Blaney's Appeals: Ontario Court of Appeal Summaries (August 5 – 9, 2019)

  • August 12, 2019
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Jung v. Talon International Inc., 2019 ONCA 644

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Agreements of Purchase and Sale of Land, Condominiums, Material Changes, Rescission, Repudiation, Anticipatory Breach, Affirmation, Remedies, Specific Performance, , Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Amending Pleadings, Condominium Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c. 19, s 74, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 20 and 26

Rigillo v. Rigillo, 2019 ONCA 647

Keywords: Family Law, Custody and Access

Provincial Offences and Criminal Decisions

R. v. P.S. (Publication Ban), 2019 ONCA 637

Keywords: Publication Ban, Criminal Law, Invitation to Touching, Sexual Interference, Evidence, Admissibility, Minors, Video Evidence, Third Party Records,  Sentencing, R. v. L. (D.O.), [1993] 4 S.C.R. 419, R. v. Edgar, 2010 ONCA 0529, R. v. R.E.M., [2008] 3 S.C.R. 3, R. v. W.(D), [1991] 1 S.C.R. 742, R. v. L.L., 2009 ONCA 0413, R. v. Radcliffe, 2017 ONCA 176, leave to appeal refused, [2017] S.C.C.A. No. 274, R. v. Batisse, 2009 ONCA 114, R. v. D.(D.) (2002), 58 O.R. (3d) 788, R. v. Lacasse, 2015 SCC 64

R. v. Plange, 2019 ONCA 646

Keywords: Criminal Law, Fraud over $5,000, Sentencing, Mandatory Minimum Sentence, Constitutional Law, Freedom from Cruel and Unusual Treatment or Punishment, Criminal Code, s.380(1.1), Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 12, R. v. Nur, 2015 SCC 15, R. v. Boudreault, 2018 SCC 58, R. v. Théroux, [1993] 2 S.C.R. 5, R. v. Goltz, [1991] 3 S.C.R, R. v. Koval, [2001] O.J. No 1205 (S. C.), R. v. Watts, 2016 ONSC 4843

R. v. Buttazzoni, 2019 ONCA 645

Keywords: Criminal Law, Importing Narcotics, Conspiracy to Import Narcotics for the Purpose of Trafficking, Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, Mens Rea, Actus Reus, Evidence, Admissibility, Utterances, Prior Criminal Record, Sentencing, Bell v. The Queen, [1983] 2 S.C.R. 471, R. v. Sauvé (2004), 182 C.C.C. (3d) 321 (Ont. C.A.), R. v. Vrany (1979), 46 C.C.C. (2d) 14 (Ont. C.A.), R. v. Foster, 2018 ONCA 53, R. v. Onyedinefu, 2018 ONCA 795, R. v. Ferris, 1994 ABCA 20

Play for Fun Studios Inc. v. Ontario (Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario), 2019 ONCA 648

Keywords: Provincial Offences, Liquor Control, Criminal Law, Unlawful Gambling, Criminal Code, s. 197(1), Liquor Licence Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.19, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 179, s. 45(1), R. v. Riesberry, 2015 SCC 65, R. v. Ross, [1968] S.C.R. 786, R. v. Topechka, [1960] S.C.R. 898, R. v. Balance Group International Trading Inc. (2002), 162 C.C.C. (3d) 126 (Ont. C.A.)

R. v. Tsigirlach, 2019 ONCA 650

Keywords: Criminal Law, Possession of Stolen Property, Fraud over $5000, Similar Fact Evidence, R. v. T.B.L., [2003] 173 OAC 159 (Ont. CA), R. v. MacCormack, 2009 ONCA 72, R. v. Handy, 2002 SCC 56, T.B.L. and R. v. Graham, 2015 ONCA 113, R. v. Arp, [1998] 3 SCR 339 (SCC), R v. R.V., 2019 SCC 41