Does a person’s intention to establish a home in a new community constitute a “habitation” for an indefinite period of time?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gillespie v Jones, 2015 ONSC 5265 (CanLII):
In MacPherson v. MacPherson [1] the Court of Appeal held that “the arrival of a person in a new locality with the intention of making a home in that locality for an indefinite period makes that person ordinarily resident in that community”.
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