R. v. Ivan's Electric Limited et al., 2017 ONCJ 227

citation: "R. v. Ivan's Electric Limited et al., 2017 ONCJ 227" parties: "Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of Ontario (Ministry of Government and Consumer Services) v. Ivan's Electric Limited, Ivan Valovic, Insight Electric Inc., and Peter Valovic" party_moving: "Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of Ontario" party_responding: "Ivan's Electric Limited, Ivan Valovic, Insight Electric Inc., and Peter Valovic" court: "Ontario Court of Justice" court_abbreviation: "ONCJ" jurisdiction: "Ontario" case_type: "trial" date_judgement: "2017-04-04" date_heard:

• "2014-10-09"
• "2014-10-15"
• "2014-10-16"
• "2014-10-17"
• "2014-10-29"
• "2014-10-30"
• "2014-10-31"
• "2014-11-12"
• "2014-11-13"
• "2014-11-19"
• "2014-11-20"
• "2015-04-09"
• "2015-04-22"
• "2015-04-23"
• "2015-05-13"
• "2015-05-14"
• "2015-05-27"
• "2016-03-17"
• "2016-03-23"
• "2016-03-24"
• "2016-10-27"
• "2016-11-02" applicant:
• "Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of Ontario"
• "Ministry of Government and Consumer Services" applicant_counsel:
• "G. Ludlow"
• "J. Chiang" respondent:
• "Ivan's Electric Limited"
• "Ivan Valovic"
• "Insight Electric Inc."
• "Peter Valovic" respondent_counsel:
• "T. Hein"
• "J. Noonan" judge: "Quon" winning_degree_applicant: 1 winning_degree_respondent: 5 judge_bias_applicant: 0 judge_bias_respondent: 0 year: 2017 decision_number: 227 file_number: "CV-20-00009461-0000" source: "https://www.canlii.org/en/on/oncj/doc/2017/2017oncj227/2017oncj227.html" legislation:
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• title: "Ontario Regulation 17/05 (General Regulation under Consumer Protection Act, 2002)" url: "https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/050017"
• title: "Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194" url: "https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/900194"
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