Articles 2023

Summaries for this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Topics covered this week included: the effect of pending retirement on a high income earner with spousal support obligations (Schulstad); a dispute between two law firms regarding an agency agreement that resulted in a charging order (Fancy Barristers); and the sufficiency of a pleading in a defamation case (Catalyst Capital).

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).

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.

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.

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).

Summaries for this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal. Topics covered include commercial leasing, by-law enforcement, municipal liability, assessments under the Solicitors Act, pension obligations under a contract and family law.