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Civil Decisions
The Catalyst Capital Group Inc. v. West Face Capital Inc., 2023 ONCA 381
Keywords: Torts, Defamation, Anti-SLAPP, Injurious Falsehood, Conspiracy, Unlawful Means Tort, Securities Law, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 2(b), Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C. 43, subsections 137.1(3) and (4), and sections 6(1)(d) and 133(b), Libel and Slander Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L. 12, 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Association, 2020 SCC 22, Bent v Platnick, 2020 SCC 23, Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61, Park Lawn Corporation v. Kahu Capital Partners Ltd., 2023 ONCA 129, Guergis v. Novak, 2013 ONCA 449, Miguna v. Toronto (City) Police Services Board, [2004] O.J. No. 2455, Frank v. Legate, 2015 ONCA 631, WIC Radio Ltd. v. Simpson, 2008 SCC 40, Lewis v. The Daily Telegraph Ltd., [1964] A.C. 234 (H.L.), Bangash v. Patel, 2022 ONCA 763, Hansman v. Neufeld, 2023 SCC 14, Fortress Real Developments Inc. v. Rabidoux, 2018 ONCA 686, Subway Franchise Systems of Canada, Inc. v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2021 ONCA 25, Platnick v. Bent, 2018 ONCA 687, Subway Franchise Systems of Canada Inc. v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2021 ONCA 26, Murano v. Bank of Montreal (1998), 41 O.R. (3d) 222 (C.A.), Veneruzzo v. Storey, 2018 ONCA 688, 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, Duong v. NN Life Insurance Co. of Canada (2001), 141 O.A.C. 307, Levant v. DeMelle, 2022 ONCA 79, Hobbs v. Warner, 2021 BCCA 290
Burnham v. Co-operators General Insurance Company, 2023 ONCA 384
Keywords: Contracts, Insurance, Coverage, Automobile Insurance, Uninsured Motorist Coverage, Excluded Drivers, Driving Without Permission, Statutory Interpretation, Insurance Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. I.8, s. 265, Chilton v. Co-operators General Insurance Co. (1997), 32 O.R. (3d) 161 (C.A.)
Airport Business Park Inc. v. Huszti Holdings Inc., 2023 ONCA 391
Keywords: Contracts, Interpretation, Real Property, Land Titles, Deferred Indefeasibility, Mirror Principle, Curtain Principle, Insurance Principle, Civil Procedure, Orders, Finality, Appeals, Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, R.S.O. 1970, c. 85, s. 62, Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5, ss. 78(4), 78(4.1), 86(1), 93, 99, 101(1) 101(6), 102, 105, 111, 118, 119, 128, O. Reg. 430/11 “Forms”, Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 63, Smith et al. v. Tellier et al. (1974), 4 O.R. (2d) 154 (C.A.), Re West, 1928 CanLII 413 (ONSC), Leonard v. Wharton 1921 CanLII 441 (ON SC), Durrani v. Augier 2000 CanLII 22410 (ON SC), Re Regal Constellation Hotel (2004), O.R. (3d) (C.A.), Stanbarr Services Ltd. v. Metropolis Properties Inc., 2018 ONCA 244, 2544176 Ontario Inc. v. 2394762 Ontario Inc., 2022 ONCA 529, Martin v. 11037315 Canada Inc., 2022 ONCA 322, Waimiha Sawmilling Co. v. Waione Timber Co., [1926] A.C. 101 (P.C.), Lawrence v. Maple Trust Company, 2007 ONCA 74, United Trust Co. v. Dominion Stores Ltd., [1977] 2 S.C.R. 915, Hydro Fuels Inc. v. Mid-Pacific Services Inc., 2000 BCCA 608, R.A. & J. Family Investment Corp. v. Orzech (1999), 44 O.R. (3d) 385 (C.A.), Regal Constellation Hotel Ltd., Re (2004), 71 O.R. (3d) 355 (C.A), Third Eye Capital Corporation v. Ressources Dianor Inc./Dianor Resources Inc., 2019 ONCA 508, Lamont on Real Estate Conveyancing, 2nd ed. (Thomson Reuters looseleaf, 1991)
Russian Federation v. Luxtona Limited, 2023 ONCA 393
Keywords: Contracts, Civil Procedure, International Arbitration, Jurisdiction, Competence-Competence Principle, Uniformity Principle, Fresh Evidence, Energy Charter Treaty, 17 December 1994, 2080 U.N.T.S. 95, Article 45(1), UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, Articles 16(1), 16(3) and 34(2), International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 2, Sch. 5., Schedule 2, Palmer v. The Queen, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 759, Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16, Dell Computers v. Union des consommateurs, 2007 SCC 34, Dallah Real Estate and Tourism Holding Company v. The Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan, [2010] UKSC 46, République Arabe d’Egypte c. Southern Pacific Properties Ltd, Cour de cassation Civ. 1re, 6 January 1987, No. 84-17.274, Insigma Technology Co. Ltd. v. Alstom Technology Ltd., [2008] SGHC 134, aff’d [2009] SGCA 24, Electrosteel Castings Ltd v. Scan-Trans Shipping and Chartering Sdn Bhd, [2003] 2 All E.R. (Comm) 1064 (Q.B.), AQZ, Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic v. Sanum Investments Ltd., [2015] SGHC 15, Azov Shipping Co v. Baltic Shipping Co, S Co v. B Co, [2014] 6 HKC 421, AQZ v. ARA, [2015] SGHC 49, Sanum Investments Limited v. The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, [2016] SGCA 57, Lin Tiger Plastering Pty Ltd. v. Platinum Construction (Vic) Pty Ltd, [2018] VSC 221, Mexico v. Cargill, 2011 ONCA 622, Nigel Blackaby, K.C., Constantine Partasides, K.C., & Alan Redfern, Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration, 7th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), Emmanuel Gaillard & John Savage, eds., Fouchard, Gaillard, Goldman on International Commercial Arbitration (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 1999)
Lewis v. Lifetime Developments, 2023 ONCA 388
Keywords: Breach of Contract, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Limitation Periods, Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sched. B, Thermal Exchange Services Inc. v. Metropolitan Toronto Condominium Corporation No. 1289, 2022 ONCA 186
Short Civil Decisions
Maynard v. Johnson Controls Canada LP, 2023 ONCA 392
Keywords: Contracts, Employment, Wrongful Dismissal, Remedies, Damages, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 41
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