Court of Appeal Summaries (June 13, 2022 – June 17, 2022)

  • June 20, 2022
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Ilic v Ducharme Fox LLP (Ducharme Weber LLP) , 2022 ONCA 463

Keywords: Contracts, Solicitor and Client, Civil Procedure, Assessment of Solicitor’s Accounts, Solicitors Act, RSO 1990, c S15, s. 3(b) and s. 4(1), Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 2.02(b), Davies, Ward & Beck v Union Industries Inc (2000), 48 OR (3d) 794 (CA), Price v Sonsini, 60 OR (3d) 257 (2002) (CA), Clatney v Quinn Thiele Mineault Grodzki LLP, 2016 ONCA 377, Lawrence v International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 773, 2017 ONCA 321, Bridgeland Riverside Community Assn v Calgary (City), 1982 ABCA 138, Speciale Law Professional Corp v Shrader Canada Ltd, 2015 ONCA 856

Tsui v Zhuoqi, 2022 ONCA 464

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Agreements of Purchase and Sale of Land, Bad Faith, Damages, Summary Judgment, Bilotta v Booth, 2020 ONCA 522

CHU de Québec-Université Laval v Tree of Knowledge International Corp, 2022 ONCA 467

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Settlement Agreements, Disclosure, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Final or Interlocutory, Courts of Justice Act, RSO 1990, c C 43, ss 6(1)(b), 19(1)(b), Handley Estate v. DTE Industries Limited, 2018 ONCA 324, Poirier v. Logan, 2021 ONSC 163, Truck Centre Limited v. K.S.P. Holdings Inc., 2021 ONSC 984, Offshore Energy Inc. v. Ameron International Corp., 2013 SCC 37, Stamatopoulos v. Harris, 2014 ONSC 6313, Drywall Acoustic Lathing Insulation Local 675 Pension Fund v. SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., 2020 ONCA 375, Johnson v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 650, McClintock v. Karam, 2017 ONCA 277, Ontario v. Nanji, 2020 ONCA 591, Aecon Buildings v. Brampton (City), 2010 ONCA 773, Ontario v. Lipsitz, 2011 ONCA 466, Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, Tallman Truck Centre Limited v. K.S.P. Holdings Inc., 2022 ONCA 66, Waxman v. Waxman, 2022 ONCA 311, Poirier v. Logan, 2022 ONCA 350, Aecon Buildings v. Stephenson Engineering Limited, 2010 ONCA 898, Sable Offshore Energy Inc. v. Ameron International Corp., 2013 SCC 37, Stamatopoulos v. Regional Municipality of Durham, 2014 ONSC 6313, K.J. v. The Regional Municipality of Halton, 2022 ONSC 2199, Endean v. St. Joseph’s General Hospital, 2019 ONCA 181, Aecon Buildings v. Stephenson Engineering Ltd., 2011 SCC 33, Pettey v. Avis Car Inc. (1993), 13 O.R. (3d) 725 (Gen. Div.), Laudon v. Roberts, 2009 ONCA 383

Talotta v Talotta, 2022 ONCA 474

Keywords: Family Law, Marriage Contracts, Separation Agreements, Equalization of Net Family Property, Pensions, Family Law Act, RSO 1990, c F3, s. 5, Sattva Capital Corp v Creston Moly Corp, 2014 SCC 53, Housen v Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33

Ontario (Health) v Association of Ontario Midwives, 2022 ONCA 458

Keywords: Labour and Employment, Administrative Law, Judicial Review, Standard of Review, Human Rights, Systemic Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Compensation, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Human Rights Code, RSO 1990, c H.19, Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2006, SO 2006, c. 30, s. 5, s. 45, Fraser v Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28, Canadian National Railway Co v Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission), [1987] 1 SCR 1114, Centrale des syndicats du Québec v Quebec (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 18, Shaw v Phipps, 2010 ONSC 3884, Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, R v Owen, 2003 SCC 33, Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v Khosa, 2009 SCC 12, Dunsmuir v New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9

Ernst & Young Inc v Aquino, 2022 ONCA 472  

Keywords: Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Transfers Under Value, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Stay Pending Appeal, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-3, s. 269, Supreme Court Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-26, s. 65.1(1), Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 63.01(1), Ting (Re), 2019 ONCA 768, Canadian Dredge & Dock Co v The Queen, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 662, Deloitte & Touche v Livent Inc (Receiver of), 2017 SCC 63

KingSett Mortgage Corporation v 30 Roe Investments Corp, 2022 ONCA 479

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Mortgages, Enforcement, Receiverships, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Leave to Appeal, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-3, s. 193 (c) & (e), Courts of Justice Act, RSO 1990, c. C.43, s. 101, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule15.04(6), Business Development Bank of Canada v Astoria Organic Matters Ltd, 2019 ONCA 269, Buduchnist Credit Union Limited v 2321197 Ontario Inc, 2019 ONCA 588, Hillmount Capital Inc v Pizale, 2021 ONCA 364, Business Development Bank of Canada v Pine Tree Resorts Inc, 2013 ONCA 282, Comfort Capital Inc v Yeretsian, 2019 ONCA 1017, Royal Bank of Canada v Bodanis, 2020 ONCA 185, Shaver-Kudell Manufacturing Inc v Knight Manufacturing Inc, 2021 ONCA 202, Hillmount Capital Inc v Pizale, 2021 ONCA 364, Essar Steel Algoma Inc (Re), 2017 ONCA 478

Short Civil Decisions

ALB v Durham Children’s Aid Society, 2022 ONCA 466

Keywords: Family Law, Child Protection, Civil Procedure, Frivolous, Vexatious and Abuse of Process, Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, ss. 87(8) and 87(9) and 142(3), Scaduto v The Law Society of Upper Canada, 2015 ONCA 733, Lochner v Ontario Civilian Police Commission, 2020 ONCA 720

Anderson Learning Inc (Bond International College) v Birchmount Howden Property Holdings Inc, 2022 ONCA 469

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Commercial Leases, Options to Renew, 120 Adelaide Leaseholds Inc v Oxford Properties Canada Ltd, [1993] OJ No 2801 (CA), Housen v Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33