Hello everyone. Below are summaries of this week’s OCA civil decisions (non-criminal). There was a decision this week involving an interesting, but ultimately unsuccessful, claim for civil conspiracy in an airline pilot union dispute; the Court of Appeal confirmed that for a claim to survive bankruptcy under subsection 178(1)(d) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (DECEMBER 1 – 5, 2014)
By John Polyzogopoulos on
Hello again to everyone. Below are summaries of this week’s Ontario Court of Appeal civil decisions (non-criminal). In an interesting Charter decision this week, Tanudjaja v Canada, the Court (2-1) rejected on the basis of justiciability a Charter challenge on whether the Charter guarantees the right to affordable housing. Among other grounds for dismissing…
Court of Appeal Summaries (November 24 – 28, 2014)
By John Polyzogopoulos on
Good afternoon. Our Court of Appeal released thirteen civil decisions this week. Topics covered included construction liens, summary judgment in several different contexts, including an interesting decision in a wills and estates matter involving allegations of undue influence, family law, employment law, MVA (insurance law and whether an offer to settle was beaten for the…