Topics covered this week included vexatious litigants and extensions of time to perfect an appeal in the family law context and stay pending appeal in a mortgage enforcement matter.
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Civil Decisions
McLean v. Connell, 2025 ONCA 495
Keywords: Family Law, Matrimonial Home, Sale, Equalization of Net Family Property, Civil Procedure, Vexatious Litigants, Self-Represented Litigants, Appeals, Extension of Time, Costs, Leave to Appeal, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 140, Rules of Civil Procedure, r.2.2.02(a), Bishop v. Bishop, 2011 ONCA 211, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. v. Froese, 2013 ONCA 131, Hobbs v. Hobbs, 2008 ONCA 598Kallaba v. Bylykbashi (2006), 265 D.L.R. (4th) 230 (Ont. C.A.), Leblanc v. Alghamdi, 2022 ONCA687, Lochner v. Ontario Civilian Police Commission, 2020 ONCA 720, Lukezic v. Royal Bank of Canada, 2012 ONCA 350, Rizzi v. Marvos, 2007 ONCA 350, T.O. Estate v. D.O., 2024 ONCA 73
1396929 Ontario Inc. v. Valladares, 2025 ONCA 513
Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Mortgages, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Enforcement, Writs of Possession, Appeals, Stay Pending Appeal, Amicus Curiae, Self-Represented Litigants, BTR Global Opportunity Trading Company Limited, 2011 ONCA 620, Carvalho Estate v. Verma, 2024 ONCA 222, Starkman v. Home Trust Company, 2015 ONCA 436
Safieh v. Hamza, 2025 ONCA 496
Keywords: Family Law, Child Support, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Dismissal for Delay, Extension of Time, Conditions, Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 3.02(1), 61.13(3)(a), D.G. v. A.F., 2014 ONCA 436, Mauldin v. Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, 2011 ONCA 67, Federal Child Support Guidelines, SOR/1997-175, Guillaume v. Ontario (Animal Care Review Board), 2024 ONCA 851 , Hoffelner v. Whiteley, 2024 ONCA 753, Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto (Re), 2022 ONCA 581, Langer v. Yorktown Securities Inc. et al. (1986), 57 O.R. (2d) 555 (C.A.)
Short Civil Decisions
Amstar Pool ILP v. Tweneboa-Kodua, 2025 ONCA 493
Keywords: Contracts, Real Property, Residential Tenancies, Evictions, Non-Payment of Rent, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Stay Pending Appeal, Lifting of Stay, Frivolous, Vexatious, Abuse of Process, Courts of Justice Act, RSO 1990, c C43, s. 21(5), Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 2.1.02, Bernard Property Maintenance v. Taylor, 2019 ONCA 830, Chowdhury v. Unity Health Toronto, 2025 ONCA 90, Ncube v. Hassen, 2022 ONCA 840
Marcotte v. Marcotte, 2025 ONCA 491
Keywords: Family Law, Divorce, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Extension of Time, Orders, Setting Aside, Misrepresentation, Family Law Rules, O. Reg. 114/99, r. 25(19), Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. v. Froese, 2013 ONCA 131, Gray v. Gray, 2017 ONCA 100, Hilton v. Hilton, 2021 ONCA 29, Issasi v. Rosenzweig, 2011 ONCA 112, Reid v. College of Chiropractors, 2016 ONCA 779, Robson v. Law Society of Ontario, 2023 ONCA 709
Keywords: Family Law, Matrimonial Home, Sale, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Consent Orders, Enforcement Orders, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Final or Interlocutory, Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 19, s.110, Family Law Rules, O. Reg. 114/99, r. 2(1), Goft v. 1206468 Ontario Ltd., [2002] O.J. No. 3659 (Div. Ct.), Hendrickson v. Kallio, [1932] O.R. 675 (C.A.), Laurignano v. Laurignano, 2009 ONCA 241, McCart v. McCart and Adams, [1946] O.R. 729 (C.A.), Mertec Resource Development Ltd. v. Multi-Minerals Ltd. (1981), 129 D.L.R. (3d) 558 (Ont. C.A.)
Keywords: Civil Procedure, Costs
Curtis v. Toronto Police Service Board, 2025 ONCA 502
Keywords: Civil Procedure, Striking Pleadings, Abuse of Process, Abandoned Appeals, Costs, Reasonable Apprehension of Bias, Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 2.1, 61.14(4), Rebello v. Ontario, 2025 ONCA 127