Court of Appeal Summaries (April 12 – April 16, 2021)

  • April 20, 2021
  • John Polyzogopoulos

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Civil Decisions

Marshallzehr Group Inc. v. Ideal (BC) Developments Inc., 2021 ONCA 229

Keywords: Contracts, Breach, Interpretation, Commercial Reasonableness, Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing, Debtor-Creditor, Commercial Lending, Commitment Letters, Conditions, Termination, Damages, Lender’s Fees, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53, Ventas, Inc. v. Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust (2007), 85 O.R. (3d) 254 (C.A.), Deslaurier Custom Cabinets Inc. v. 1728106 Ontario Inc., 2017 ONCA 293, Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC 7, Chijindu v. Prudential Property Management, 2014 ONSC 4759

Makeeva v. Makeev, 2021 ONCA 232

Keywords: Family Law, Spousal Support, Child Support, Lump Sum Payments, Imputed Income, Equalization of Net Family Property, Date of Marriage Assets, Reopening of Case, Fresh Evidence, Divorce Act, section 15.3(1), Family Law Act, section 38.1(1)

Nemchin v. Green, 2021 ONCA 238

Keywords: Insurance, Subrogation, Collateral Benefits, Long-term Disability, Statutory Assignment of Rights and Benefits, Statutory Trusts, Civil Procedure, Procedural and Natural Justice, Insurance Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. I.8, Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), s. 267.8, Lewin on Trusts, 19th ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2015), Rodaro v. Royal Bank of Canada (2002), 59 O.R. (3d) 74 (C.A.), Kant v. The Queen, [2001] 2 C.T.C. 2703 (T.C.C.), Bapoo v. Co-Operators General Insurance Co. (1997), 154 D.L.R. (4th) 385 (Ont. C.A.), leave to appeal refused, [1998] S.C.C.A. No. 62, Cadieux v. Cloutier, 2018 ONCA 903, leave to appeal refused [2019] S.C.C.A. No. 63, Carroll v. McEwen, 2018 ONCA 902, Cobb v. Long Estate, 2017 ONCA 717, El-Khodr v. Lackie, 2017 ONCA 716, leave to appeal refused, [2017] S.C.C.A. No. 461, Re Scott, [1948] SASR 193, Frederick v. Aviation & Gen. Ins. Co., [1966] O.J. No. 1064 (C.A.), Rizzo & Rizzo Shoes Ltd. (Re), [1998] 1 S.C.R. 27, Pugh v. Canada, [2000] T.C.J. No. 585, Bouchard v. Canada, 2008 TCC 408.

Short Civil Decisions

Lengyel v. TD Home and Auto Insurance, 2021 ONCA 237

Keywords: Torts, Negligence, MVA, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Court Approval, Litigation Guardians, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Kavuru (Litigation guardian of) v. Heselden, 2014 ONSC 6718.