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
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Court of Appeal Summaries (February 9 to February 13, 2015 )
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Hello again to everyone. Below are summaries of this week’s Ontario Court of Appeal civil decisions (non-criminal). Topics include nuisance, occupier’s liability, estates, procedure to be taken where it is unclear whether an arbitrator has jurisdiction, an unsuccessful attempt to invalidate the actions of a Union at a national convention, summary dismissal of a subrogated…
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (OCTOBER 20 TO 24, 2014)
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Below are this week’s summaries. Topics include: calculation of damages in the motor vehicle accident context, application of principles of contractual interpretation, dismissal of a class action against the former Nortel, summary judgement motions relating to the Insurance Act and the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule, court approval of fees charged by a receiver in…