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Following are the summaries for the few civil decisions released by the Court of Appeal this week.

Topics covered included trespass by an owner’s invitees over lands that were subject to a right of way granted by the owner to the plaintiff, stay pending appeal in the context of the ongoing administration of the residential schools settlement, appealing a judgment for breach of a commercial lease on the basis of fresh evidence (the landlord re-letting the property shortly after judgment, resulting in over-compensation), mental distress damages for negligence claims, jurisdiction and attornment in a custody dispute, and abuse of process in the context of requesting a reconsideration of an appeal.
Continue Reading ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (SEPTEMBER 10 – 14, 2018)