This month from the Ontario Court of Appeal: Crown references to inadmissible evidence in an opening address, jurisdiction to award costs after a Crown stay, and what happens when you try youth and adult cases together.

Summaries for this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal. Topics covered this week included a number of civil procedure issues (civil contempt, appeal routes, administrative dismissals for delay), of couple of real property/municipal law cases (dedication of roads, relief from forfeiture) and an unjust enrichment case in the context of a family dispute.

Below are the summaries for last week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal. Topics covered included defamation, municipal liability, MVA, breach of contract, family law, wills and estates, tax, crown wardship and several procedural decisions covering jurisdiction/forum non conveniens, civil contempt, extensions of time to perfect appeals and striking pleadings.

Summaries for this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal. Topics covered this week include several family law decisions, police liability, the interpretation of municipal procurement bylaws, which is to be reviewed on a standard of correctness, and an unsuccessful attempt to enforce international arbitral awards obtained against a foreign state against the assets of a corporation wholly owned by that state.

The OBA Privacy and Access to Information section has struck a working group to explore the creation of a LSUC Certified Specialist Program in privacy and access to information law. The executive invites section members to join and participate in the working group.