Court of Appeal Summaries (February 8 - 12, 2021)

  • February 20, 2021
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Crystallex International Corporation (Re), 2021 ONCA 87

Keywords: Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Leave to Appeal, Sealing Orders, Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-36, ss. 10(3), Sierra Club of Canada v. Canada (Ministry of Finance), 2002 SCC 41, Stelco Inc. (Re) (2005), 75 OR (3d) 5 (CA), Timminco Ltd. (Re), 2021 ONCA 552, Nortel Networks Corp. (Re), 2016 ONCA 332

Champoux v. Jefremova, 2021 ONCA 92

Keywords: Torts, Professional Negligence, Med Mal, Standard of Care, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Admissions, Requests to Admit, Withdrawal of Admissions, Appeals, Sufficiency of Reasons, F.H. v. McDougall, 2008 SCC 53, Longo v. MacLaren Art Centre, 2014 ONCA 526, Gendron v. Doug C. Thompson Ltd. (Thompson Fuels), 2019 ONCA 293, Antipas v. Coroneos (1988), 26 C.P.C. (2d) 63 (Ont. H.C.), Liu v. The Personal Insurance Company, 2019 ONCA 104, Allto Construction Services Ltd. v. Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, 2017 ONCA 488

Royal Bank of Canada v. Azkia, 2021 ONCA 89

Keywords: Contracts, Debtor-Creditor, Mortgages, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Certificates of Pending Litigation, Damages for Improper Registration, Fresh Evidence, Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, Palmer v. R., [1980] 1 S.C.R. 759, Sengmueller v. Sengmueller, 111 D.L.R. (4th) 19 (Ont. C.A.)

Short Civil Decisions

L.R. v. Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, 2021 ONCA 84

Keywords: Publication Ban, Family Law, Crown Wardship, Civil Procedure, Status Review, Appeals, Mootness