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Judicial mediation, mediation roster rates, the recent position paper from the College of Physician & Surgeons of Ontario on experts. Just three of the important issues the Civil Litigation Executive is considering on behalf of OBA litigation lawyers.

For many litigators who do not regularly appear in the Federal Court it can be quite intimidating. Many practises and procedures in the Federal Court, while similar in many respects to those of several other jurisdictions, such as Ontario, are also quite different in many respects.

On November 17, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal of a noteworthy decision of Ontario Court of Appeal (the “CA”) Southcott Estates v Toronto Catholic District School Board, 2010 ONCA 310; (leave to appeal) [2010] S.C.C.A. No.256.).

Topics covered this week included rectification of contracts (life insurance policy), third party assessments of lawyers’ accounts, wrongful dismissal (calculation of damages, including bonuses), aboriginal law (authority to amend lease of band lands), wills and estates (payment of interest on late distributions), condominium law (oppression and restrictions on use of common elements) and family law (constructive trust, Crown wardship).

Following are the summaries for this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. In Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 2019 ONCA 393, the court upheld the constitutionality of two policies enacted by the College.

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of May 31, 2021.