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Civil Decisions
Rajic v. MacDonald, 2026 ONCA 288
Keywords: Torts, Defamation, Civil Procedure, Anti-SLAPP, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, ss. 6, 137, Benchwood Builders, Inc. v. Prescott, 2025 ONCA 171, Bent v. Platnick, 2020 SCC 23, [2020] 2 S.C.R. 645, 1704604 Ontario Ltd. V. Pointes Protection Association, 2020 SCC 22, Thorman v. McGraw, 2022 ONCA 851, Zeppa v. Rea, 2023 ONCA 668, 1704604 Ontario Ltd. V. Pointes Protection Association, 2018 ONCA 685, Mazhar v. Farooqi, 2021 ONCA 355, Galati v. Toews, 2025 ONCA 568, The Catalyst Capital Group Inc. v. West Face Capital Inc., 2023 ONCA 53, UM Financial Inc. v. Butler, 2025 ONCA 844
InFrontier AF LP v. Rahmani, 2026 ONCA 289
Keywords: Contracts, Interpretation, Arbitration Clauses, Debtor-Creditor, Private International Law, Civil Procedure, International Commercial Arbitration, Foreign Arbitral Awards, Recognition and Enforcement, Arbitral Procedure, International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 2, Sched. 5, s. 2, Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Articles V, V 1 b), V 1 d), V 2 b), UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, Teal Cedar Products Ltd. v. British Columbia, 2017 SCC 32, Sattva Capital Corp. v. Creston Moly Corp., 2014 SCC 53, GreCon Dimter inc. v. J. R. Normand inc., 2005 SCC 46, Peace River Hydro Partners v. Petrowest Corp., 2022 SCC 41, Polimaster Ltd. v. RAE Systems Inc., 623 F (3d) 832 (9th Cir. 2010), Union des consommateurs c. Dell Computer Corp., 2007 SCC 34, Corporacion Transnacional de Inversiones, S.A. de C.V. v. STET International, S.p.A., 45 O.R. (3d) 183 (S.C.), aff’d (2000) 49 O.R. (3d) 414 (C.A.), DFL v DFM, [2024] SGHC 71, aff’d [2024] SGCA 41, Baker Hughes Saudi Arabia Company Limited v. Dynamic Industries, Incorporated, 126 F (4th) 1073 (5th Cir. 2025), Clayton v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 ONCA 581, Gary B. Born, International Commercial Arbitration in the United States, 3rd ed. (Deventer: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1994), Gary B. Born, International Commercial Arbitration, 2nd ed., vol. 2 (Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2014), Albert Jan van den Berg, The New York Convention of 1958, (The Hague: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1981), International Council for Commercial Arbitration, ICCA’s Guide to the Interpretation of the 1958 New York Convention, 2nd ed. (2024)
1396929 Ontario Inc. v. Valladares, 2026 ONCA 282
Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Mortgages, Defences, Independent Legal Advice, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Rozin v. Ilitchev et al. (2003), 175 O.A.C. 4, McDowell v. Fortress Real Capital Inc., 2019 ONCA 71
Short Civil Decisions
Riva Plumbing Limited v. Ferrari, 2026 ONCA 297
Keywords: Contracts, Sale of Business, Restrictive Covenants, Settlements, Economic Torts, Breach of Fiduciary Duty