In Marmora and Lake (Municipality) v. Ontario, the Court denied leave to appeal a decision related to road maintenance activities that allegedly violated the Endangered Species Act and upheld the application judge’s conclusion that the issues were not ripe for adjudication. The Municipality had sought broad declaratory relief, but the Court agreed that the ongoing ESA prosecution was the appropriate forum for resolving these disputes. The Court found no error in the lower court’s reasoning or its rejection of the Municipality’s requests for temporary relief.
In Brant Securities Limited v. Goss, the Court dismissed an appeal regarding the enforceability of a promissory note whose terms were amended several years after the initial note was signed. The Court noted that consideration can come in a variety of forms and should not be limited to monetary or economic value.
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Civil Decisions
Marmora and Lake (Municipality) v. Ontario, 2025 ONCA 10
Keywords: Municipal Law, Highway Maintenance, Environmental Law, Endangered Species, Provincial Offences, Civil Procedure, Jurisdiction, Remedies, Declarations, Endangered Species Act, 2007, S.O. 2007, c. 6, s. 17(1), General, O. Reg. 242/08, s. 8(1), Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, s. 44, Halton (Regional Municipality) v. Canadian National Railway Company, 2024 ONCA 174, Popack v. Lipszyc, 2016 ONCA 135, Schaeffer v. Wood, 2011 ONCA 716, Law Society of Upper Canada v. Canada (Attorney General) (1996), 28 O.R. (3d) 460 (Gen. Div.), Halifax (Regional Municipality) v. Nova Scotia (Human Rights Commission), 2012 SCC 10, Welton v. United Lands Corporation Limited, 2020 ONCA 322, R. v. R.E.M., 2008 SCC 51, Lorne M. Sossin J.A., Boundaries of Judicial Review: The Law of Justiciability in Canada, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2012)
Brant Securities Limited v. Goss, 2025 ONCA 8
Keywords: Appeals, Consideration, Loans, Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 41, Loranger v. Haines, [1921] 64 D.L.R. 364 (Ont. C.A.), Techform Products Ltd. v. Wolda (2001), 56 O.R. (3d) 1 (C.A.), Lancia v. Park Dentistry, 2018 ONSC 751, Giacomodonato v PearTree Securities Inc., 2023 ONSC 3197, Richcraft Homes Ltd. v. Urbandale Corporation, 2016 ONCA 622, Hobbs v. TDI Canada Ltd., [2004] 192 O.A.C. 141 (C.A.)
Short Civil Decisions
Eastwood Home Inc. v. Procopio, 2025 ONCA 11
Keywords: Contracts, Construction, Agency, Fraud, C.P. Ships v. Les Industries Lyon Corduroys Ltée, [1983] 1 FC 736, Kaiman v. Graham, 2009 ONCA 77