By May M. Cheng ( February 11, 2022, 12:02 PM EST) -- On Feb. 2, 2022, Chief Justice Paul Crampton of the Federal Court issued a decision in 1196278 Ontario Inc. dba SASSAFRAZ v. 815470 Ontario Inc. dba SASSAFRAS COASTAL KITCHEN AND BAR 2022 FC 116. The case is interesting on a number of fronts, including for the fact that the proceeding was brought by way of application rather than action, which allowed the parties to effectively expedite proceedings by having a judgment very close to two years following its commencement, rather than the typical four years it would normally take to get an action to trial. ...