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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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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JUNE 11-15)

By John Polyzogopoulos on June 16, 2018

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

In Mancinelli v Royal Bank of Canada, the class plaintiffs had sought to add BMO and TD as party defendants to their claim against other financial institutions for conspiracy and price fixing in the foreign exchange markets. Justice Perrell had dismissed the plaintiffs’ motion, having found that class counsel could have, through “reasonable diligence”, discovered BMO and TD’s possible involvement in the secret conspiracy. He made that finding even though there was apparently no public document referencing BMO and TD’s possible involvement, and the first mention of their involvement was by UBS, one of the co-conspirators, after it had entered into a settlement with the class plaintiffs. The Court reversed Justice Perrell’s decision, finding that he had held class counsel to too high a reasonable diligence standard without a proper evidentiary foundation.Continue Reading COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JUNE 11-15)