Does a specific performance of a property need to be granted as a matter of course?

Saskatchewan, Canada


The following excerpt is from Minnema v. Helliar, 1999 SKQB 219 (CanLII):

Specific performance should, therefore, not be granted as a matter of course absent evidence that the property is unique to the extent that its substitute would not readily be available. Semelhago v. Paramadevan et al., supra.

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