Court of Appeal Summaries (January 11 – 15, 2021)

  • January 22, 2021
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Stonehouse Group Inc. v Ontario (Finance), 2021 ONCA 10

Keywords: Tax Law, Statutory Interpretation, Standard of Review, Interest on Overpayment of Tax, Enhanced Interest, Corporations Tax Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.40, s. 79(7), s. 82(5), Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, Placer Dome Canada Ltd. v. Ontario (Minister of Finance), 2006 SCC 20, The Ontario Committee on Taxation, The Provincial Revenue System, vol. III (Toronto: Queen’s Printer, 1967)

Heliotrope Investment Corporation v 1324789 Ontario Inc., 2021 ONCA 23

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Mortgages, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Extension of Time, Fresh Evidence, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 3.02(1), Rizzi v. Mavros, 2007 ONCA 350, Bratti v. Wabco Standard Trane Inc., 1994 CanLII 1261 (Ont. C.A.), Chandra v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2016 ONCA 448, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. v. Froese, 2013 ONCA 131

Wiseau Studio, LLC v Harper, 2021 ONCA 31

Keywords: Copyright, Injunctions, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Security for Costs ,Security for Trial Judgment, Courts of Justice Act, RSO 1990, c C43, s. 134(2), Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 56.01, Vaillancourt v Cater, 2017 ABCA 282, Aetna Financial Services Ltd. v Feigelman, [1985] 1 SCR 2, C.H. v. M.H., 1997 ABCA 263, Vaccarov Twin Cities Power-Canada U.L.C., 2013, ABCA 252, Creative Salmon Company Ltd. v. Staniford, 2007 BCCA 285, Richland Construction Inc. v. Manningwa Developments Inc., 1996 CanLII 3188 (B.C. C.A.), First Majestic Silver Corp. et al. v Davila, 2013 BCCA 312, Paz v. Hardouin, 1995 CanLII 1808 (B.C. C.A.), Cadinha v. Chemar Corp. Inc., 1995 CanLII 1017 (B.C. C.A.), Kedia v. Shandro Dixon Edgson, 2007 BCCA 316, Chan v. Vancouver Trade Mart Ltd., 1997 CanLII 4108 (B.C. C.A.)