Court of Appeal Summaries (December 7 – December 11, 2020)

  • December 15, 2020
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

McMurter v. McMurter, 2020 ONCA 772

Keywords: Family Law, Spousal Support, Security, Civil Procedure, Procedural and Natural Justice, Reasonable Apprehension of Bias, Divorce Act R.S.C. 1985, c. 3, (2nd Supp.), ss. 15.2, 17(3), Indian Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. I-5, R. v. S. (R.D.), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 484, D.G. v. A.F., 2015 ONCA 290

Cosentino v. Cosentino, 2020 ONCA 775

Keywords: Family Law, Support, Orders, Variation, Material Change in Circumstances, Willick v. Willick, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 670

Onley v. Whitby (Town), 2020 ONCA 774

Keywords: Torts, Negligence, Occupiers’ Liability, Standard of Care, Reasonable Measures, Expert Evidence, Occupiers’ Liability Act, ss. 3(1), Drummond v Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, 2019 ONCA 0447, Tondat v Hudson’s Bay Company, 2019 ONCA 0302

GIAO Consultants Ltd. v 7779534 Canada Inc., 2020 ONCA 778

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Jurisdiction, Forum Non Conveniens, Standard of Review, Club Resorts Ltd. v. Van Breda, 2012 SCC 1, Young v. Tyco International of Canada Ltd., 2008 ONCA 709, Haaretz.com v. Goldhar, 2018 SCC 28

Malik v. Attia, 2020 ONCA 787

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Agreements of Purchase and Sale of Land, Subdivision Control, Deposits, Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Partial Summary Judgment, Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, ss. 50(3), 50(15), Baker v. Nero (1979), 23 O.R. (2d) 646 (H.C.), Baywood Homes Partnership v. Haditaghi, 2014 ONCA 450, Healthy Lifestyle Medical Group Inc. v. Chand Morningside Plaza Inc., 2019 ONCA 6, Komorowski v. Van Weel (1993), 12 O.R. (3d) 444 (Gen. Div.), Lapolla v. The Estate of John Bostock, 2017 ONSC 7448, Smith v. Tellier (1974), 47 D.L.R. (3d) 342 (Ont. C.A.), rev’d on other grounds [1976] 2 S.C.R. 255, Zender v. Ball (1975), 51 D.L.R. (3d) 499 (Ont. H.C.), 2287913 Ontario Inc. v. Blue Falls Manufacturing Ltd., 2015 ONSC 7982, Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, Butera v. Chown, Cairns LLP, 2017 ONCA 783, Service Mold + Aerospace Inc. v. Khalaf, 2019 ONCA 369, Weirfoulds LLP, Ontario Planning Practice: Annotated Statutes and Regulations (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2019), at PA 1, s. 50(15); Practical Law Canada, “Simultaneous Conveyancing When Land in Both Registry and Land Titles” (Thomson Reuters, October 2020), Ian Rogers & Alison Butler, Canadian Law of Planning and Zoning, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2019)

Dhatt v. Beer, 2020 ONCA 799

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Appeals, Expediting Appeal, Intervention, Contracts, Real Property, Agreements of Purchase and Sale of Land, Remedies, Specific Performance

Short Civil Decisions

Sparr v. Downing, 2020 ONCA 793

Keywords: Family Law, Child Support, Financial Disclosure, Family Law Rules, O. Reg. 114/99, Roberts v. Roberts, 2015 ONCA 450, Manchanda v. Thethi, 2016 ONCA 909, leave to appeal refused, [2017] S.C.C.A. No. 29, Peerenboom v. Peerenboom, 2020 ONCA 240

614128 Ontario Ltd. (Trisan Construction) v. Toronto (City), 2020 ONCA 803

Keywords: Construction Law, Trust Obligations, Statutory Holdback, Settlements, Construction Lien Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30

Bonus Provincial Offences Decision

R. v. Irwin, 2020 ONCA 776

Keywords: Provincial Offences, Building Code Violations, Administrative Law, Orders, Collateral Attack, Building Code Act, ss. 1, ss. 8(1), ss. 12(2), ss. 25, ss. 36(1), R v Consolidated Maybrun Mines Ltd., [1998] 1 SCR 706, Wilson v The Queen, [1983] 2 SCR 594, R v Bird, 2019 SCC 7, Garland v Consumers’ Gas Co., 2004 SCC 25, Amtim Capital Inc. v Appliance Recycling Centers of America, 2014 ONCA 62, R v Domm, (1996) 31 OR (3d) 540 (CA), Canada (Attorney General) v Telezone Inc., 2010 SCC 62, Toronto (City) v CUPE, Local 79, 203 SCC 63, 864503 Alberta Inc. v Genco Place Properties Ltd., 2019 ABCA 80