Court of Appeal Summaries (May 30, 2022 - June 3, 2022)

  • June 06, 2022
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Civil Decisions

McGuire v Bator , 2022 ONCA 431

Keywords: Family Law, Spousal Support, Child Support, Property, Remedies, Constructive Trusts, Civil Procedure, Costs, Offers to Settle, Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines, Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.F.3, ss 43(5), 34(5), Family Law Rules, O. Reg. 114/99, Rules 18, 24, Chartier v Chartier, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 242, Bracklow v Bracklow, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 420, Gray v Gray, 2014 ONCA 659, Reisman v Reisman, 2014 ONCA 109, Djekic v Zai, 2015 ONCA 25, Fielding v Fielding, 2015 ONCA 901, Beaver v Hill, 2018 ONCA 840

Proulx v. Proulx , 2022 ONCA 428

Keywords: Family Law, Parenting, Joint Decision-Making, Civil Procedure, Costs, Children’s Law Reform Act, SO 1990, c C12, ss 24(3)(i) & (j), Divorce Act, RSC 1985, c 3 (2nd Supp), s. 2, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c C.43, s 131(1), Family Law Rules, O. Reg. 114/99, Rules 24(1) and 24(12), Mattina v. Mattina, 2018 ONCA 867, Young v. Young, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 3

Coffee Time Donuts Incorporated v. 2197938 Ontario Inc., 2022 ONCA 435

Keywords: Contracts, Franchise Agreements, Royalties, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Schedule B, Ventas Inc v Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust, 2007 ONCA 205, Saint John Tug Boat Co. Ltd. V Irving Refining Ltd., [1964] S.C.R. 614

Capone v Fotak , 2022 ONCA 430

Keywords: Family Law, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Stay Pending Appeal, Service of Documents, Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, 15 November 1965, 658 U.N.T.S. 163, Can. T.S. 1989 No. 2 (entered into force 10 February 1969, accession by Canada 1 May 1989), Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 17.05(3)(b), 16.01(2), 17.06(1), Family Law Rules, O. Reg. 114/99, Rules; 6(1), 6(15.1), Consolidated Practice Direction Regarding Proceedings in the Court of Appeal During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Popack v. Lipszyc, 2016 ONCA 135, RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 311, Wilson v. Servier Canada Inc., 50 O.R. (3d) 219 (S.C.)

SS&C Technologies Canada Corp v The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation , 2022 ONCA 373

Keywords: Contracts, Civil Procedure, Reasonable Apprehension of Bias, Appeals, Stay Pending Appeal, Bifurcation, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 38.10 (b), Montague v Bank of Nova Scotia (2004), 69 OR (3d) 87, leave to appeal refused, [2004] SCCA No 79, 1711811 Ontario Ltd v Buckley Insurance Brokers Ltd, 2014 ONCA 125, Brown v The Municipal Property Assessment Corp, 2014 ONSC 7137 (Div Ct), RJR-MacDonald Inc v Canada (AG), [1994] 1 SCR 311, Circuit World Corp v Lesperance (1997), 33 OR (3d) 674 (CA), International Corona Resources Ltd v LAC Minerals Ltd (1986), 21 CPC (2d) 252 (Ont CA), Yukon Francophone School Board Education Area #23 v Yukon (AG), 2015 SCC 25, Committee for Justice and Liberty v National Energy Board, [1978] 1 SCR 369, Marchand v The Public General Hospital Society of Chatham (2000), 51 OR (3d) 97 (CA), R v RDS, [1997] 3 SCR 484, Stuart Budd & Sons Limited v IFS Vehicle Distributors ULC, 2016 ONCA 60, R v Arnaout, 2015 ONCA 655, Urbacon Building Groups Corp v Guelph (City), 2014 ONSC 3840, Korea Data Systems (USA), Inc v Aamazing Technologies Inc, 2012 ONCA 756, Robert J Sharpe, Injunctions and Specific Performance (Toronto: Canada Law Book, 2021)

2611707 Ontario Inc. v Freshly Squeezed Franchise Juice Corporation , 2022 ONCA 437

Keywords: Contracts, Franchise Agreements, Disclosure, Rescission, Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000, S.O. 2000, c.3, Raibex Canada Ltd. v. ASWR Franchising Corp., 2018 ONCA 62, Mendoza v. Active Tire & Auto Inc., 2017 ONCA 471

Short Civil Decisions

Avedian v. Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., 2022 ONCA 434

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Functus Officio, Trials, Trial List, Summary Judgment, Contempt, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 20.05(2)(n)

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. Sutherland, 2022 ONCA 426

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debtor-Creditor, Mortgages, Assignment, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Striking Pleadings, No Reasonable Cause of Action or Defence