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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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There was only one case released by the Ontario Court of Appeal this week, Zando v Ali. At issue was the assessment of damages in a case of sexual assault by a physician. The appellant asserted that the trial judge had erred in establishing a range for damages for non-pecuniary damages, and erred in basing her award of punitive damages on the fact that the appellant had not been charged criminally.

The Court adopted the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal’s framework for determining damages in a civil sexual battery or assault case in Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v B.M.G. per Comwell J.A. (as he then was), and found that the trial judge had correctly established the range of damages and assessed the damages within that range.
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