Blaney's Appeals: Court of Appeal Summaries (October 28 – November 1 2019)

  • 06 novembre 2019
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Ontario (Labour) v. Sudbury (City), 2019 ONCA 854

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Provincial Offences, Leave to Appeal, Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1, Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.33, s. 131, Ontario (Labour) v. Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., 2011 ONCA 13

Demetriou v. AIG Insurance Company of Canada, 2019 ONCA 855

Keywords: : Insurance, Coverage, Fraud, Summary Judgment, Rules of Civil Procedure, RSO 1990, r 26.01, Shakur v. Pilot Insurance Co. (1990), 74 O.R. (2d) 673 (C.A.)

Ramkey Communications Inc. v Labourers’ International Union of North America , 2019 ONCA 859

Keywords: Labour Law, Administrative Law, Judicial Review, Union Certification, Doctrine of Derivative Jurisdiction, Labour Relations Act, 1995, SO 1995, c 1, Sched A, as amended, Tessier Ltée v. Quebec (Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail), 2012 SCC 23

Reeb v. The Guarantee Company of North America , 2019 ONCA 862

Keywords: Insurance, Duty to Defend, Intentional Act, Exclusion, Limitation Period, Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sched. B, Monenco Ltd. v. Commonwealth Insurance Co., 2001 SCC 49, Non-Marine Underwriters, Lloyd’s of London v. Scalera, Pickering Square Inc. v. Trillium College Inc., 2016 ONCA 179, Daverne v. John Switzer Fuels Ltd., 2015 ONCA 919, General Accident Assurance Co. of Canada v. Commissioner of Ontario Provincial Police Force et al. (1988), 64 O.R. (2d) 321, Broadhurst & Ball v. American Home Assurance Co. (1990), 1 O.R. (3d) 225, M.(E.) v. Reed (2003), 49 C.C.L.I. (3d) 57, Hanis v. University of Western Ontario (2006), 42 C.C.L.I. (4th) 65

Short Civil Decisions

Lopes Limited v. The Guarantee Company of North America, 2019 ONCA 853

Keywords: Construction Law, Summary Judgement, Performance Bond, Mitigation of Damages. Cockburn v. Trusts and Guarantee Co. (1917), 55 S.C.R. 264, British Westinghouse Electric Co. v. Underground Electric Railways Co., [1912] A.C. 673 (H.L.)

B. v. Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company, 2019 ONCA 858

Keywords: : Insurance Law, Duty to Defend, Pleadings Rule Approach, Monenco Ltd. v. Commonwealth Insurance Co., 2001 SCC 49, Progressive Homes Ltd. v. Lombard General Insurance Co. of Canada, 2010 SCC 33

Goldsmith, Borgal & Company Ltd. V. Banerjee Goel Medicine Professional Corporation, 2019 ONCA 849

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Appeal Book Endorsement

Criminal Decisions

R v. Williams, 2019 ONCA 846

Keywords: Criminal Law, Jury Questions, Mens Rea, Criminal Code, ss. 229(a), (c) and 686(1), R. v. Martineau, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 633, R. v. Cooper, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 146, R. v. S(WD), [1994] 3 S.C.R. 521

R. v. Simeunovich, 2019 ONCA 856

Keywords: Criminal Law, Sentencing, Criminal Code, ss. 221, 252(1.2), 259(4), and 376(2)(d), Recidivism, R. v. Angelillo, 2006 SCC 55, Palmer v. The Queen, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 759, R. v. Lévesque, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 487

R. v. Herdman, 2019 ONCA 863

Keywords: Criminal Law, Evidence, Hearsay, Procedural Fairness, R. v. Forrester, 2019 ONCA 255

R. v. J.R.S. (Publication Ban), 2019 ONCA 852

Keywords: Criminal Law, Appeal Book Endorsement, Serious Bodily Harm

R. v. Kupec, 2019 ONCA 851

Keywords: Criminal Law, Sentencing, Appeal Book Endorsement

R. v. Mediouni, 2019 ONCA 857

Keywords: Criminal Law, Conspiracy, Jury Charge, Appeal Book Endorsement

R. v. Mirzadegan (Publication Ban), 2019 ONCA 864

Keywords: Criminal Law, Evidence, R. v. Bartholomew, 2019 ONCA 377, R. v. Batte (2000), 49 O.R. (3d) 321 (C.A.), R. v. L.(L.), 2009 ONCA 413

R. v. Noel, 2019 ONCA 860

Keywords: Criminal Law, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. 8, 9, 10(b), and 24(2), R. v. Bartle, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 173, R. v. Suberu, 2009 SCC 33, R. v. Rover, 2019

Ontario Review Board Decisions

C (Re), 2019 ONCA 861

Keywords: Ontario Review Board, Appeal Book Endorsement