Hello everyone.  Below are summaries of this week’s Ontario Court of Appeal decisions. As usual, there are full summaries for the substantive civil decisions.  Topics include contract interpretation, breach of contract, standard of review, implied terms, fresh evidence on appeal, fraud, unjust enrichment, defamation, family law and the wrongful retention of a child.

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Good evening.  As usual, there were quite a few summary judgment cases dealt with by the Court of Appeal this week, several dealing with limitation periods, including in the areas of medical malpractice, defamation, slip and falls, and negligence.  There was also an interesting franchise law decision discussing the contract law doctrine of severance of

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