Hello everyone. Below are summaries of this week’s Ontario Court of Appeal civil decisions (non-criminal). Topics include privacy, franchise law, issue estoppel, appellate jurisdiction over a trial judge’s decision to strike a jury (with a strongly-worded dissent by Laskin J.A.), and the permissibility of using surveillance evidence at trial without disclosing it to the opposing
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Court of Appeal Summaries (December 15 – 19, 2014)
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Hello again, everyone. Below are summaries of this week’s civil decisions of our Ontario Court of Appeal (non-criminal). Topics covered include: costs on a civil contempt motion, rights of first refusal in commercial leases, interpretation of the Ontario New Home Warranty Plan Act, certification of a securities class proceeding and an action under the Securities…