426,000 in damages after the Quebec Court of Appeal held that he was unjustly forced to resign.
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Potential buyer entitled to back down from purchasing a $1.3 million home, rules court
A Quebec man who backed out of a promise to purchase a $1.3 million home in Gatineau won his case after the Quebec Court of Appeal held that he was entitled to renege the agreement because the sellers failed to adequately inform the buyer and therefore vitiated his consent.
Why it matters: “The decision underlines the importance of the seller’s duty to inform the buyer, and their obligation to know what it is that they are selling.”
Federal privacy watchdog examines consent model
The consent model, the cornerstone behind the federal legislation that governs how private sector organizations may collect, use or disclose personal information in the course of commercial activities, is under the microscope after the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) published a consultation paper that examines its viability in today’s digital information ecosystem.