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Civil Decisions
Oliveira v. Oliveira, 2023 ONCA 520
Keywords: Contracts, Employment, Wrongful Dismissal, Torts, Defamation, Civil Procedure, Deemed Undertaking Rule, Contempt, Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1, Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 30.1.01, Goodman v. Rossi (1995), 24 O.R. (3d) 359 (C.A.), Juman v. Doucette, 2008 SCC 8, Dickie v. Dickie (2006), 78 O.R. (3d) 1 (C.A.), Susin v. Susin, 2014 ONCA 733, R. v. Bird, 2019 SCC 7, Business Development Bank of Canada v. Cavalon Inc., 2017 ONCA 663, Boily v. Carlton Condominium Corp. 145, 2014 ONCA 574, R. v. Proulx, 2000 SCC 5, Poulie v. Johnston, 2022 ONSC 5186, Ontario (Attorney General) v. Paul Madger Furs Ltd. (1993), 12 O.R. (3d) 72 (Gen. Div.)., Astley v. Verdun, 2015 ONCA 543, Ontario (Attorney General) v. Paul Magder Furs Ltd. (1991), 6 O.R. (3d) 188 (C.A.)
Froom v Lafontaine, 2023 ONCA 519
Keywords: Real Property, Land Titles, Fraud, Mortgages, Deferred Indefeasibility, Corporations, Indoor Management Rule, Civil Procedure, Partial Summary Judgment, Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5, ss. 1 and 78(4), Legislation Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 21, s. 87, Business Corporations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. B.16, s. 19, Bills of Exchange Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. B‑5, Land Transfer Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 87), 1168760 Ontario Inc. v. 6706037 Canada Inc., 2019 ONSC 4702, Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, CIBC Mortgages Inc. v Chan, 2004 CanLII 66351 (Ont. S.C.), Household Realty Corporation Ltd. v. Liu (2005), (4th) 679 (Ont. C.A.), Ontario Securities Commission v. Money Gate Mortgage Investment Corporation, 2020 ONCA 812, Fok Cheong Shing Investments Co. Ltd. v. Bank of Nova Scotia, [1982] 2 S.C.R. 488, 2659954 Ontario Inc. (1 February 2021), Toronto (Director of Land Titles), MacIsaac v. Salo, 2013 ONCA 98, Feltz Design Build Ltd. v. Larson, 2022 ONCA 15, 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Association, 2020 SCC 22, Lawrence v. Maple Trust Company, 2007 ONCA 74, Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7
Mondal v. Kirkconnell, 2023 ONCA 523
Keywords: Torts, Defamation, Slander, Anti-SLAPP, Defences, Fair Comment, Malice, Public Interest, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 137.1, Bernier v. Kinsella et al., 2021 ONSC 7451, 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Association, 2020 SCC 22, Sokoloff v. Tru-Path Occupational Therapy Services Ltd., 2020 ONCA 730, WIC Radio Ltd. v. Simpson, 2008 SCC 40, Blair v. Ford, 2021 ONCA 841, Bent v. Platnick, 2020 SCC 23, Subway Franchise Systems of Canada, Inc. v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2021 ONCA 26, Canadian Union of Postal Workers v. B’nai Brith Canada, 2021 ONCA 529, Walsh Energy Inc. v. Better Business Bureau of Ottawa-Hull Incorporated, 2018 ONCA 383, Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130, Lascaris v. B’nai Brith Canada, 2019 ONCA 163, Zoutman v. Graham, 2019 ONSC 2834, Ross v. New Brunswick Teachers’ Assn., 2001 NBCA 62, Hansman v. Neufeld, 2023 SCC 14, The Catalyst Capital Group Inc. v. West Face Capital Inc., 2023 ONCA 381, Peter A. Downard, The Law of Libel in Canada, 5th ed. (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2022), Timothy Endicott, “Proportionality and Incommensurability” in Grant Huscroft, Bradley W. Miller & Grégoire Webber, eds., Proportionality and the Rule of Law: Rights, Justification, Reasoning (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014) 311
Hiawatha First Nation v. Cowie, 2023 ONCA 524
Keywords: Municipal Law, Land-Use Planning, Zoning By-Laws, Aboriginal Law, Indigenous Law, Indian Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5., Hiawatha First Nation Land Code, Indian Advancement Act, 1884, Statutory Instruments Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-22, First Nations Fiscal Management Act, S.C. 2005, c. 9, First Nations Land Management Act, S.C. 1999, c. 24, Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management Act, S.C. 2022, c. 19, s. 121, Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act, S.C. 2014, c. 38, Knibb Developments Ltd. v. Siksika Nation, 2021 FC 1214, Nowegijick v. The Queen, [1983] 1 S.C.R. 29, Mitchell v. Peguis Indian Band, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 85, Opetchesaht Indian Band v. Canada, [1997] 2 S.C.R. 119, Osoyoos Indian Band v. Oliver (Town), 2001 SCC 85, Mitchell v. Peguis Indian Band, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 85, Tyendinaga Mohawk Council v. Brant, 2014 ONCA 565, Louie v. Canada (Indigenous Services), 2021 FC 650, Gamblin v. Norway House Cree Nation Band, [2001] 2 C.N.L.R. 57 (F.C.T.D.), Whalen v. Fort McMurray No. 486 First Nation, 2019 FC 732, R. v. Jimmy (1987), 15 B.C.L.R.(2d) 145 (C.A.)
Rahbar v. Parvizi, 2023 ONCA 522
Keywords: Contracts, Repudiation, Real Property, Agreements of Purchase and Sale of Land, Equitable Remedies, Relief from Forfeiture, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s 98, Ching v. Pier 27 Toronto Inc., 2021 ONCA 551, King v. Urban & Country Transport Ltd. (1973), 1 O.R. (2d) 449 (C.A.), Redstone Enterprises Ltd. v. Simple Technology Inc., 2017 ONCA 282, Benedetto v. 2453912 Ontario Inc., 2019 ONCA 149, HW Liebig Co. v. Leading Investments Ltd., [1986] 1 S.C.R. 70, Jesan Real Estate Ltd. v. Doyle, 2020 ONCA 714, Azzarello v. Shawqi, 2019 ONCA 820
Aiello v. Bleta, 2023 ONCA 525
Keywords: Trusts, Trustees, Fiduciary Duties, Breach, Unjust Enrichment, Inter Vivos, Promissory Estoppel, Trustee Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. T.23, Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, Waxman v. Waxman, 44 B.L.R. (3d) 165, 186 O.A.C. 201 (C.A.), Pecore v. Pecore, 2007 SCC 17, Prolink Broker Network Inc. v. Jaitley, 2013 ONSC 4497, Ruparell v. J. H. Cochrane Investments Inc. et al., 2020 ONSC 7466, Alberta v. Elder Advocates of Alberta Society, 2011 SCC 24, Combe v. Combe, [1951] 2 KB 215 (E.W.C.A.), Cowper-Smith v. Morgan, 2017 SCC 61
More v. 1362279 Ontario Ltd. (Seiko Homes), 2023 ONCA 527
Keywords: Contracts, Anticipatory Breach, Real Property, Agreements of Purchase and Sale of Land, Di Millo v. 2099232 Ontario Inc., 2018 ONCA 1051, 1179 Hunt Club Inc. v. Ottawa Medical Square Inc., 2019 ONCA 700, Domicile Developments Inc. v. MacTavish (1999) 45 O.R. (3d) 302 (C.A.), Hamilton v. Open Window Bakery Ltd., 2004 SCC 9, Davies v. Clarington (Municipality), 2009 ONCA 722, Standard Life Assurance Company v. Elliott (2007), 86 O.R. (3d) 221 (SCJ), Osmani v. Universal Structural Restorations Ltd. et al., 2023 ONSC 1041, Best v. Lancaster, 2015 ONSC 6269, Brad-Jay Investments Limited v. Village Developments Limited, 2006 CanLII 42636 (ON CA)
Bank of Montreal v. Iskenderov, 2023 ONCA 528
Keywords: Contracts, Debtor-Creditor, Enforcement, Real Property, Fraudulent Conveyances, Civil Procedure, Limitation Periods, Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sch. B, Real Property Limitations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.15, s 4, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c B-3, s 178, Fraudulent Conveyances Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.29, Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 48.14, Anisman v. Drabinsky, 2021 ONCA 120, Grant Thornton LLP v. New Brunswick, 2021 SCC 31, 572383 Ontario Inc. v. Dhunna (1987), 24 C.P.C. (2d) 287 (Ont. S.C.), Trites v. Humphreys (1899), 2 N.B. Eq. 1, Three Towns Banking Co. v. Maddever, (1884) 27 Ch. D. 523 (U.K. C.A.), Brown v. Weil (1927), 61 O.L.R. 55, Perry, Farley & Onyschuk v. Outerbridge Management Ltd. (2001), 54 O.R. (3d) 131 (C.A.), Conde v. Ripley, 2015 ONSC 3342, Toronto Standard Condominium Corporation No. 1703 v. 1 King West Inc., 2010 ONSC 2129, Wilfert v. McCallum, 2017 ONSC 3853, Indcondo Building Corporation v. Sloan, 2010 ONCA 890, Pantziris v. 1529439 Ontario Limited, 2021 ONCA 784, Anisman v. Drabinsky, 2020 ONSC 1197, Anisman v. Drabinsky, 2021 ONCA 120, Elford v. Elford, (1922) 64 S.C.R. 125, Re Lawrason’s Chemicals Ltd. (1999), 127 O.A.C. 51 (C.A.), Guthrie v. Abakhan & Associates Inc., 2017 BCCA 102, McConnell v. Huxtable, 2014 ONCA 86, Equitable Trust Co. v. Marsig, 2012 ONCA 235, Zabanah v. Capital Direct Lending Corp., 2014 ONCA 872, Waterstone Properties Corporation v. Caledon (Town), 2017 ONCA 623, Metropolitan Toronto Condominium Corporation No. 1067 v. L. Chung Development Co. Ltd., 2012 ONCA 845, Beniuk v. Leamington (Municipality), 2020 ONCA 238, Scicluna v. Solstice Two Limited, 2018 ONCA 176, Bakhsh v. Merdad, 2022 ONCA 130, Studley v. Studley, 2022 ONCA 810, Duggan v. Durham Region Non-Profit Housing Corporation, 2020 ONCA 788, Harvey v. Talon International Inc., 2017 ONCA 267, 313473 Ontario Ltd. et al. v. Lornal Construction Ltd. et al. (1976), 18 O.R. (2d) 374 (Div. Ct.)., McGuire v. Ottawa Wine Vaults Co. (1913), 48 S.C.R. 44, Frauds on Creditors: Fraudulent Conveyances and Preferences, loose-leaf (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2023), The Law of Declaratory Judgments, 4th ed. (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2016)
Short Civil Decisions
10720143 Canada Corp. v. 2698874 Ontario Inc., 2023 ONCA 521
Keywords: Civil Procedure, Costs, Substantial Indemnity, Partial Indemnity, Bayford v. Boese, 2021 ONCA 533
Thangavel v. Bowmanville Lakebreeze West Village Ltd., 2023 ONCA 516
Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Mortgages, Enforcement, Illegality, Interest, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Fresh Evidence, Interest Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-15, s. 8, Palmer v. The Queen, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 759
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