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Civil Decisions
Ducharme v. Hudson, 2021 ONCA 151
Keywords: Health Law, Consent and Capacity, Capacity to Consent to Treatment, Civil Procedure, Stay Pending Appeal, Health Care Consent Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 2, Sched. A, s. 18, s. 19, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 63.02(1), RJR MacDoanld Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 311, BTR Global Opportunity Trading Limited v. RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust, 2011 ONCA 620
Inzola Group Limited v. Brampton (City), 2021 ONCA 143
Keywords: Contracts, Interpretation, Procurement, Requests for Proposal, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53, Hamilton v. Open Window Bakery Ltd., 2004 SCC 9, City of Toronto, Toronto Computer Leasing Inquiry and Toronto External Contracts Inquiry, The Honourable Denise E. Bellamy, 2005 (“Bellamy Report”)
Ontario Nurses’ Association v. Participating Nursing Homes, 2021 ONCA 148
Keywords: Administrative Law, Judicial Review, Labour and Employment, Pay Equity, Proxy Methodology, Gender-Neutral Comparison System, Standard of Review, Reasonableness, Pay Equity Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.7, Agraira v. Canada (Public Safety and Preparedness), 2013 SCC 36, Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65
Participating Nursing Homes v. Ontario Nurses’ Association, 2021 ONCA 149
Keywords: Administrative Law, Judicial Review, Labour and Employment, Pay Equity, Proxy Methodology, Gender-Neutral Comparison System, Standard of Review, Reasonableness, Pay Equity Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.7, Agraira v. Canada (Public Safety and Preparedness), 2013 SCC 36, Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65
AA v. BB, 2021 ONCA 147
Keywords: Torts, Defamation, Slander, Qualified Privilege, Courts of Justice Act, s. 134, Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 14, Sched. 1, ss. 87(8), 125, RTC Engineering Consultants Ltd. v. Ontario (2002), 58 O.R. (3d) 726 (C.A.), W. (D.) v. White, 2001 CarswellOnt 5892 (S.C.), Nadejda Ryabikhina v. Stanislav (Stan) Savranskiy, 2010 ONSC 3860, Sullivan v. Draper-Sereda, [2006] O.J. No. 4671, Korach v. Moore (1991), 1 O.R. (3d) 275 (C.A.), Bent v. Platnick, 2020 SCC 23, Brad-Jay Investments Limited v. Village Developments Limited (2006), 218 O.A.C. 315 (C.A.), Hamilton v. Open Window Bakery Ltd., 2004 SCC 9, Fong v. Chan (1999), 46 O.R. (3d) 330 (C.A.), Sierra Club of Canada v. Canada (Minister of Finance), 2002 SCC 41, Vancouver Sun (Re), 2004 SCC 43, L.C.F. v. G.F., 2016 ONSC 6732, S.M. v. C.T., 2020 ONSC 4819, G.S. and K.S. v. Metroland Media Group et al., 2020 ONSC 5227, Raymond E. Brown, Brown on Defamation, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2020), at ch. 6.1
Mikelsteins v. Morrison Hershfield Limited, 2021 ONCA 155
Keywords: Employment Law, Wrongful Dismissal, Corporations, Shareholders, Shareholders Agreements, Civil Procedure, Remand from Supreme Court, Business Corporations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. B.16, s. 32, Canada Business Corporations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-44, Supreme Court Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-26, s. 43(1.1), Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26, Deslaurier Custom Cabinets Inc. v. 1728106 Ontario Inc., 2017 ONCA 293, leave to appeal refused, [2106] S.C.C.A. No. 249
Zachariadis Estate v. Giannopoulos Estate, 2021 ONCA 158
Keywords: Wills and Estates, Civil Procedure, Limitation Periods, Appeals, Fresh Evidence, Adjournments, Substantial Indemnity Costs, Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sched. B, s 4, Trustee Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. T.23, s 38(3), Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 39 and 57.01, Khimji v. Dhanani (2004), 128 A.C.W.S. (3d) 904 (Ont. C.A.), Burns Estate v. Mellon [2000] O.J. No. 2130 (C.A.), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Pension Plan v. BF Realty Holdings Ltd., 214 DLR (4th) 121, R. v. Burns, [1994] 1 S.C.R. 656, Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, [2014] 1 S.C.R. 87, Levesque v. Crampton Estate, 2017 ONCA 455, M.(K.) v. M.(H.), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 6, Beaudoin Estate v. Campbellford Memorial Hospital, 2021 ONCA 57, Pioneer Corp. v. Godfrey, 2019 SCC 42
Short Civil Decisions
Paulpillai Estate v. Yusuf, 2021 ONCA 146
Keywords: Civil Procedure, Appeals, Motions to Reconsider, Jurisdiction, Final or Interlocutory, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 59.06, Meridian Credit Union v. Baig, 2016 ONCA 942
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