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Topics this week included family law, costs in the wills and estates context, contractual interpretation, assessment of accounts in the condominium law context, and stay pending leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Following are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Topics covered this week include family law, insurance coverage, enforcing settlements, adding parties after a limitation period expires, and obtaining dispensation from some of the requirements of perfecting an appeal.

The headline decision this week is Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General). Everyone will recall that the Better Local Government Act, 2018 reduced the number of Toronto wards in the middle of the election campaign. The City challenged the constitutionality of the change. On the appeal, four of the five members of the panel noted that the section 2(b) protection of expression does not extend to the effectiveness of the expression and was thus not unconstitutional

It was a fairly busy week at the Court of Appeal, with the Court releasing twelve civil decisions, nine criminal and provincial offences decisions, and one Ontario Review Board decision. Areas of law covered this week included agreements of purchase of sale of land, limitation periods, automobile insurance, personal injury, family, estates, contracts, employment and vexatious litigants.

Topics covered this week included stay pending appeal in a high conflict child relocation/custody dispute, dismissal for delay, a dismissal of a challenge to capacity to execute powers of attorney for care and property, and striking pleadings in a limitation period context.

There are four substantive cases this week.

It was a light, yet eventful week at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

This was a light week for the Court of Appeal. Topics covered included the rescission of agreements of purchase of sale of condos arising out of material changes, and the allocation of parenting time and decision-making responsibilities. The Court also clarified that “unlawful gambling”, as defined by the Criminal Code, includes games of mixed skill and chance.

Following are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Some of the topics covered this week include rolling limitation periods in the breach of contract context, the admissibility of video surveillance and social media evidence at trial, and the law pertaining to dependent contractors in non-employment relationships.

Topics covered this week included several family law decisions, international sale of goods and striking pleadings.