Blaney's Appeals: Court of Appeal Summaries (January 6 – 10, 2020)

  • January 17, 2020
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Thompson v Casey , 2020 ONCA 5

Keywords: Contracts, Debts, Assignments, Corporations, Oppression, Civil Procedure, Applications, Orders, Trial of an Issue, Rules of Civil Procedure, Courts of Justice Act, RSO 1990, c C43, s138, Rules 1.04(1.1), 38.10(1)

Bosnali v Michaud , 2020 ONCA 7

Keywords: Contracts, Solicitor and Client, Solicitors Liens, Priority, Set-Off, Solicitors Act, RSO 1990 c S15, s 34, Rules of Practice, RRO 1980, Reg 540, Martin v McColl (1957), 10 DLR (2d) 284 (Ont CA), Durall Construction Ltd. v HJ O’Connell Ltd. (1977), 16 OR (2d) 713 (HC), Guergis v Hamilton, 2016 ONSC 4428, Bell v Wright (1985), 24 SCR 656, Diamond v Western Realty Co. (1925), 28 OWN 120 (CA), Poulin v Pettitt (1992), 10 CPC (3d) 29 (Ont CJ (Gen Div))

Aga v Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada , 2020 ONCA 10

Keywords: Corporations, Non-Share Capital Corporations, Voluntary Associations, Contracts, Summary Judgment, Corporations Act, RSO 1990, c C38, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s2(a), Courts of Justice Act, RSO 1990, c C43, s134(1)(a), Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v Wall, 2018 SCC 26, Ahenakew et al. v MacKay et al. (2004), 71 O.R. (3d) 130 (CA)

Clarke v Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada , 2020 ONCA 11

Keywords: Contracts, Insurance, Long-Term Disability, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Limitation Periods, Discoverability, “Appropriate Means”, Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sched. B, s 5, Pepper v Sanmina-Sci Systems (Canada) Inc., 2017 ONCA 730, Western Life Assurance Company v Penttila, 2019 ONSC 14

HMB Holdings Limited v Antigua and Barbuda, 2020 ONCA 12

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Foreign Judgments, Enforcement, Jurisdiction, Statutory Interpretation, Enforcement of Judgments Act, RSO 1990, c R5, ss 3(b) and (e), Chevron Corp. v Yaiguaji, 2015 SCC 42, Club Resorts Ltd. v Van Breda, 2012 SCC 17

McKay v Vautour, 2020 ONCA 16

Keywords: Real Property, Adverse Possession, Land Titles Act, RSO 1990, c L5, s 51, Pepper v Brooker, 2017 ONCA 532, Barbour v Bailey, 2016 ONCA 98

Temedio v Niagara North Condominium Corporation No. 6, 2020 ONCA 17

Keywords: Real Property, Condominiums, Contracts, Solicitor and Client, Legal Fees, Assessments, Special Circumstances, Condominium Act, 1998, SO 1998, c 19, s 134

Short Civil Decisions

Khan v Krylov & Company, 2020 ONCA 13

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment

Conroy v Vassel, 2020 ONCA 14

Keywords: Family Law, Self-Representation, Costs

Criminal Decisions

R v Mc, 2020 ONCA 2 (Publication Ban)

Keywords: Criminal Law, Child Pornography, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s 7, 10(b), and 24(2), R v Grant, 2009 SCC 32

R v W, 2020 ONCA 3 (Publication Ban)

Keywords: Criminal Law, Sexual Assault, Kidnapping, Uttering Death Threats, Lord Coke’s Principle

R v M, 2020 ONCA 6

Keywords: Criminal Law, Second Degree Murder, Borowski v Canada (Attorney General), [1989] 1 SCR 342

R v E, 2020 ONCA 8

Keywords: Criminal Law, Drug Offences

R v M, 2020 ONCA 9

Keywords: Criminal Law, Firearms Offences, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime, Drug Offences, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s 7, 8, 10(b), and 24(2), R v Grant, 2009 SCC 32

R v J, ONCA 2020 15 (Publication Ban)

Keywords: Criminal Law, Sexual Assault, R v TC, (2004), 72 OR (3d) 623

Ontario Review Board Decisions

G (Re), 2020 ONCA 4

Keywords: Ontario Review Board, Not Criminally Responsible, Assault, Forcible Confinement, Interveners, Victim Impact Statement, Criminal Code, s 722