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About Matt Maurer

Matt is a Partner with Torkin Manes LLP. He is the Vice-Chair of the firm's Cannabis Law Group and a member of the Commercial Litigation Group. Matt provides business and regulatory advice to cannabis clients around the world and regularly appears before various levels of Courts and Tribunals in Ontario on trials, applications, motions and hearings. When not assisting clients, Matt enjoys spending time with his family, travel and the Toronto Raptors.

Posts by Matt Maurer

Agent Out $7,000 Due to Verbal Agreement

Placing Privacy Over Practicality

Plaintiff Awarded $13,000 Judgment and $90,000 in Costs

Plaintiff and Defendant Both Seek, and Are Denied, Leave to Appeal

Update: Tenant Convicted of Fraud

Lawyer Who Sues Client for $4,000 Is Ordered to Pay Client Nearly Twice That Amount in Costs

Plaintiff Nearly Loses $8,000 Because She Went to Trial Too Fast

Buying a House? Better Get a Home Inspection

Judge Does Not Mince Words When Counsel Fail to Follow Simple Instructions

Real Estate Agent Loses $120,000 Commission for Not Sending Simple Email or Letter

Superior Court Overturns Result of Youth Soccer Match

Should Self-Represented Litigants Be Entitled to Costs?

Cops Impound Cell Phone of Texting Driver for 48 Hours

T.V. Show Prompts Plaintiff to Try to Re-Open Case

Police Departments and Cadillac Fairview Sued for 2012 Shooting at Eaton Centre

Court Agrees to Backdate Claim That Was Issued Outside Limitation Period

Tenant Screws Landlord, and So Does the System

Ontario Litigators Circle July 1 on Your Calendars

Court of Appeal Unable to Review Lower Decision – Forced to Grant Appeal

Update: Court of Appeal Rules Property Management Company Still Barred From Appearing at Landlord and Tenant Board

Proceeds From Molson Grow-Op Sale to Be Released to Property’s Owner

Case Dismissed Against Vendor of “Haunted” Building

Defendant Permitted to Defend Action Six Years After Plaintiff Obtains Default Judgment

It’s Time to Amend the Bank Act So Clients Can Collect on Judgments

The Civil Injunction Cheat Sheet

The Practical New Face of Summary Judgment Motions

Update: Nearly $19,000 in Costs Awarded Against Lawyer Who Accepts Settlement Offer Without Instructions

Real Estate Broker’s Failure to Disclose That It Was Acting for Both Buyer and Seller Results in Forfeit of Nearly $18,000 Commission

Court of Appeal Says Private School’s Decision to Expel Pot Smoking Student Not Subject to Judicial Review

An Interesting Approach to a Routine Motion