Blaney's Appeals: Court of Appeal Summaries (February 3 – 7, 2020)

  • February 12, 2020
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Labourers' International Union of North America, Local 183 v. Castellano, 2020 ONCA 71

Keywords: Torts, Defamation, Anti-SLAPP, Trespass, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C. 43 s. 137.1, Trespass to Property Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. T.21, 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Association, 2018 ONCA 685, Montour v. Beacon Publishing Inc., 2019 ONCA 246, St. Lewis v. Rancourt, 2015 ONCA 513, Cambie Surgeries Corp. v. British Columbia (Medical Services Commission), 2010 BCCA 396, 1711811 Ontario Ltd. (AdLine) v. Buckley Insurance Brokers Ltd., 2014 ONCA 125, Rainy River (Town) v. Olsen, 2017 ONCA 605

Youssef v. Misselbrook, 2020 ONCA 83

Keywords: Torts, Occupiers’ Liability, Negligence, Contributory Negligence

Kraemer v. Kraemer, 2020 ONCA 91

Keywords: Family Law, Net Family Property, Gifts

Farsi v. Da Rocha, 2020 ONCA 92

Keywords: Family Law, Custody and Access, Child Abduction, Habitual Residence, Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Can. T. S. 1983 No. 35 (Hague Convention), Office of the Children’s Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16, H.L. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005 SCC 25, Salomon v. Matte‑Thompson, 2019 SCC 14

Thistle v. Schumilas, 2020 ONCA 88

Keywords: Torts, Professional Negligence, Insurance Brokers, Life Insurance, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Property of Bankrupt, Choses in Action, Civil Procedure, Limitation Periods, Orders, Nunc Pro Tunc, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, RSC, 1985, c B-3, s2, s41(11), s67(1)(c), s187(9), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v Green, 2015 SCC 60

Activa Trading Co. Ltd. v. Birchland Plywood-Veneer Limited, 2020 ONCA 93

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Vexatious Litigants, Abuse of Process, Fresh Evidence, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 2.1, Palmer v. The Queen, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 759

Dupuis v. Waterloo (City), 2020 ONCA 96

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Appeals, Perfection, Extension of Time

Sleep Number Corporation v. Maher Sign Products Inc., 2020 ONCA 93

Keywords: Contracts, Sale of Goods, Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Foreign Judgments, Enforcement, Jurisdiction, Real and Substantial Connection, Forum Selection Clause, Summary Judgment, 2249659 Ontario Ltd. v. Sparkasse Siegen, 2013 ONCA 354, Old North State Brewing Company Inc. v. Newlands Services Inc. (1998), 58 B.C.L.R. (3d) 144, Hollinger International v. Hollinger Inc., 2005 CanLII 4582 (Ont. Div. Ct.)

Short Civil Decisions

Temedio v. Niagara North Condominium Corporation No. 6, 2020 ONCA 81

Keywords: Real Property, Condominiums, Civil Procedure, Costs

Criminal Decisions

United States v. Okorhi, 2020 ONCA 89

Keywords: Criminal Law, Fraud, Extradition

R. v. D.K. (Publication Ban), 2020 ONCA 79

Keywords: Criminal Law, Evidence, Sexual Assault Causing Bodily Harm, Sexual Assault, Evidence, Credibility, Prior Inconsistent Statement, Sentencing, Pre-Sentence Custody, Criminal Code, ss. 271, 272(1)(c), 276, 278, Canada Evidence Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-5, s. 11, R. v. Graham, 2019 ONCA 347, R. v. Khan, 2017 ONCA 114, R. v. Stirling, 2008 SCC 10, R. v. Dinardo, 2008 SCC 24, R. v. Divitaris(2004), 188 C.C.C. (3d) 390 (Ont. C.A.), R. v. D.C., 2019 ONCA 442, R. v. S.K., 2019 ONCA 776, R. v. Fair(1993), 16 O.R. (3d) 1 (C.A.), R. v. M.C., 2014 ONCA 611, R. v. J.A.T., 2012 ONCA 177, R. v. L.S., 2017 ONCA 685, R. v. Goldfinch, 2019 SCC 38, R. v. Darrach, 2000 SCC 46, R. v. Riley(1992), 11 O.R. (3d) 151 (C.A.), R. v. C.F., 2017 ONCA 480, R. v. M.T., 2012 ONCA 511, R. v. Strojny, 2019 ONCA 329, R. v. A.C., 2018 ONCA 333

R. v. N., 2020 ONCA 85

Keywords: Criminal Law, Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, Sentencing, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, S.C. 1996, c. 19, s. 5(2), Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. 8, 9, R. v. Lacasse, 2015 SCC 64

R. v. I., 2020 ONCA 90

Keywords: Criminal Law, Sentencing, R. v. Lifchus, [1997] 3 S.C.R. 320

R. v. V.L. (Publication Ban), 2020 ONCA 87

Keywords: Criminal Law, Sexual Assault, Sentencing, R. v. Lacasse, [2015] 3 S.C.R. 1089

Ontario Review Board Decisions

M. (Re), 2020 ONCA 80

Keywords: Ontario Review Board, Not Criminally Responsible, Detention Order, Conditional Discharge, Mental Health Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.7