Fulltext Search
Court of Appeal summaries (April 15 - April 19)

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of April 15, 2024.

Canada, Ontario, Company & Commercial, Family, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Abbott Laboratories, European Securities and Markets Authority, Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Unfair prejudice petitions are subject to statutory limitation periods

The Courts, practitioners and leading textbooks have always assumed that the Limitation Act 1980 (the Limitation Act) does not apply to claims for relief from unfair prejudice under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Companies Act).

In THG Plc v Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 158, the Court of Appeal examined the basis for that assumption and unanimously decided that:

United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Macfarlanes LLP, Limitation Act 1980 (UK), Consumer Credit Act 1974 (UK), Companies Act 2006 (UK)
Court of Appeal summaries (January 15 - January 19)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 15, 2024.

Canada, USA, Ontario, Banking, Company & Commercial, Derivatives, Family, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Due diligence, Barclays, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (USA), FERC, HSBC, Bank of Nova Scotia, Competition Act 1985 (Canada), Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Court of Appeal summaries (December 18-22)

Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of December 18, 2023.

Canada, Ontario, Banking, Company & Commercial, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Due diligence, ESG, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Carillion disqualification proceedings dropped - but where next for NEDs?

On 13 October 2023, the Insolvency Service (IS), acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, discontinued the disqualification proceedings which it had initiated against five former non-executive directors (NEDs) of Carillion plc, the construction and outsourcing giant that collapsed into liquidation in 2018.

United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Compliance Management, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Macfarlanes LLP, Corporate governance, Financial Conduct Authority (UK), Carillion, Insolvency Service (UK), Companies Act 2006 (UK), Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 (USA)
Court of Appeal summaries (September 4 - September 8)

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 4, 2023.

In AssessNet Inc. v. Ferro Estate, the Court set aside an order dismissing the action, finding that the summary judgment motion judge had erred in determining the issue of discoverability of a claim against a trustee in bankruptcy.

Torgersrud v Lightstone is a family law decision where the Court dismissed an appeal from an order setting aside a marriage contract entered into in Quebec in 1988.

Canada, USA, Ontario, Family, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Bankruptcy, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Court of Appeal summaries (August 28 - September 1)

Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of August 28, 2023.

I hope everyone is enjoying the last long weekend of the summer.

Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General) is a 125-page decision dealing with the claim of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation to submerged lands in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. The claim was mostly unsuccessful.

Canada, Ontario, Banking, Company & Commercial, Family, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Public, Real Estate, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Confidential information, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Court of Appeal summaries (July 17 - July 21, 2023)

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of July 17, 2023.

Canada, USA, Ontario, Banking, Company & Commercial, Family, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Due diligence, Court of Appeal for Ontario, British Columbia Supreme Court
Court of Appeal summaries (may 22, 2023 - may 26, 2023)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of May 22, 2023.

Canada, Ontario, Banking, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Employment & Labor, Human Rights, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Public, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Mediation, Litigation funding, Anti-bribery and corruption, Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act 1998 (Canada), Court of Appeal for Ontario
Court of Appeal summaries (April 24, 2023 - April 28, 2023)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal for the week of April 24, 2023.

Canada, Ontario, Banking, Company & Commercial, Family, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Litigation, Real Estate, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Insolvency