Jump To:Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions | Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Topics covered included inter vivos gifts in an estate matter, repudiation of an agreement for purchase and sale of land, enforcement of a settlement offer in a real estate transaction, and the addition of family law claims in an MVA action after the expiry…

Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Topics covered included insurance coverage and the duty to defend a data breach class action, contempt in a commercial lease/subdivision control matter, the striking of a claim as an abuse of process in a child protection context, the revival of a claim of malicious prosecution against the OSC that…

Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions Good afternoon. Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of March 8, 2021. Continue Reading In Mikelsteins v. Morrison Hershfield Limited, the Court of Appeal had to reconsider its previous decision on remand from the Supreme Court of Canada in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada…

Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions | Good afternoon. Please find below our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of March 1 to 5, 2021. Continue Reading In 1062484 Ontario Inc. v. McEnery, a lawyer defaulted on two loans and the lawa firm he was associated with was also sued. The lawyer was found not to be a partner and…

Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions | Good afternoon, Following are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Continue Reading There was only one substantive civil decision of any length released this week. In Rusinek, the Court refused to allow the trustee in bankruptcy to bring a claim for equalization of net family property against the bankrupt’s spouse. The bankrupt husband did…

Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions | Good afternoon. Please find below our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of February 15, 2021. Continue Reading Bourke is a family law child custody and mobility decision containing a detailed discussion of the law in this area, including ss. 16.92(2) of the Divorce Act, which comes into effect on March 1, 2021.…

Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions Good evening. Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of February 8, 2021. Continue Reading In Champoux v. Jefremova, the Court confirmed that when a party refuses to admit a fact in a request to admit, the reason for the refusal can itself become an admission. In this case, the reason for…