Court of Appeal Summaries (August 22, 2022 – August 26, 2022)

  • August 31, 2022
  • John Polyzogopoulos and Ines Ferreira

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

NDrive, Navigation Systems S.A. v. Zhou, 2022 ONCA 602

Keywords: Fraud, Punitive Damages, Civil Procedure, Partial Summary Judgment, Costs, Full Indemnity, Limitation Periods, Fraudulent Concealment, Malik v. Attia, 2020 ONCA 787, Envoy Relocation Services Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 ONSC 2622, Vandenberg v. Wilken, 2019 ONCA 262, Mason v. Perras Mongenais, 2018 ONCA 978, Butera v. Chown, Cairns LLP, 2017 ONCA 783, Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7

Mundo Media Ltd. (Re), 2022 ONCA 607

Keywords: Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Receiverships, Civil Procedure, Arbitration Agreements, Enforceability, Single Proceeding Model, Appeals, Leave to Appeal, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-3, s. 193 (a) – (e) and 243, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 101, International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 2, Sch. 5, UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, Sam Lévy & Associés Inc. v. Azco Mining Inc., 2001 SCC 92, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 978, Re: Essar Steel Algoma Inc. Et al, 2016 ONSC 595, Montréal, Maine & Atlantic Canada Co., 2013 QCCS 5194, Business Development Bank of Canada v. Pine Tree Resorts Inc., 2013 ONCA 282, Ravelston Corp. (Re) (2005), 24  C.B.R. (5th) 256 (Ont. C.A.), Third Eye Capital Corporation v. Ressources Dianor Inc./Dianor Resources Inc., 2019 ONCA 508, Romspen Investment Corporation v. Courtice Auto Wreckers Limited, 2017 ONCA 301, leave to appeal refused, [2017] S.C.C.A. No. 238, Royal Crest Lifecare Group Inc. (Re) (2004), 181 O.A.C. 115 (C.A.), leave to appeal refused, [2004] S.C.C.A. No. 104, Grant Forest Products Inc. v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank, 2015 ONCA 570, Cosa Nova Fashions Ltd. v. The Midas Investment Corporation, 2021 ONCA 581, Marchant Realty Partners Inc. v. 2407553 Ontario Inc., 2021 ONCA 375, McEwen (Re), 2020 ONCA 511, Automatic Systems Inc. v. Bracknell Corp. (1994), 18 O.R. (3d) 257 (C.A.), Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs, 2007 SCC 34, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 801, Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16, 447 D.L.R. (4th) 179, Rogers Wireless Inc. v. Muroff, 2007 SCC 35, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 921, Canada (Attorney General) v. Reliance Insurance Co. (2007), 87 O.R. (3d) 42 (S.C.), Luscar Ltd. v. Smoky River Coal Ltd., 1999 ABCA 179, 175 D.L.R (4th) 703, leave to appeal application discontinued, [1999] S.C.C.A. No. 381, Century Services Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2010 SCC 60, [2010] 3 S.C.R. 379, P.I.A. Investments Inc. v. Deerhurst Ltd. Partnership (2000), 20 C.B.R. (4th) 116 (Ont. C.A.), Thorne v. College of the North Atlantic, 2022 NLCA 31, 3113736 Canada Ltd. v. Cozy Corner Bedding Inc., 2020 ONCA 235, Roderick J. Wood, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2009)

MacDonald v. Wentworth Condominium Corporation No. 96, 2022 ONCA 606

Keywords: Real Property, Condominium, Declarations, Reserve Funds, Special Assessments, Oppression, Enforcement, Lien, Condominium Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c. 19, s. 97(1) and s.97(4), Humphrey v. Mene Inc., 2022 ONCA 531, Doyle v. Zochem Inc., 2017 ONCA 130

FS Partnership/UPI Energy FS v. Mr. Refuel Inc., 2022 ONCA 612

Keywords: Breach of Contract, Civil Procedure, Default Judgments, Setting Aside, Orders, Settling Terms, Varying, Fresh Evidence, Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 3.02(1) and r. 59.04(10), Duffin v. NBY Enterprises Inc., 2010 ONCA 765, Beard Winter LLP v. Shekhdar, 2015 ONSC 4517, R. v. Palmer and Palmer, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 759, Brown v. The Municipal Property Assessment Corp., 2014 ONSC 7137 (Div. Ct.)

2264052 Ontario Inc. (Louch & Louch) v. Brockville Centre Development Corp., 2022 ONCA 610

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Mortgages, Duty of Honest Performance, Land Development, Torts, Negligent Misrepresentation, Civil Conspiracy, Fiduciary Duty, Civil Procedure, Reasons for Decision, Reasonable Apprehension of Bias, Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194, r. 25.06(8), Hodgkinson v. Simms, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 377, Knoch Estate v. Jon Picken Ltd., [1991] O.J. No. 1394 (C.A.), Wawrzkiewicz v. Integrated Distribution Systems Limited Partnership, 2017 ONSC 1664, Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71

Short Civil Decisions

Divitaris v. Gerstel, 2022 ONCA 605

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Litigation Guardians, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Final or Interlocutory, Leave to Appeal, Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 7.06(2), Willmot v. Benton, 2011 ONCA 104, Must v. Shkuryna, 2015 ONCA 665, Huang v. Pan, 2017 ONCA 268

Mondal v. Kirkconnell, 2022 ONCA 609

Keywords: Torts, Defamation, Anti-SLAPP, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Hearing Together, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. C.43, s. 137.1, Ontario Civil Appeals Practice Direction, s. 11.9, Williams v. Canada (AG), 2007 CarswellOnt 9967 (C.A.), Fairview Donut Inc. v. TDL Group Corp., 2010 ONSC 2845, Moshinsky-Helm v. Helm, 2022 ABCA 32