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Following are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

In Hearn v McLeod Estate, the sale of a forged Norval Morrisseau painting and the expert evidence surrounding its authenticity was at issue. In allowing the appeal, the Court of Appeal held that the trial judge’s conclusions about the expert’s authentication process, which were informed by the trial judge’s own personal research, were flawed and had resulted in a denial of natural justice.Continue Reading BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (SEPTEMBER 3 – 6 2019)