Following are our summaries of last week’s civil decisions released by the Court of Appeal for Ontario. There were four substantive decisions, but quite a few very short ones.
Topics covered included piercing the corporate veil to pursue costs against non-parties, the enforcement of settlements under Rule 49, the principles applicable to the interpretation of a zoning bylaw, and whether a refusal to stay an action in the class proceedings context is a final or interlocutory order.
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Civil Decisions
2222868 Ontario Inc. v. Grimsby (Town), 2020 ONCA 376
Keywords: Municipal Law, Zoning Bylaws, Interpretation, Standard of Review, Permitted Uses, Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, s. 24, Greenbelt Act, 2005, S.O. 2005, c.1, s.7, Building Code Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c. 23, Official Plan, Provincial Policy Statement, St. Mary’s Cement Inc. (Canada) v. Clarington (Municipality), 2012 ONCA 884, Sarnia (City) v. River City Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Sarnia, 2015 ONCA 494, Bele Himmell Investments Ltd. v. Mississauga (City), 1982 CarswellOnt 1946 (Div. Ct.), Goldlist Properties Inc. v. Toronto (City), 232 D.L.R. (4th) 298 (Ont. C.A.),
Chatsikiriakos v. Kilislian , 2020 ONCA 378
Keywords: Contracts, Employment, Wrongful Dismissal, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Enforcement, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 49.04, Perri v. Concordian Chesterfield, 2003 CarswellOnt 6240 (SCJ), aff’d 2004 CanLII 2904 (CA),
Cornerstone Properties Inc. v. Southside Construction Management Limited , 2020 ONCA 380
Keywords: Civil Procedure, Costs, Simplified Procedure, Non-Parties, Abuse of Process, Corporations, Doctrine of Separate Corporate Personality, Piercing Corporate Veil, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C. 43, s. 131(1), Ontario Business Corporations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. B.16, s. 15, 431318847 Ontario Limited v. Laval Tool and Mould Ltd., 2017 ONCA 184, Williams Distinctive Gems Inc. v. Advantex Dining Corporation, 2019 ONCA 702
Drywall Acoustic Lathing Insulation Local 675 Pension Fund v. SNCLavalin Group Inc., 2020 ONCA 375
Keywords: Civil Procedure, Class Proceedings, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Final or Interlocutory, Class Proceedings Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c. 6, s. 14, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s 6(1)(b), 19(1)(b), Hendrickson v. KalIio, [1932] O.R. 675 (C.A.), Ball v. Donais (1993), 13 O.R. (3d) 322 (C.A.), Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. York Ridge Developments Ltd., 1998 CarswellOnt 4534 (C.A.), Hislop v. Canada (Attorney General), 2009 ONCA 354, leave to appeal refused, [2009] S.C.C.A. No. 264, Ontario v. Lipsitz, 2011 ONCA 466, leave to appeal refused, [2011] S.C.C.A. No. 407, Smith Estate v. National Money Mart Company, 2008 ONCA 746, leave to appeal refused, [2008] S.C.C.A. No. 535, M.J. Jones Inc. v. Kingsway General Insurance Co. (2003), 233 D.L.R. (4th) 285 (Ont. C.A.), Smerchanski v. Lewis (1980), 117 D.L.R. (3d) 716 (C.A.), CC&L Dedicated Enterprise Fund (Trustee of) v. Fisherman, 2001 CarswellOnt 3354 (C.A.), Ambrose v. Zuppardi, 2013 ONCA 768
Short Civil Decisions
Sagos v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 ONCA 360
Keywords: Torts, Negligence, Police Liability, Negligent Investigation, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment
Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 476 v. Wong , 2020 ONCA 363
Keywords: Real Property, Condominiums, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Costs Endorsement
Burns v. RBC Life Insurance Company , 2020 ONCA 377
Keywords: Civil Procedure, Amending Pleadings, Costs Endorsement
Zhang v. Shenglin Financial Group Inc., 2020 ONCA 366
Keywords: Contracts, Interpretation, Standard of Review, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53, Ledcor Construction Ltd. v. Northbridge Indemnity Insurance Co., 2016 SCC 37
Couper v. Adair Barristers LLP , 2020 ONCA 372
Keywords: Solicitor and Client, Assessment of Accounts, Solicitors Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.15, s 28.1, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 54.09(5), Evans Sweeny Bordin LLP v. Zawadzki, 2015 ONCA 756
Edgeworth v. Shapira , 2020 ONCA 374
Keywords: Torts, Conspiracy, Intrusion Upon Seclusion, Negligent Misrepresentation, Civil Procedure, Amending Pleadings, Removal of Solicitors of Record, Conflict of Interest, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Final or Interlocutory, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C 43, ss 6(2), Dobreff v. Davenport, 2007 ONCA 902, Marrocco v. John Doe, 2014 ONSC 5663 (Div. Ct.). Cole v. Hamilton (City), 60 O.R. (3d) 284 (CA), Mader v. South Easthope Mutual Insurance Co., 2014 ONCA 714
Formosa v. Persaud , 2020 ONCA 368
Keywords: Torts, Professional Negligence, Solicitors, Standard of Care, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, McPeake v. Cadesky, 2018 ONCA 554, Hill v. Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Municipal Police, 2007 SCC 41
Kerr v. Sezerman , 2020 ONCA 364
Keywords: Contracts, Employment, Constructive Dismissal, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Documents, Production, Cross-Examination, Privilege, Draft Affidavits, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Final or Interlocutory
Mullings v. Robertson , 2020 ONCA 369
Keywords: Family Law, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Re-hearing, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 37.14(6) and 59.06(2), 61.16(6.1), Trillium Motor World Ltd. v. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, 2017 ONCA 840, leave to appeal dismissed, [2017] S.C.C.A. No. 366, First Elgin Mills Development Inc. v. Romandale Farms Limited, 2015 ONCA 54, R. v. H. (E.), 115 C.C.C. (3d) 89 (Ont. C.A.), leave to appeal refused, [1997] S.C.C.A. No. 256
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