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Known Unknowns: Ontario Court of Appeal Provides Guidance on Discoverability in Potentially Contaminated Lands Cases

  • January 30, 2017
  • Jennifer Fairfax, Patrick G. Welsh, Rebecca Hall-McGuire and Evan J. Barz

In Crombie Crombie v McColl, the Ontario Court of Appeal released an important decision regarding environmental due diligence in a real estate transaction, particularly as to when “knowledge” of contamination arises for the purpose of understanding when applicable limitation periods in environmental litigation may be deemed to have expired.

Civil Litigation
Blaneys Court of Appeal Summaries (January 9 - 13, 2017)

Blaneys Court of Appeal Summaries (January 9 - 13, 2017)

  • January 15, 2017
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Here are the summaries for this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal. Determining the standard of review for issues of contractual interpretation has just been made more complicated with The GoodLife Fitness case. Other topics covered this week included limitation periods, property law, police liability, costs, and dog bite law.

Civil Litigation
Blaneys Court of Appeal Summaries (January 3 – 6, 2017)

Blaneys Court of Appeal Summaries (January 3 – 6, 2017)

  • January 11, 2017
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Happy New Year! Here are summaries of this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal. Most of them were procedural in nature (dismissal for delay, appellate jurisdiction, limitation periods, setting aside orders, summary judgment).

Civil Litigation
Blaneys Court of Appeal Summaries (December 19 – 23, 2016)

Blaneys Court of Appeal Summaries (December 19 – 23, 2016)

  • January 03, 2017
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Below are the summaries for last week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal. Topics covered included defamation, municipal liability, MVA, breach of contract, family law, wills and estates, tax, crown wardship and several procedural decisions covering jurisdiction/forum non conveniens, civil contempt, extensions of time to perfect appeals and striking pleadings.

Civil Litigation
Blaneys Court of Appeal Summaries (December 28 – 30, 2016)

Blaneys Court of Appeal Summaries (December 28 – 30, 2016)

  • January 03, 2017
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Summaries for this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal. Topics covered this week include several family law decisions, police liability, the interpretation of municipal procurement bylaws, which is to be reviewed on a standard of correctness, and an unsuccessful attempt to enforce international arbitral awards obtained against a foreign state against the assets of a corporation wholly owned by that state.

Civil Litigation

Blaneys Court of Appeal Summaries (November 21-25, 2016)

  • November 27, 2016
  • John Polyzogopoulos

Here are the summaries for this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal. It was a fairly uneventful week, the most substantive decision being a family law case on the issue of variation of spousal support arising out of a material change in circumstances. The other cases mainly dealt with procedural issues (consolidation of applications under the Substitute Decisions Act, adjournments, summary judgment, and applications under Rule 14.05).

Civil Litigation