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BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (MAY 6 – 10, 2019)

By John Polyzogopoulos on May 11, 2019

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Good evening.

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

In Donovan v. Sherman Estate, the Court briefly reviewed the test for granting a sealing order. The Court observed that although the desire for privacy in this case was understandable, by itself, the desire for privacy without a public interest component is insufficient to justify the granting of a sealing order.

In Ruffolo v. David, the Court addressed the contempt power, stressing that contempt is an enforcement power of last resort and should be employed sparingly in order to preserve the judicial authority it is intended to protect. The Court additionally noted that appeals from contempt findings should typically only be made after the court of first instance has levied a sanction against the contemnor. In this case, though, the Court set aside the finding of contempt even before the court below had imposed a sanction.Continue Reading BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (MAY 6 – 10, 2019)