Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of April 15, 2024.
Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 15, 2024.
Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of December 18, 2023.
Over the decade since the implementation of the costs reforms proposed in Lord Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs, lawyers and litigants have become accustomed to the courts actively managing the costs of disputes with a value up to £10 million. But the court also retains a discretion to apply the costs management regime in cases even above this level.
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.
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.
Volatile credit markets and guarded banks have made securing term loan C (TLC) debt attractive for borrowers who heavily rely on letters of credit to trade but either have low credit ratings or otherwise have difficulty accessing large enough revolving facilities to support the high amount of letters of credit needed.
Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of July 17, 2023.
Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of May 22, 2023.
In a recent decision in the high value bankruptcy of Pramod Mittal (Mr Mittal), the Chancery division considered the rules on service of insolvency applications. The decision underlines the importance of adhering to service rules and giving as much notice as possible of insolvency applications.