Photo of John Polyzogopoulos

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.

Good afternoon,

Below are this week’s Court of Appeal summaries. Topics included Medmal, breach of contract, and several procedural decisions.

We have summarized a criminal decision this week,  R v. Blackett. The Court of Appeal set aside a guilty plea of manslaughter that came about following faulty medical opinions by Dr. Charle Smith on