Court of Appeal Summaries (October 21-25)

  • October 30, 2024
  • John Polyzogopoulos

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Civil Decisions

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Mortgages, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Appeals, Stay Pending Appeal, Mortgages Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.40, Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5, ss. 69, 78, 78(4), Fraudulent Conveyances Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.29, Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 63.02, Circuit World Corp. v. Lesperance (1997), 33 O.R. (3d) 674 (C.A.), RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 311, Dhatt v. Beer, 2020 ONCA 545, Martin v. 11037315 Canada Inc., 2022 ONCA 322, Ramdial v. Davis, 2015 ONCA 726, Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, Regal Constellation Hotel Ltd. (Re) (2004), 71 O.R. (3d) 355 (C.A.)

Del Grande v. Toronto Catholic District School Board, 2024 ONCA 769

Keywords: Administrative Law, Education, Discipline, Judicial Review, Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Res JudicataIssue Estoppel, Abuse of Process, Functus OfficioCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. 2(a) (freedom of religion), 2(b) (freedom of expression) and 3 (democratic rights), Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, O. Reg. 246/18, s. 1(1), Toronto Catholic District School Board Code of Conduct Policy No. T.04Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, Victoria University (Board of Regents) v. GE Canada Real, 2016 ONCA 646, Beach Place Ventures Ltd. v. Employment Standards Tribunal, 2022 BCCA 147,  In the Matter of s. 10 of the Education Act, 2016 ONSC 2361, Chandler v. Alberta Association of Architects, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 848, Chandler v. Alberta Association of Architects, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 848, Jacobs Catalytic Ltd. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersLocal 353, 2009 ONCA 749, Stanley v. Office of the Independent Police Review Director, 2020 ONCA 252, Fresco v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 2022 ONCA, Bryton Capital Corp. GP Ltd. V. CIM Bayview Creek Inc., 2023 ONCA 363, Doré v. Barreau du Québec, 2012 SCC 12, Loyola High School v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 12, Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest v. Northwest Territories (Education, Culture and Employment), 2023 SCC 31, Volpe v. Wong-Tam, 2023 ONCA 680, York Region District School Board v. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, 2024 SCC 22, 492, Kempling v. British Columbia College of Teachers, 2005 BCCA 327, Law Society of British Columbia v. Trinity Western University, 2018 SCC 32

Corridor Transport Inc. v. Vittorio Junior Lentini, 2024 ONCA 773

Keywords: Breach of Contract, Torts, Conversion, Ontario Business Corporations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. B16, Limited Partnership Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.L.16, Bunton v. FTA Logistics Inc. and Ikenouye, 2020 ONSC 5463, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 52, 563689 Ontario Ltd. v. Two Saint Clair Holdings Ltd., 2004 CanLII 34920 (Ont. C.A.), J.A. Willoughby & Sons Ltd. v. Selkirk, [1958] O.R. 235 (C.A.), Boma Manufacturing Ltd.v.Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 727, Canadian Contract Law, 4th ed. (Toronto: LexisNexis Canada, 2018)

1785192 Ontario Inc. v. Ontario H Limited Partnership, 2024 ONCA 775

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Options to Purchase, Remedies, Specific Performance, Relief from Forfeiture, Mitsui & Co. (Canada) Ltd. v. Royal Bank of Canada, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 187, Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235, Kingsberg Developments Ltd. v. K Mart Canada Ltd., (1983), 40 O.R. (2d) 348 (H.C.), Self Unit Acquisitions Inc. v. Cherokee-Oakville Property G.P. Inc., 2007 CarswellOnt 5115 (S.C.), Vulcan Packaging Inc. v. Capital Ventures Group Inc. (1990), 71 O.R. (2d) 554 (C.A.)

Short Civil Decisions

Miguna v. Sitel Operation Corporation, 2024 ONCA 779

Keywords: Torts, Defamation, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Costs, Libel and Slander Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L. 12