Court of Appeal Summaries (February 22 – February 26, 2021)

  • March 03, 2021
  • John Polyzogopoulos

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Civil Decisions

Baldwin v. Imperial Metals Corporation, 2021 ONCA 114

Keywords: Securities, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Interveners, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 13.02, Securities Act, ss. 138.3(1), ss. 138.8(1), Peel (Regional Municipality) v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Co. of Canada Ltd. (1990), 74 O.R. (2d) 164 (C.A.), Stadium Corp. of Ontario Ltd. v. Toronto (City), [1992] O.J. No. 1574 (Div. Ct.), rev’d on other grounds, 12 O.R. (3d) 646 (C.A.), Nakonagos v. Humphrey, [1996] O.J. No. 2002 (Gen. Div.), Peixeiro v. Haberman, [1994] O.J. No. 2459 (Gen. Div.), Dunkin’ Brands Canada Ltd. v. Bertico inc., 2013 QCCA 867, Raibex Canada Ltd. v. ASWR Franchising Corp., 2017 CarswellOnt 21537

Rusinek & Associates Inc. v. Arachchilage, 2021 ONCA 112

Keywords: Family Law, Equalization of Net Family Property, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Property of the Bankrupt, Constitutional Law, Doctrine of Paramountcy, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.3, ss 5 & 7, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-3, ss 2, 40, 67, 71, 72 & 193, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s 6, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 14.05(3)(d), The Saskatchewan Insurance Act, R.S.S. 1978, c. S-26, as repealed by The Insurance Act, S.S. 2015, c. I-9.11, s. 11-1, Business Development Bank of Canada v. Astoria Organic Matters Ltd., 2019 ONCA 269, Meisels v. Lawyers Professional Indemnity Company, 2015 ONCA 406, Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd., [1997] 3 S.C.R. 701, Blowes v. Blowes (1993), 16 O.R. (3d) 318 (C.A.), Green v. Green, 2015 ONCA 541, Rizzo & Rizzo Shoes Ltd. (Re), [1998] 1 S.C.R. 27, Jackson v. Stephen Durbin and Associates, 2018 ONCA 424, R. v. Stipo, 2019 ONCA 3, Rawluk v. Rawluk, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 70, Saulnier v. Royal Bank of Canada, 2008 SCC 58, Rondberg Estate v. Rondberg Estate (1989), 62 D.L.R. (4th) 379 (Ont. C.A.), Alberta (Attorney General) v. Moloney, 2015 SCC 51

Pipitone v. D’Amelio, 2021 ONCA 115

Keywords: Family Law, Spousal Support, Separation Agreements, Setting Aside

Jonas v. Elliott, 2021 ONCA 124

Keywords: Torts, Negligence, Occupiers’ Liability, Social Host Liability, Duty of Care, Reasonable Foreseeability, Civil Procedure, Partial Summary Judgment, Occupiers’ Liability Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.2

Short Civil Decisions

Kenora-Rainy River Districts Child and Family Services v. K.R., 2021 ONCA 123

Keywords: Family Law, Child Protection, Civil Procedure, Disclosure, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Final or Interlocutory, Child and Family Services Act, Courts of Justice Act, ss. 6(1)(b), ss. 19(1)(b), Family Law Rules, ss. 38(3), Higins v. Higgins, 2007 ONCA 663

Beazley v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 ONCA 117

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Striking Pleadings, Vexatious Litigation, Res Judicata, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 2.1.01, 2.1.01(3), Beazley v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 ONCA 582, Alexander v. Longo Brothers Fruit Market Inc., 2020 ONCA 590