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Cour supérieure de justice – Décisions récentes
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2025-12-23 The Attorney General of Canada on behalf of the United States v. Paradkar, 2025 ONSC 7187 (CanLII)
Mots-clés: Procedure — Bail — Extradition — Primary ground — Extradition Act, s. 19, Criminal Code, s. 515(10) — Reverse onus under s. 515(6) engaged — Whether detention is necessary to ensure attendance — Flight scenarios assessed and rejected — Health, surety supervision, electronic monitoring considered — Strong community ties and significant recognizance — Attendance assured — Release ordered
Procedure — Bail — Extradition — Secondary ground — Risk of obstruction — Whether detention is necessary to protect the public or prevent interference with justice — No history of breaches — House arrest, device restrictions, GPS monitoring — Reliable surety with strong financial stake — Operational risks mitigated by stringent conditions — Detention not required — Release ordered
Procedure — Bail — Extradition — Tertiary ground — Confidence in the administration of justice — Apparent strength, gravity, circumstances, potential sentence balanced under s. 515(10)(c) — Treaty obligations, safety and health in detention, strength of plan weighed — Whether detention is necessary to maintain confidence — Narrowly met burden — Release ordered
Evidence — Bail — Admissibility at bail — Criminal Code, s. 518 — United States “bail letter” — Whether foreign recommendations are admissible and what weight they attract — Court may receive credible and trustworthy information — Opinion or advocacy afforded limited weight per practice — Portions with evidentiary value considered — Letter admitted with caution — Release ordered -
2025-12-23 The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board v. IMS Incorporated, 2025 ONSC 7195 (CanLII)
Mots-clés: Procedure — Ex parte motions — Full and fair disclosure — Rule 39.01(6), rule 37.14 — Did failure to disclose material facts justify setting aside the amendment order? — Hogg v. Wealthsimple applied to the heavy onus — Omission of related litigation history found material — Order obtained without full disclosure set aside — Motion granted
Procedure — Service of motions — Motions without notice — Rule 37.07(2) — Whether service of the amendment motion was unnecessary where the order affected the Defendants — Requirement to serve parties affected by the order emphasized — No basis for proceeding ex parte identified — Motion should have been on notice — Order set aside
Limitation periods — Discoverability — Amendment adding a party — Limitations Act, 2002, s. 5 — Were prior Federal Court pleadings and history material to limitation defences and prejudice on amendment? — Morrison v. Barzo and Austin v. Overs considered — Non-disclosure might have affected tenability and prejudice analysis — Materiality established — Order set aside
Procedure — Discretion — Remedies on breach of disclosure duty — Rule 37.14 — Should the court decline to set aside the ex parte order despite non-disclosure? — General rule that orders obtained without full disclosure are set aside reaffirmed — Vigneault v. Brosseau applied — Efficiency concerns rejected — Discretion not exercised — Order set aside -
2025-12-23 Raymond Exterior Veneers Inc v. Exterior Walls Systems Limited et al, 2025 ONSC 7198 (CanLII)
Mots-clés: Procedure — Time extension — Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure rr. 3.02, 1.04 — Whether the court should extend time and relieve against non-compliance with a consent order — Minor breach, intention to comply, no prejudice, merits favoured — Guidance from Duffin v. NBY Enterprises Inc., 2010 ONCA 765 — Extension granted, non-compliance relieved
Procedure — Default judgment — Consent order consequences — Should default judgment be refused where particulars were delivered two days late? — Rule 1.04 liberal construction and justice of the case applied — Prejudice assessed, seriousness of breach minimal, litigation could proceed — Statement of Defence and Counterclaim reinstated, default judgment dismissed
Procedure — Costs — Motions arising from late compliance — Whether costs should be awarded on extension and reinstatement motions — Prior tardiness acknowledged, but merits-based resolution preferred and plaintiff’s motion proceeded without noting late delivery — No order as to costs -
2025-12-23 Cross v. Cooling Tower Maintenance Inc., 2025 ONSC 7203 (CanLII)
Mots-clés: Contracts — Settlement agreements — Repudiation — Whether failure to disclose re-employment repudiated — Intentional non-disclosure found — Exceptional remedy requires deprivation of substantially the whole benefit — Remedy Drug Store, Jedfro, Stayside factors applied — Protection from further litigation remained — Agreement not undermined — Repudiation not established
Contracts — Settlement agreements — Interpretation — Does cessation of payments extinguish the fifty percent lump sum? — Clause provides reimbursement for overpayments, not forfeiture of lump sum — Language not sufficiently clear to deny lump sum — Failure to pay lump sum a breach — Lump sum owing under Settlement Agreement — Payment ordered
Procedure — Summary judgment — Rule 20.04(2.1) powers and Rule 49.09 — Whether a fair and just determination can be made on the record — Hryniak framework applied — No genuine issue requiring a trial — Paper record sufficient to make findings and apply law — Summary judgment granted
Labour and employment — Post-termination duties — Counterclaim — Whether heightened duties of loyalty or fiduciary duty and bad faith established — No evidence of heightened duties or breach — Claim for aggravated or punitive damages unsupported — Repayment owing governed by Settlement Agreement terms — Counterclaim partly allowed, punitive damages claim dismissed -
2025-12-22 Stronach v. Stronach, 2025 ONSC 7158 (CanLII)
Mots-clés: Procedure — Arbitration — Jurisdiction — Arbitration Act, 1991, s. 46(1)3 — Did the arbitrator exceed his authority by considering non‑CICBV compliant reports? — Scope of arbitration agreement in Schedule C, methodology unrestricted — Alectra Utilities and Mensula Bancorp applied — Issue decided was properly before the arbitrator — Set‑aside for excess of jurisdiction refused — Application dismissed
Procedure — Arbitration — Waiver and timeliness — Arbitration Act, 1991, ss. 4(1), 17(5) — Whether applicants waived objections by participating without timely jurisdictional objection — Knowledge of alleged non‑compliance and consent to admissibility — Competence‑competence engaged and not invoked — Failure to object within a reasonable time — Waiver found — Application dismissed
Procedure — Arbitration — Procedural fairness — Arbitration Act, 1991, ss. 19, 46(1)6 — Was procedural fairness denied when the arbitrator elicited a valuation opinion at the end of evidence? — Opportunity to respond not sought — Ability to ask further questions or reply evidence — Baker, Vento Motorcycles and Aquanta cited — No unfairness established — Application dismissed
Procedure — Arbitration — Reasons and methodology — Final‑offer arbitration and brief reasons requirement — Whether reasons opaque or arbitrator improperly used his own calculations — Consideration of scenarios based on evidence from PwC and KSV — Paras. 20, 31, 32 explained chain of reasoning — No cherry‑picking found — Reasons adequate, award intelligible — Application dismissed
Cour divisionnaire - Décisions récentes
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2025-12-22 New Sunlight Inc. v. Minister of Infrastructure, 2025 ONSC 7162 (CanLII)
Mots-clés: Procedure — Motions — Pre‑hearing examinations — Judicial review — Whether the court should order an examination under r. 39.03 — Prima facie right limited in judicial review proceedings — Evidentiary basis and relevancy required per Payne and Bokhari — Proposed summons characterised as a fishing expedition and abuse of process — Motion dismissed
Administrative law — Judicial review — Record on review — Do the proposed topics fall within exceptions permitting evidence beyond the record? — Exceptions for background, procedural defects, or complete lack of evidence reiterated from Rockcliffe Park — Topics address merits, not permissible supplementation — No basis to expand record — Motion dismissed
Administrative law — Procedural fairness — Alleged defects — Has the applicant shown a foundation for procedural unfairness justifying limited examination? — No entitlement to reasons beyond record under Vavilov — Proposed witness not privy to decision‑making and made no recommendation — Payne distinguished on facts and evidentiary showing — Motion dismissed
Administrative law — Expropriation — Context — Do expropriation context and absence of a hearing of necessity justify expanding the record? — Severity of governmental interference acknowledged — Transit‑oriented community designation and Expropriations Act context considered — Limits on judicial review record unchanged by context — Motion dismissed -
2025-12-19 Lischkoff v. Royal Bank of Canada, 2025 ONSC 7134 (CanLII)
Mots-clés: thirty — inclusive — fixed — writing — payable -
2025-12-19 Jeyaranjan v. Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, 2025 ONSC 6152 (CanLII)
Mots-clés: Statutory interpretation — Highway Traffic Act, s. 204(2) — “Action or other proceeding” — Does immunity for medical condition reports oust College complaint jurisdiction? — Consistent expression and absurdity avoided — Coroners Act comparison and public protection purpose considered — College complaint not an “other proceeding” — College jurisdiction over complaint affirmed — Application for judicial review dismissed
Administrative law — Judicial review — Reasonableness — Was the conclusion that the physician’s rationale for a mandatory MTO report was “artificial and unsupportable” reasonable? — Vavilov framework applied — Record, professional standards and prior caution assessed — Committee’s screening function not exceeded — Decision transparent, intelligible and justified — Board confirmation reasonable — Application for judicial review dismissed
Health — Health information — Confidentiality — Was disclosure to the patient’s father a breach of patient confidentiality? — PHIPA, ss. 29 and 40(1) analysed — Personal health information identified and no safety exception engaged — Repeated calls without consent or significant risk of serious bodily harm — Committee’s concern reasonable — Education and caution remedial — Application for judicial review dismissed -
2025-12-19 Rizzo v. Daniel, 2025 ONSC 6286 (CanLII)
Mots-clés: Property — Partition and sale — Easements and rights-of-way — Whether paragraph 1(e) requiring the purchaser to sign the planning application and cooperate to grant a permanent right-of-way was properly imposed — Partition Act applied to settle terms to effect sale — Evidence of longstanding access and Schedule C of APS considered — Appeal on sale terms dismissed
Procedure — Stays — Interlocutory relief — Should the Sale Order be stayed pending the determination of the Toronto Action — Uncertainty and potential CPL risks weighed — Agreement that sale proceed undermined request to defer — No merit to stay request — Stay refused
Procedure — Appeals — Standards of review — What is the applicable appellate standard of review under the Partition Act — Correctness for questions of law and palpable and overriding error for facts and mixed questions with extricable legal error — Vavilov and Housen cited — Standards confirmed
Procedure — Costs — Indemnity scale — Did the Applications Judge err in awarding costs on a full indemnity basis — Reliance on undertaking was a palpable and overriding error — Substantial indemnity warranted given conduct and offers to settle — Costs varied -
2025-12-19 McMaster University v. Chandos Construction Limited, 2025 ONSC 6990 (CanLII)
Mots-clés: application for judicial review — all-inclusive — motion — leave — certified