What authority does a solicitor have to bind a client?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Rana v. Canadian Business College, 2012 ONSC 4030 (CanLII):

It is settled law in Ontario that a solicitor has the authority to bind his or her client unless there is a limitation on the authority and the opposing side has knowledge of the limitation: Scherer v. Paletta[i]

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