Ontario: Ignorance is not bliss

In Unegbu v. WFG Securities of Canada, the Court of Appeal reminds us that ignorance of the law won’t stop the limitation period from running:

[4]         […] It is well-established that a lack of appreciation of the legal significance of the facts grounding a claim does not stop the limitation from running: Nicholas v. McCarthy Tetrault, [2008] O.J. No. 4258 at para. 27, aff’d 2009 ONCA 692 (CanLII).