Fact Pattern 12-1

question 67

Multiple Choice

Fact Pattern 12-1
Estelle enters into a contract to buy 132 acres from Desmond to subdivide and sell in quarter-acre lots for Country Acres, a residential development.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 12-1.If Desmond breaches the contract,Estelle's remedy would most likely be

• A)a certain ratio of the amount that Desmond has in liquid funds.
• B)a percentage of Desmond's unrealized profit.
• C)the difference between the land's contract and market prices.
• D)specific performance.

Explain the merits of alternative dispute resolution methods over the judicial process.

Describe the process of initiating an action in court.

Understand the limitations on the powers of the superior trial courts of the province.

Discuss recent developments in the Canadian court system.

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