What is the test for rectification of a title under the Land Titles Act?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wonderland Power Centre Inc. v. Post and Beam on Wonderland Inc., 2018, 2018 ONSC 7589 (CanLII):
The Court of Appeal in McLean v. McLean[11] held that “(equity) continues to have application to claims governed by the Land Titles Act …The ordinary civil burden of proof on a balance of probabilities is the standard that now applies to all civil actions, including a claim for rectification.”
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