Articles 2019

Below are summaries of this week’s OCA civil decisions (non-criminal). Special mention goes to our own Ian Epstein who successfully resisted an appeal from a decision of a motions judge to dismiss the claim against our client as disclosing no reasonable cause of action.

Below are summaries of this week’s OCA civil decisions (non-criminal). Topics covered include contractual interpretation, child and spousal support payments, conversion, the equitable remedy of rectification, non-possessory liens, and the State Immunity Act.

Below are the summaries of this week’s Ontario Court of Appeal decisions. There were not very many decisions released this week. Topics covered include the duty to defend in insurance law, real estate, bankruptcy and insolvency, unjust enrichment, medical negligence, landlord and tenant, and family law.

Hello everyone. Below are the summaries of this week’s Ontario Court of Appeal decisions. Topics covered include the duty to defend in insurance law; custody; summary judgment; section 7 of the Charter and the Building Code Act; and contractor fraud/theft charges in a home renovation case.

The recent decision in Warman v. National Post Company, 2015 ONSC 267 illustrates both the need for renewed emphasis on proportionality in e-discovery, and the need for counsel in defamation actions involving online comments to be prepared for some of the potential pitfalls e-discovery can create.

In Hopkins v. Kay, the Court of Appeal ruled that the Personal Health Information Protection Act does not create an exhaustive code precluding a civil action for intrusion upon seclusion.

Below are summaries of this week’s Ontario Court of Appeal decisions. Topics covered include Civil Procedure, Dismissal for Delay, Summary Judgment, Substantial Indemnity Costs, Contract Law, Fraudulent Conveyances, Derivative Actions versus Oppression, Real Estate Law, Condominium Law and Wills & Estates.

Below are summaries of this week’s Ontario Court of Appeal decisions. Topics covered include investigative receivership orders, reconsideration of a denied leave to appeal, summary judgment, extension of time to appeal, mortgages, and contract interpretation. Please feel free to share this blog with anyone whom you think would be interested. As always, we welcome your feedback.

Below are summaries of this week’s Ontario Court of Appeal civil decisions (non-criminal).

Below are summaries of this week’s Ontario Court of Appeal civil decisions (non-criminal). Topics covered include intellectual property, police liability, wrongful dismissal, occupier’s liability, and the oppression remedy under the Condominium Act. In Bienstock v Adenyo, the Court of Appeal applied the Supreme Court’s 2006 decision in Pro Swing Inc v. Elta Golf Inc, which confirmed that non-monetary foreign judgments can be enforced in Canada.