Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Equitable Remedies (2024 Reissue) / Estoppel (2024 Reissue)

Maurice Coombs, B.Sc., LL.B., LL.M., is a former partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and was a Senior Member of the firm’s Research Group until his retirement at the end of December 2004. Until January of 1998, he served as Chair of the firm’s Research Group, a post he held for more than 15 years. His research practice at Osler was focused on corporate and commercial law, trust law, partnerships, institutional investment law, conflicts of laws and related matters. In his practice, he worked extensively for various public- and private-sector pension funds, as well as major investment houses, structuring products for institutional investment purposes. He also undertook consulting roles with federal and provincial authorities on various legislative initiatives.

Maurice has also lectured at, and written papers for, legal and professional programs held by a variety of organizations. In his earlier years, Maurice worked for approximately five years as a research assistant at the Ontario Law Reform Commission. In 1972, he left the Commission and joined Bertha Wilson at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt in her research practice.

Since his retirement from Osler, Maurice has undertaken a series of freelance and contract research projects and has authored, co-authored or contributed to various LexisNexis Canada publications, including the Agency, Business Corporations, Bills of Exchange, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Equitable Remedies, Partnerships, and Real Property titles in Halsbury’s Laws of Canada. He is a co-author, with Kevin McGuinness, of Canadian Business Corporations, 4th Edition (LexisNexis Canada, 2024).

Bruce MacDougall is Dean pro tem, Professor of Law and former Associate Dean, at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. He has been teaching Contracts and Commercial Law for almost four decades. He has taught these courses in both the common law jurisdictions of Canada and Quebec, and has also taught them in the United States, England and Thailand. A Rhodes Scholar, and formerly a practising lawyer in both Ontario and British Columbia, he has been actively involved in continuing legal education programs and has received the teaching excellence award at the University of British Columbia. Mr. MacDougall was also Law Clerk to Justice Le Dain at the Supreme Court of Canada and has been involved in law reform projects on commercial law in British Columbia. He is Chair of the Judicial Council of the Tsawwassen First Nation.