Blaney's Appeals: Ontario Court of Appeal Summaries (February 25 – March 1, 2019)

  • March 11, 2019
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Benedetto v 2453912 Ontario Inc, 2019 ONCA 149

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Agreements for Purchase and Sale of Land, Pre-Incorporation Contracts, Deposits, Forfeiture, Business Corporations Act, RSO 1990, c B.16, s 21, Howe v Smith (1884), 27 Ch D 89 (CA), March Bothers & Wells v Banton (1911), 45 SCR 338, HW Liebig Co v Leading Investments Ltd, [1986] 1 SCR 70, Tang v Zhang, 2013 BCCA 52, Comonsents Inc v Hetherington Welch Design Ltd, 2006 CanLII 33779 (ONSC), Szecket v Huang (1998), 42 OR (3d) 400 (CA), 1394918 Ontario Ltd v 1310210 Ontario Inc (2002), 57 OR (3d) 607, Adamis v Aviks, 1983 CarswellOnt 3436 (Ont Co Ct)

New Dermamed Inc. v. Sulaiman, 2019 ONCA 141

Keywords: Torts, Defamation, Libel, Civil Procedure, Anti-SLAPP, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 137.1, 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Association, 2018 ONCA 685

Equirex Leasing Corp v Medcap Real Estate Holdings Inc, 2019 ONCA 152

Keywords: Personal Property, Equipment Leasing, Secured Transactions, Security Interests, Default, Enforcement, Remedies, Right of Entry, Repossession, Sufficiency of Order, Personal Property Security Act, RSO 1990, c P.10, s 62, 63, 67

ACT Greenwood Ltd v Desjardins-McLeod, 2019 ONCA 158

Keywords: Contracts, Restrictive Covenants, Enforceability, Frustration, Interpretation, Damages, Mitigation, Onus of Proof, Frustrated Contracts Act, RSO 1990, c F.34, Naylor Group Inc v Ellis-Don Construction Ltd, 2001 SCC 58, Sattva Capital Corp v Creston Moly Corp, 2014 SCC 53, Barber v Molson Sport & Entertainment Inc, 2010 ONCA 570, Belton et al v Liberty Insurance Company of Canada (2004), 72 OR (3d) 81 (CA), Martin v Goldfarb (1998), 41 OR (3d) 161 (CA)