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Court of Appeal Summaries (December 31 – January 9)

January 12, 2026 | John Polyzogopoulos

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Civil Decisions

Cycle Toronto v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2025 ONCA 908

Keywords: Municipal Law, By-Laws, Public Law, Highways, Constitutional Law, Charter Rights, Right to Life, Liberty and Security of the Person, Civil Procedure, Interveners, Friends of the Court, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. 1, 7, 15, Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 195.6, Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 13.03(2), Convention on the Rights of the Child, Can. T.S. 1992 No. 3., Article 3.1, Peel (Regional Municipality) v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Co. of Canada Ltd. (1990), 74 O.R. (2d) 164 (C.A.), Foster v. West, 2021 ONCA 263, Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2019 ONCA 29, Bedford v. Canada (Attorney General), 2009 ONCA 669, Fair Voting BC v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 ONCA 619, Drover v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 ONCA 468

Leduc v. Dufour, 2026 ONCA 3

Keywords: Contracts, Solicitor and Client, Contingency Fee Agreements, Solicitors Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.15, s. 24, Contingency Fee Agreements, O. Reg. 195/04, Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 7, Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, Chrusz v. Cheadle LLP, 2010 ONCA 553, Henricks-Hunter v. 814888 Ontario Inc. (Phoenix Concert Theatre), 2012 ONCA 496, Bogue v. Miracle, 2025 ONCA 188, Raphael Partners v. Lam (2002), 61 O.R. (3d) 417 (C.A.), Cogan (Re) (2007), 88 O.R. (3d) 38 (S.C.)

Short Civil Decisions

David v. Loblaw Companies Limited, 2026 ONCA 5

Keywords: Competition Law, Price-Fixing, Consumer Protection, Civil Procedure, Class Proceedings, Certification, No Reasonable Cause of Action, Amending Pleadings, Adding Parties, Res Judicata, Appeals, Costs, Class Proceedings Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c. 6, s. 5(1), 8, 8(3), 12, ss. 8(3), 12, David v. Loblaw Companies Limited, 2025 ONCA 830

Ellenor v. Chernysh, 2026 ONCA 10

Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Residential Tenancies, Remedies, Eviction, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Leave to Appeal, Extension of Time, Stay Pending Appeal, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43., ss. 6(1)(a), 21(5), Bernard Property Maintenance v. Taylor, 2019 ONCA 830, Coote v. Ontario (Human Rights Commission), 2010 ONCA 580, Amstar Pool ILP v. Tweneboa-Kodua, 2025 ONCA 493, Pannone v. Peacock, 2022 ONCA 520, Lum v. College of Physiotherapists of Ontario, 2020 ONCA 271


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