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Memberships
* Law Society of Ontario
(Member in good standing since call to the bar in 1990)
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* Hellenic Canadian Lawyers' Association
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Practice areas include:
Commercial Litigation
Corporation Disputes
Property Disputes
Commercial and Residential Lease Disputes
Real Estate Litigation, including breaches of sale/purchase agreements.
Contract Litigation
Breach of fiduciary duties
Insurance Litigation including coverage disputes
Oppression Remedy matters
Debtor Creditor Litigation
Civil Fraud
Partnership Disputes
Right of Way/Easement Disputes
Nuisance /Trespass matters
Small Claims Court Litigation
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Mentor/Teacher
I have served as a Mentor/Teacher in Ryerson University's Law Practice Program, (Now Toronto Metropolitan University), for 9 training component terms.
In this program i have worked with many talented, hard working law school graduates, having graduated from schools, in and outside North America. The focus on the program is to polish the legal skills required to practice law, helping the Candidates walk successfully over the bridge, from finishing law school to being called to the Ontario Bar.
William Poulos
Sample of Legal Articles Published:
* Prejudice: Taking a hard look at the Merits, 22 C.P.C. (4th) 366-380
*Sharing Real Estate Agent Partnership Commissions after dissolution: It's ours, no it's mine! , 4 R.P.R. (4th) 64-71
* Fixing Costs: Applying the reasonable expectations principle, 32 C.P.C. (6th) 7-13
* The Interpretation Rule: A history and where do we go from here? 46 C.P.C. (6th) 12-22
* Reasons for Judgment: Navigating the pathway to the Verdict (2014), 61 C.L.Q. 218-226
* Navigating the Jury Charge waters (2014), 61 C.L.Q. 361-374
* The Preliminary Inquiry: Staying within the zone of protection (2015), 62 C.L.Q. 365
* Judicial impartiality: Appearance and Realty working in harmony, The Advocates' Journal, 35 No. 2, Fall 2016
* Public Confidence in the Administration of Justice, (2020), 68 C.L.Q. 309
* Legal Presumptions: Trail Markers in our justice system, The Lawyers' Daily, Feb. 16, 2021
* Adapting to changing legal landscapes and having a sound digital compass, The Lawyers' Daily Mar. 15/22
* Reasons for judgment: Tangibles and Intangibles, June 23/23, law360.ca/articles/48046, LexisNexis Canada
* Taking a drone's view of a litigation file, Feb. 22/24, law360.ca, LexisNexis Canada
* The Fiduciary Umbrella, Oct. 11, 2024, Law360 Canada, LexisNexis Canada
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Our focus is our client's best interests. We understand legal complexities and aim to explain them to you, in plain language, every step of the process. Should you require a consultation, please reach out and we will do our best to serve you.
William Poulos
William Poulos
William Poulos
When you retain our office you are directly retaining me. I will be the one working on your file from beginning to end. I bring a strong work ethic to my files and am open to trying to achieve a creative resolution for the client or go to court if that is necessary to fight for my client’s rights/interests.
Virtual Meetings available
Over 34 years Litigation experience
I have been in many levels of court and accordingly have experience in written and oral advocacy and in the skills necessary outside and inside a court room or administrative tribunal.
Agreement of Purchase and Sale. Rescission.
In the following case, the seller made a fraudulent misrepresentation to the Purchaser, that the Property was private and secure, knowing that it was not and failed to disclose that there was an ongoing safety risk at the Property.
Rescission of the Agreement of Purchase and sale was ordered and also damages in favour of the Purchaser.
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1000425140 Ontario Inc. v. 1000176653 Ontario Inc. 2024 ONCA 610
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* This case quote is not a substitute for legal advice. Should you require legal advice, a lawyer should be consulted to advise regarding the circumstances in your case.
Amending Pleadings
“I agree with the observation of William J. Poulos in his article Prejudice: Taking a Hard look at the Merits (1999), 22 C.P.C. (4th) 366 at p. 379, that when it comes to alleging actual prejudice in response to a motion to amend, the specific allegation of prejudice should be detailed in sufficient particularity in evidence to allow the opposing party to respond to the allegation and to allow the Court to take a hard look at the merits of the allegation. “
1588444 Ontario Ltd. V. State Farm and Casualty Company, 2017 ONCA 42 (Canlii), at para. 32
(LASKIN, FELDMAN, HOURIGAN J.J.A.)
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