Blaney's Appeals: Court of Appeal Summaries (December 30, 2019 – January 3, 2020)

  • January 07, 2020
  • John Polyzogopoulos

As many of you may know, my partner, Lea Nebel and I have been chairing the last few years a CLE at the OBA of “Top Appeals” from the Court of Appeal over the past year. The program will be a dinner program to take place at the OBA on Thursday, February 27, 2020, so please mark your calendars! Two of the cases we will be featuring this year are Darmar Farms v Sygenta, which deals with the potential new tort of “premature commercialization” and pure economic loss in product liability context, and The Guarantee Company of North America v Royal Bank of Canada regarding the priority of construction trust claims in bankruptcy. We are also lining up our speakers for a third decision that will be featured, so please stay tuned.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Civil Decisions

Bondy-Rafael v. Potrebic, 2019 ONCA 1026

Keywords: Torts, Negligence, MVA, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Costs, Apportionment, Mortimer v. Cameron (1994), 17 OR (3d) 1 (CA), Wright v. Wal-Mart Canada et al., 2010 ONSC 2936, Gorman v. Falardeau, 2004 CanLII 14959, Burns v. Hedge (2001), 146 OAC 333 (CA)

Bukshtynov v. McMaster University, 2019 ONCA 1027

Keywords: Torts, Negligence, Evidence, Admissibility, Hearsay, Documents in Possession, Business Records, Principled Exception, , Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1 s.1(d), 5(1) and 51, Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E. 23 s. 35, R. v. Turlon (1989), 49 C.C.C. (3d) 186, R. v. Araya, 2015 SCC 11

Ontario College of Teachers v. Bouragba, 2019 ONCA 1028

Keywords: Tort, Defamation, 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

Criminal Decisions

R. v. M., 2019 ONCA 1019

Keywords: Criminal Law, Weapons Offence, R. v. Weare, (1993) CCC (3d) 494

R. v. B., 2019 ONCA 1020

Keywords: Criminal Law, Assault, Identification Evidence

R. v. G.H., 2020 ONCA 1

Keywords: Criminal Law, Publication Ban, Sexual Interference, Incest, Jury Instructions, Evidence, Rule in Browne v. Dunn, Prior Inconsistent Statements, Cross-Examination, Credibility, Adverse Inferences, Browne v. Dunn (1893), 6 R. 67 (H.L.), R. v. Rose (2001), 53 O.R. (3d) 417 (C.A.), R. v. L.L., 2009 ONCA 413, R. v. T.M., 2014 ONCA 854, leave to appeal refused, [2015] S.C.C.A. No. 110, Deacon v. The King, [1947] S.C.R. 531, McInroy and Rouse v. R., [1979] 1 S.C.R. 588, R. v. Mannion, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 272, R. v. Squire, [1977] 2 S.C.R. 13, R. v. Bevan, [1993] 2 S.C.R. 599, Colpitts v. The Queen, [1965] S.C.R. 739, Wildman v. The Queen, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 311