Court of Appeal Summaries (October 26 – October 30, 2020)

  • November 04, 2020
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Wilton v. Northern Bruce Peninsula (Municipality), 2020 ONCA 0674

Keywords: Municipal Law, Taxation, Tax Sales, Notice, Duty of Good Faith, Registry Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, s. 374, s. 379(1) and s. 381(1), Municipal Tax Sales Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M-60, Elliott v. Toronto (City) (1999), 171 D.L.R. (4th) 64 (Ont. C.A.), leave to appeal refused, [1999] S.C.C.A. No. 244, Zeitel v. Ellscheid, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 142

7636156 Canada Inc. (Re), 2020 ONCA 0681

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Commercial Leases, Banking Law, Security, Letters of Credit, Autonomy Principle, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-3, ss. 136(1)(f), 146, Personal Property Security Act, RSO 1990, c. P10, Commercial Tenancies Act, RSO 1990, c. L.7, s. 38(1), Crystalline Investments Ltd. v. Domgroup Ltd., 2004 SCC 3, Bank of Nova Scotia v. Angelica-Whitewear Ltd., [1987] 1 SCR 59, 430872 B.C. Ltd. v. KPMG Inc., 2004 BCCA 186, Royal Bank v. Gentra Canada Investments Inc. (2001), 147 O.A.C. 96 (C.A.), Cineplex Odeon Corp. v. 100 Bloor West General Partner Inc., [1993] O.J. No. 112 (Gen. Div.), Re Mussens Ltd., [1933] O.W.N. 459 (S.C.), Curriculum Services Canada/Service Des Programmes D’Études Canada (Re), 2020 ONCA 267, Cummer-Yonge Investments Limited v. Fagot, [1965] 2 O.R. 152 (S.C.), Lava Systems Inc. (Receiver & Manager of) v. Clarica Life Insurance Co. (2001), 31 C.B.R. (4th) 284 (Ont. S.C.), rev’d (2002), 161 O.A.C. 53 (C.A.), Titan Warehouse Club Inc. (Trustee of) v. Glenview Corp. (1988), 67 C.B.R. (N.S.) 204 (Ont. S.C.), aff’d (1989), 75 C.B.R. (N.S.) 206 (Ont. C.A.), West Shore Ventures Ltd. v. K.P.N. Holding Ltd., 2001 BCCA 279, 885676 Ontario Ltd. (Trustee of) v. Frasmet Holdings Ltd. (1993), 17 C.B.R. (3d) 64 (Ont. Gen. Div.), Peat Marwick Thorne Inc. v. Natco Trading Corp. (1995), 22 O.R. (3d) 727 (Gen. Div.), Westpac Banking Corp. v. Duke Group Ltd. (1994), 20 O.R. (3d) 515 (Gen. Div.), Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53

Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society v. E.W. (Publication Ban), 2020 ONCA 0682

Keywords: Custody and Access, Children’s Aid Society, Extended Society Care, Fresh Evidence, Domestic Violence, Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society v. M.W., 2019 ONCA 316, 432 D.L.R. (4th) 497; Children’s Aid Society of Toronto v. J.G., 2020 ONCA 415, 151 O.R. (3d) 320; L.M. v. Peel Children’s Aid Society, 2019 ONCA 841, 149 O.R. (3d) 18; Children’s Aid Society of Toronto v. V.L., 2012 ONCA 890, 299 O.A.C. 388; Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v. S.N.-D., 2012 ONCA 590, 26 R.F.L. (7th) 46; Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto v. M. (C.), [1994] 2 S.C.R. 165; Children’s Aid Society of Oxford County v. W.T.C., 2014 ONCA 540, 46 R.F.L. (7th) 290; Children’s Aid Society of Toronto v. C.J.W., 2017 ONCJ 212; Kaiman v. Graham, 2009 ONCA 77, 245 O.A.C. 130; R. v. Ibrahim, 2019 ONCA 631, 147 O.R. (3d) 272; A.M. v. Valoris Pour Enfants et Adultes de Prescott-Russell, 2017 ONCA 818; Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 14, Sched. 1, Child and Family Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.11

Hodgson v. Cheng, 2020 ONCA 0689

Keywords:Family law, Custody and Access, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Jurisdiction,  Orders, Costs, Final or Interlocutory, Wachsberg v. Wachsberg, 2018 ONCA 508, Deltro Group Ltd. v. Potentia Renewables Inc., 2017 ONCA 784

Svia Homes Limited v. Northbridge General Insurance Corporation, 2020 ONCA 0684

Keywords: Contracts, Interpretation, Insurance, General Liability, Coverage, Unsatisfied Judgments, Enforcement, Notice, Delay, Prejudice,  Insurance Act, RSO 1990, c. l.8 ss. 129, 132. 132(1), Liability Condition 5, Statutory Condition 8, Consolidated-Bathurst v. Mutual Boiler, [1980] 1 SCR 888, Monk v Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company (Lindsay), 2019 ONCA 616, Becker v Toronto (City), 2020 ONCA 60, Kaiman v Graham, 2009 ONCA 77, The Sovereign General Insurance Company v Walker, 2011 ONCA 597

Huang v. Braga, 2020 ONCA 0645

Keywords: Torts, Negligence, MVA, Civil Procedure, Parties Under Disability, Litigation Guardians, Settlements, Court Approval, Appeals, Standing, Vexatious Litigants, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 7.01(1), 7.08, 7.04(1)(b), 37.16, Courts of Justice Act, ss. 140(1) and (3), Ki Ho Kim v. 260 Wellesley Residences Inc., 2017 ONSC 2985, Kavuru (Litigation Guardian of) v. Heselden, 2014 ONSC 6718