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John has been the editor of Blaneys Appeals since the inception of the blog in the Summer of 2014. He is a partner at the firm with over two decades of experience handling a wide variety of litigation matters. John assists clients with matters ranging from appeals, to injunctions, to corporate, partnership, breach of contract, construction, environmental contamination, product liability, debtor-creditor, insolvency and other business litigation. He also handles complex estates and matrimonial litigation involving disputes over property and businesses, as well as professional discipline and professional negligence matters for various types of professionals. In addition, John represents amateur sports organizations in contentious matters, and also advises them in matters of internal governance. John can be reached at 416-593-2953 or jpolyzogopoulos@blaney.com.

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Good afternoon.

I hope everyone enjoyed the Father’s Day weekend. Summer is now officially here.

Please find below our summaries of last week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Topics covered last week included:

a. contractual interpretation of agreements of purchase and sale of land;

b. a priority dispute between an Ontario and Nunavut insurer with respect to SABs paid by an Ontario insurer in respect of an MVA in Nunavut involving a driver also insured in Ontario;

c. a decision in French relating to jurisdiction/real and substantial connection;

d. raising new issues on appeal in the context of the enforcement of a mortgage and new allegations of a criminal interest rate being charged;

e. the duty to defend under a CGL policy for failure to supervise an employee in a sexual abuse claim;

f. security for costs;

g. the presumption of resulting trust in respect of the family residence (and whether the home constituted a matrimonial home);

h. the enforceability of a lawyer’s contingency fee agreement with a client under disability without court approval;

i. limitation periods on demand debts; and

j. the determination of the date of separation for the purpose of arriving at a valuation date and calculating the equalization of net family property.

John Polyzogopoulos
Blaney McMurtry LLP
416.593.2953 Email

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