Court of Appeal Summaries (November 22-26, 2021)

  • December 11, 2021
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

MDS Inc. v. Factory Mutual Insurance Company, 2021 ONCA 837

Keywords: Contracts, Interpretation, Insurance, Coverage, Civil Procedure, Trials, Costs, Disbursements, Expert Fees, Courts of Justice Act, RSO 1990, c C43, ss 131(1), Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 57.01(1), Charlesfort Developments Limited v. Ottawa (City), 2021 ONCA 542, leave to appeal S.C.C. requested, 39818, Fan (Guardian ad litem of) v. Chana, 2011 BCCA 516

Adam v. Ledesma-Cadhit, 2021 ONCA 828

Keywords: Torts, Negligence, Product Liability, Duty of Care, Duty to Warn, Standard of Care, Learned Intermediary, Causation, Civil Procedure, Costs, Public Interest Litigation, Hollis v. Dow Corning Corp., [1995] 4 S.C.R. 634, Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, R. v. G.F., 2021 SCC 20, F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, Fontaine v. British Columbia (Official Administrator), [1998] 1 S.C.R. 424, Dickie v. Minett, 2014 ONCA 265, Clements v. Clements, 2012 SCC 32, Rothwell v. Raes (1990), 2 O.R. (3d) 332 (CA)

Caruso v. Bortolon, 2021 ONCA 842

Keywords: Corporations, Fraud, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Limitation Periods, Adjournments, Fresh Evidence, Limitations Act, 2002, SO 2002, c 24, Sch B, Rules of Civil ProcedureLaski v. BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., 2020 ONCA 300

Mandel v. 1909975 Ontario Inc., 2021 ONCA 844

Keywords: Corporations, Shares, Issuance, Consideration, Tax Law, Tax Planning, Deemed Dispositions, Taxable Benefits, Remedies, Rectification, Civil Procedure, Applications, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), ss. 3, 12(1), 15(1), Business Corporations Act (Ontario), R.S.O. 1990, c. B.16, ss. 17(3), 23(3), 130(1), 250(1), 255, Retail Sales Tax Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. R.31, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, ss. 6(2), 97, Tax Court of Canada Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. T-2, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 14.05, Baxter v. Attorney General of Canada, 2013 ONSC 3153, GLP NT Corp. v. Canada (Attorney General) (2003), 65 O.R. (3d) 840 (S.C.), Danso-Coffey v. Ontario, 2010 ONCA 171, Orman v. Marnat Inc., 2012 ONSC 549, Juliar v. Canada (Attorney General) (2000), 50 O.R. (3d) 728 (C.A.), Canada (Attorney General) v. Fairmont Hotels Inc., 2016 SCC 56, Dunham v. Apollo Tours Ltd. (1978), 20 O.R. (2d) 3 (H.C.), Penner v. Niagara (Regional Police Services Board), 2013 SCC 19, Ewert v. Canada, 2018 SCC 30, Holmes v. Schoenfeld Inc., 2016 ONCA 148

Blair v. Ford, 2021 ONCA 841

Keywords: Torts, Defamation, Civil Procedure, Anti-SLAPP, Appeals, Interlocutory Orders, Jurisdiction, Police Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.15, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 6(2), s. 19(1)(b), s. 137.1, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 57.01 and 61.03(1)(b), PSA Code of Conduct, 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Association, 2020 SCC 22, Mader v. South Easthope Mutual Insurance Company, 2014 ONCA 714, Brown v. Hanley, 2019 ONCA 395, Cole v. Hamilton (City) (2002), 2002 60 O.R. (3d) 284, Brown v. Hanley, 2019 ONCA 395, Azzeh v. Legendre, 2017 ONCA 385, Platnick v. Bent, 2018 ONCA 68, Bondfield Construction Company Limited v. The Globe and Mail Inc., 2019 ONCA 166

Baldwin v. Imperial Metals Corporation, 2021 ONCA 838

Keywords: Securities, Secondary Market Misrepresentations, Civil Procedure, Class Proceedings, Leave to Commence Proceedings, Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.S.5, ss. 138.3 and138.8, Class Proceedings Act, 1992 S.O. 1992, Drywall Acousting Lathing Insulation, Local 675 Pension Fund v. Barrick Gold Corporation, 2021 ONCA 104, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. Green, 2015 SCC 60, Rahimi v. SouthGobi Resources Ltd., 2017 ONCA 719, Swisscanto v. Blackberry, 2015 ONSC 6434, The Trustees of the Drywall Acoustic Lathing and Insulation Local 675 Pension Fund v. SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., 2016 ONSC 5784, Cappelli v. Nobilis Health Corp., 2019 ONSC 2266, Kauf v. Colt Resources, Inc., 2019 ONSC 2179, Toward Improved Disclosure: A Search for Balance in Corporate Disclosure, interim report (Toronto: Toronto Stock Exchange, 1995), Ironworkers Ontario Pension Fund (Trustee of) v. Manulife Financial Corp., 2013 ONSC 4083, Mask v. Silvercorp Metals Inc., 2015 ONSC 5348

Ottawa (City) v. ClubLink Corporation ULC, 2021 ONCA 847

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Contingent Interests in Land, Rule against Perpetuities, City of Ottawa Act, 1999, S.O. 1999, c. 14, Sched. E, Canadian Long Island Petroleums Ltd. et al. v. Irving Industries Ltd., [1975] 2 S.C.R. 715, 2123201 Ontario Inc. v. Israel Estate, 2016 ONCA 409, London and South Western Railway Co. v. Gomm (1882), 20 CH. D. 562 (C.A.), Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53, City of Halifax v. Vaughan Construction Company Ltd. and the Queen, [1961] S.C.R. 715, Weinblatt v. Kitchener (City), [1969] S.C.R. 157, Jain v. Nepean (City) (1992), 9 O.R. (3d) 11 (C.A.), leave to appeal refused, [1992] S.C.C.A. No. 473, Deslaurier Custom Cabinets Inc. v. 1728106 Ontario Inc., 2016 ONCA 246, aff’d 2017 ONCA 293, leave to appeal refused, [2016] S.C.C.A. No. 249, Loyalist (Township) v. The Fairfield-Gutzeit Society, 2019 ONSC 2203, Manchester Ship Canada Company v. Manchester Racecourse Company, [1901] 2 Ch. 37 (C.A.), Weber v. Texas Co., 83 F.2d 807 (5th Cir. 1936), Weyerhaeuser Company Limited v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 1007, 3869130 Canada Inc. v. I.C.B. Distribution Inc., 2008 ONCA 396, Salah v. Timothy’s Coffees of the World Inc., 2010 ONCA 673, Fuller v. Aphria Inc., 2020 ONCA 403, Catalyst Capital Group Inc. v. Dundee Kilmer Developments Limited Partnership, 2020 ONCA 272, Thomas Edward Scrutton, Land in Fetters, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896)

D.C. v. T.B., 2021 ONCA 850

Keywords: Family Law, Custody and Access, Parental Alienation, Costs, A.A. v. S.N.A., 2007 BCCA 363, A.M. v. C.H., 2019 ONCA 764

Short Civil Decisions

Thrive Capital management Ltd. v. Noble 1324 Queen Inc., 2021 ONCA 846

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Judgments, Enforcement, Contempt, Costs

Environmental Waterproofing Inc. v. Huron Tract Holdings Inc., 2021 ONCA 835

Keywords: Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Receiverships, Priority, Civil Procedure, Judgments, Enforcement, Garnishment Proceedings