The applicant, Universal Engineered Restoration, brought an application under Rule 14 for the distribution of $305,987.52 held in the trust account of the respondent lawyer, Harpreet Khukh, due to competing claims from other respondents, Ayman Mohammed Alkhatib and 8995079 Canada Inc. Mr. Khukh had paid the funds into court.
On consent of the parties, the application was converted into an action, with Universal to deliver a Statement of Claim and the other respondents to deliver a Statement of Defence and Counterclaim.
The application was dismissed without costs against Mr. Khukh, and costs of the proceeding to date were ordered to be in the cause of the converted action.
