Blaney's Appeals: Ontario Court of Appeal Summaries (January 7 - 11, 2019)

  • January 16, 2019
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

TD General Insurance Company v Intact Insurance Company, 2019 ONCA 5

Keywords: Contracts, Insurance, Interpretation, Homeowners’ Insurance Policy, Primary Coverage, Excess Coverage, Other Insurance Clauses, “Closeness to the Risk” Approach, “Minnesota” Approach, Family Insurance Corp v Lombard Canada Ltd, 2002 SCC 48, Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company v Lloyd’s Underwriters, 2017 ONCA 858

Healthy Lifestyle Medical Group Inc. v. Chand Morningside Plaza Inc., 2019 ONCA 6

Keywords: Contracts, Breach, Consideration, Civil Procedure, Pleadings, Defences,  Summary Judgment, Baywood Homes Partnership v. Haditaghi, 2014 ONCA 450, Butera v. Chown, Cairns LLP, 2017 ONCA 783, Mason v. Perras Mongenais, 2018 ONCA 978


Lee v. Richcraft Homes Ltd., 2019 ONCA 7

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Commercial Leases, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Extension of Time, Striking Pleadings, No Reasonable Cause of Action, Standing, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 5.04(2), 21.01(b), 25.11 & 26, Re Sault Dock Co. Ltd. and City of Sault Ste. Marie, [1973] 2 OR 479 (C.A.), Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. v. Froese, 2013 ONCA 131, Wernikowski v Kirkland, Murphy & Ain (1999), 50 OR (3d) 124 (C.A.)

Criminal Decisions

R. v. Stipo, 2019 ONCA 3

Keywords: Criminal Law, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Impaired Driving, Crown Disclosure, First-Party Disclosure, Third-Party Disclosure, Certiorari, Admissibility, Relevance, Statutory Interpretation, R. v. Stinchcombe, [1991] 3 SCR 326, R. v. O’Connor, [1995] 4 SCR 411, R. v. Gubbins, 2018 SCC 44, R. v. Awashish, 2018 SCC 45, s. 258(1) of the Criminal Code

R. v. Hernandez-Mejia, 2019 ONCA 16

Keywords: Criminal Law, Sexual Interference, Sexual Assault, Sentencing, Deference

 R. v. P.B., 2019 ONCA 13

Keywords: Criminal Law, Sexual Interference, Sexual Assault, Incest, Crown Disclosure, Double Jeopardy, Sentencing, R. v. Dixon, [1998] 1 SCR 244, R. v. Yumnu, 2012 SCC 73

R. v. Soltan, 2019 ONCA 8

Keywords: Criminal Law, Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, section 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Inadequacy of Reasons, Leave to Cross-Examine, R. v. Garofoli, [1990] 2 SCR 1421, R. v. R.E.M., 2008 SCC 51

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