Blaney's Appeals: Ontario Court of Appeal Summaries (November 26 – 30, 2018)

  • December 05, 2018
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Topics covered this week included:

  1. the interpretation of a mortgage assumption provision in an agreement of purchase and sale of land;
  2. the interpretation of an early payment provision in a vendor take-back mortgage;
  3. the interpretation of a municipal by-law;
  4. the calculation of performance bonus entitlements and shareholder bonuses in a wrongful dismissal context;
  5. setting aside transfers of assets between common law spouses following separation; and
  6. several procedural issues such as jurisdiction to hear an appeal in a judicial review context, costs in a class proceedings context, amending pleadings in the face of a limitation period issue, stay pending appeal, and stays of appeals as a sanction for failing to comply with a court order.

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Havelock-Belmont-Methuen (Township) v Kloosterman, 2018 ONCA 945

Keywords: Municipal Law, By-law Enforcement, Statutory Interpretation

Michail v Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association, 2018 ONCA 950

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Judicial Review, Appeals, Jurisdiction

Evans v Paradigm Capital Inc, 2018 ONCA 952

Keywords: Employment Law, Wrongful Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal, Damages, Mitigation, Civil Procedure, Costs, Fresh Evidence, Evans v Teamsters Local Union No 31, 2008 SCC 20, R v Palmer, [1980] 1 SCR 759, Clark v BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc, 2008 ONCA 663, Love v Acuity Investment Management Inc, 2011 ONCA 130, Sengmueller v Sengmueller (1994), 17 OR (3d) 208 (CA)

Heydari v Ahmadi, 2018 ONCA 958

Keywords: Family Law, Spousal Support, Net Equalization of Family Property, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Extension of Time, Stay Pending Appeal, Practice Direction Concerning Civil Appeals, Kefeli v Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology (2002), 23 CPC (5th) 35 (Ont CA), RJR-MacDonald Inc v Canada (Attorney General), [1994] 1 SCR 311, SFC Litigation Trust v Chan, 2018 ONCA 710, Family Law Rules, Rule 63.01(1)

THMR Development Inc v 1440254 Ontario Ltd, 2018 ONCA 954

Keywords: Real Estate, Contracts, Agreements of Purchase and Sale of Land, Conditions Precedent, Remedies, Specific Performance, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Standard of Review, Adequacy of Reasons, Zhilka v Turney, [1959] SCR 578, Barnett v. Harrison, [1976] 2 SCR 531, 801 Assets Inc v 605446 Ontario Ltd, 2016 ONSC 2772, Campbell Pools Inc v Seville Group Inc, 2015 ONSC 2314, R v Sheppard, 2002 SCC 26

Lavender v Miller Bernstein LLP, 2018 ONCA 955

Keywords: Torts, Auditors’ Negligence, Civil Procedure, Class Proceedings, Costs, Rules of Civil Procedure, RRO 1990, Reg 194, r 12.04 and r 57.01(1)(g), Class Proceedings Act, 1992, SO 1992, c. 6, s 31(1), Deloitte & Touche v Livent Inc (Receiver of), 2017 SCC 63, Pearson v Inco Ltd (2006), 79 OR (3d) 427 (CA), Williams v Mutual Life Assurance Co of Canada, (2001) 27 CCLI (3d) 256

Kinbridge (Bronte) Inc v 1140114 Ontario Inc, 2018 ONCA 957

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Mortgages, Interpretation, Standard of Review, Sattva Capital Corp v Creston Moly Corp, 2014 SCC 53

Van Halteren v De Boer Tool Inc, 2018 ONCA 960

Keywords: Corporate Law, Oppression, Civil Procedure, Amending Pleadings, Limitation Periods, Costs, Limitations Act, 2002, SO 2002, c 24, Sched. B, Ontario Business Corporations Act, RSO 1990, c B.16

Siddiqui v Anwar, 2018 ONCA 965

Keywords: Family Law, Equalization of Net Family Property, Support, Civil Procedure, Orders, Remedies for Breach, Appeals, Quashing Appeals, Stays, Dickie v Dickie, 2007 SCC 8, Cosentino v Cosentino, 2017 ONCA 593

Styres v Martin, 2018 ONCA 956

Keywords: Family Law, Estates, Real Property, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Breach of Trust, Unjust Enrichment, Gifts, Express Trust, Resulting Trust, Capacity, Undue Influence, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Sufficiency of Reasons, Statute of Frauds, RSO 1990, c S.19, Maple Ridge Community Management Ltd v Peel Condominium Corporation No 231, 2015 ONCA 520

Paterson Veterinary Professional Corporation v Stilton Corp Ltd, 2018 ONCA 967

Keywords: Real Property, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Stay Pending Appeal, Rules of Civil Procedure, RRO 1990, Reg 194, 63.02, RJR-MacDonald Inc v Canada (Attorney-General), [1994] 1 SCR 311