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Cour supérieure de justice – Décisions récentes

• 2026-09-28 Perera v. Perera, 2026 ONSC 5206 (CanLII)
  Mots-clés: Family — Costs — Family Law Rules, O. Reg. 114/99, r. 24 — Parenting proceeding — Success as starting point but child-centred qualification — Whether costs must reflect proportionality, settlement efforts, and litigation conduct — Mattina v. Mattina, Beaver v. Hill cited — Costs fixed inclusive of HST and disbursements
  Family — Costs — Self-represented litigant — Fong v. Chan framework — Distinguishing counsel-type work from necessary participation as a party — Whether claimed hours and proposed hourly rate are recoverable — Benchmarked hourly rate used but not mechanically multiplied — Roach v. Lashley applied — Costs fixed
  Family — Costs — Offers to settle — Family Law Rules, r. 18 and r. 24 — Weight of live issue-specific offers on parenting time, passport, and decision-making — Comparing compromise proposed to final order — Whether settlement history supports significant costs — Offers considered within overall proportionality analysis — Costs fixed
  Family — Costs — Litigation conduct and quantum — Unreasonable conduct without bad faith — Trial length and inefficiency — Overlap between self-represented time and professional accounts — Historical accounts not matched to earlier steps and prior costs dispositions — Financial circumstances relevant to quantum but not a shield — No payment deadline imposed — Costs fixed
• 2026-09-28 CF/Realty Holdings Inc. et al v. Shop With Safe Inc, 2026 ONSC 5373 (CanLII)
  Mots-clés: Lease and tenancy — Commercial leases — Default judgment context — Action for breach of two commercial leases — Tenant noted in default under r. 19.05, Rules of Civil Procedure — Whether landlords are entitled to damages for the unexpired period of the lease — Claim for future rent requires proof beyond deemed admissions — Motion for default judgment dismissed without prejudice
  Procedure — Default judgment — Proof of unliquidated damages — r. 19.05 and r. 19.06, Rules of Civil Procedure — Whether unliquidated damages must be proven by admissible evidence despite deemed admissions — Judicial determination required on quantum against a defendant in default — Affidavit evidence must support pleaded damages — Motion for default judgment dismissed without prejudice
  Contracts — Damages — Terminated lease measure — Proper measure of damages for a terminated lease — Unpaid rent to date of breach plus present value of unpaid rent for unexpired period less actual rental value — Authorities cited include Highway Properties Ltd. v. Kelly, Douglas & Co. and Morguard Corporation v. 6753060 Canada Inc. — Evidence of actual rental value required — Motion dismissed without prejudice
  Contracts — Mitigation — Commercial lease losses — Whether evidence showed steps taken to mitigate damages and reasonable time to find a replacement tenant — No evidence of mitigation efforts or market circumstances for re-letting — Actual rental value and duration to secure new tenant not established — Onus principles noted from Michaels v. Red Deer College — Motion dismissed without prejudice
  Evidence — Affidavit evidence — Hearsay and exhibits — Whether affidavit evidence based on hearsay and information and belief without specified sources is admissible on the motion — r. 39.01(4) and r. 4.06(2), Rules of Civil Procedure applied — Exhibits cannot prove truth of their contents by attachment alone — Conclusory statements not evidence — Motion for default judgment dismissed without prejudice
• 2026-09-28 Plainview Heights Property Ltd. v. Santos et al, 2026 ONSC 5309 (CanLII)
  Mots-clés: Procedure — Default judgment motion — Service — Rule 37.07(1), Rules of Civil Procedure — Whether motion record had to be served on a party affected by the order sought — Unclear default status of a remaining defendant — Direction to serve defaulting defendants referenced to Casa Manila Inc. v. Iannuccilli — Default judgment motion dismissed without prejudice
  Evidence — Default judgment — Affidavit evidence — Rules of Civil Procedure, rr. 19.05(2) and 19.06 — Whether plaintiff proved entitlement to default judgment for unliquidated damages — Scope of deemed admissions under r. 19.02(1)(a) considered, Paul’s Transport Inc v. Immediate Logistics Limited — Hearsay on central issues criticised — Motion dismissed without prejudice
  Bankruptcy and insolvency — Stay of proceedings — Impact on civil action — Whether a defendant’s declared bankruptcy affects proceeding and damages claim against other defendants — Need for explanation of bankruptcy’s impact on the action and any partial judgment sought — Uncertainty noted on record as to consequences — Default judgment motion dismissed without prejudice
  Procedure — Venue — Transfer — Rule 13.1.02(4) and (5), Rules of Civil Procedure — Whether action should be transferred before renewing default judgment motion — Lack of connection to Toronto identified — Case conference directed to address transfer question — Motion dismissed and case conference required before renewal
• 2026-09-28 Thompson et al v. Sirie, 2026 ONSC 5381 (CanLII)
  Mots-clés: Procedure — Interlocutory injunction — Variation of order — Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 59.06(2) — Whether Injunction Order should be varied to limit prohibition to firewood and backyard — Grounds of fraud or facts arising or discovered after order made — Scope and “spirit” of Injunction Order applied — Motion to vary dismissed
  Procedure — Contempt — Civil contempt test — Carey v. Laiken — Whether order was clear and unequivocal, knowledge proven, and intentional breach established beyond a reasonable doubt — “Substances or materials” interpreted in ordinary meaning — Pattern of smoke creation assessed — Elements of contempt proven
  Procedure — Contempt — Discretionary remedy — Whether court should decline contempt finding despite proof of all Carey elements — Purpose of civil contempt as coercive, not punitive — Compliance for over two years considered as purging noncompliance — Court authority and restraint balanced — Contempt finding declined
  Procedure — Pleadings — Amendment — Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 26.01, Rule 76.02(1) (2) — Whether plaintiffs may amend Statement of Claim to increase damages while proceeding under Simplified Procedure — No evidence of prejudice, trial not scheduled — Recent nuisance damages jurisprudence cited — Amendment granted
• 2026-09-25 Morrison v. Hatts Off Inc. et al., 2026 ONSC 5352 (CanLII)
  Mots-clés: Procedure — Class proceedings — Pleadings amendment — Leave to file amended statement of claim sought on certification motion under Class Proceedings Act, 1992 — Court’s inadvertence in overlooking requested leave addressed — Order granting leave to file draft Second Fresh as Amended Statement of Claim — Leave granted
  Procedure — Pleadings — Motion to strike — Whether a motion to strike is required when leave to file an amended pleading is requested — Marks v. Ottawa applied to permit ruling on challenged paragraphs — Defendants’ request to strike considered without separate motion — Court prepared to rule — No separate motion required
  Procedure — Pleadings — Scandalous, frivolous or vexatious — Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 25.11(b) — Whether allegations are “irrelevant, argumentative, or inserted for colour” (Abbasbaylie v. Fiera Foods Company) — Relevance to causes of action and damages considered (Huachangda, Pro-Sys Consultants) — Paragraphs not struck
  Procedure — Pleadings — Material facts — Damages relevance — Whether allegations of public denial of liability and a defamation lawsuit are relevant to damages in negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and vicarious liability — “Plain and obvious” threshold assessed — Alleged harm to Plaintiff and class members considered — Striking refused

Cour divisionnaire - Décisions récentes

• 2026-09-28 McLeod v. Direct Coil Inc., 2026 ONSC 5369 (CanLII)
  Mots-clés: Administrative law — Judicial review — Reasonableness — Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario — Whether the HRTO unreasonably dismissed the application on a preliminary basis under Human Rights Code, s. 45.1 — Tribunal treated WSIB decision as dealing with the same issues — WSIB acknowledged accommodation was outside its mandate — Dismissal Decision quashed
  Labour and employment — Human rights in employment — Concurrent proceedings — Workplace Safety and Insurance Board — Whether another proceeding appropriately dealt with the substance of the human rights application — Common factual basis not sufficient — WSIB excluded accommodation issue from consideration — HRTO application to move forward in HRTO process
• 2026-09-28 Blaggan v. Sethi, 2026 ONSC 5296 (CanLII)
  Mots-clés: motion for leave — dismissed — all-inclusive — extending — time
• 2026-09-25 Paisley & Whitelaw v. The Chief Building Official of the City of Guelph, 2026 ONSC 5218 (CanLII)
  Mots-clés: Procedure — Statutory appeal — Building Code Act, 1992, ss. 25–26 — Appeal from dismissal for want of jurisdiction — Scope of Divisional Court review, correctness and palpable and overriding error — Whether appeal turns on jurisdiction and no “order or decision” — Appeal dismissed — Costs awarded
  Procedure — Jurisdiction — Building Code Act, 1992, s. 25(1) — Whether the Chief Building Official’s emails were an “order or decision” — “Expressly contingent and forward-looking” communications — No extant decision relating to an established set of facts — No jurisdiction where no request for occupancy permits absent adequate parking — Appeal dismissed
  Procedure — Mootness — Borowski v. Canada — Whether there remains a live controversy between the parties — No decision denying an occupancy permit and no decision revoking a building permit — Impact of requested declarations and powers under Building Code Act, 1992, s. 26(3) — Appeal not moot — Appeal dismissed
  Procedure — Interpretation of appeal rights — Building Code Act, 1992, s. 25(1) — Whether appeal judge misapplied applicable law and purposive interpretation — Reliance on 1353837 Ontario Inc. v. Pigozzo and Greater Sudbury (City) — No extricable error of law and no palpable or overriding error — Appeal dismissed
• 2026-09-24 Young v. Cox et al., 2026 ONSC 5427 (CanLII)
  Mots-clés: Administrative law — Judicial review — Reviewable decision — Municipal Elections Act, 1996, ss. 33, 35 — Whether the Clerk’s email was a reviewable decision — No nomination submitted, no certification or rejection decision — West Whitby Landowners Group Inc. v. Elexicon Energy Inc., 2025 ONCA 821 applied — Motion dismissed
  Administrative law — Judicial review — Extension of time — Judicial Review Procedure Act, s. 5(2) — Whether time should be extended after expiry of the 30-day period — Mandatory preconditions and discretionary factors from Unifor and its Local 303 v. Scepter Canada Inc., 2022 ONSC 5683 considered — Extension refused, application dismissed
  Evidence — Affidavit evidence — Apparent grounds for relief — Municipal Elections Act, 1996, s. 88.23 — Whether the record showed apparent grounds for relief — No corroborating evidence of a filed Form 4 — Record included absence of filing and reminder history — Karygiannis v. Toronto (City), 2020 ONCA 411 cited — Apparent grounds not established
  Municipalities — Municipal elections — Election administration prejudice — Judicial Review Procedure Act, s. 5(2) — Whether substantial prejudice would result from delay during an active municipal election — Presumption of prejudice after limitation expiry, Jonker v. Township of West Lincoln, 2023 ONSC 1948 — Risk of disruption to voter information and voting preparations — Extension refused
• 2026-09-23 Al Hussein v. Federation of Law Societies of Canada, 2026 ONSC 5357 (CanLII)
  Mots-clés: Administrative law — Judicial review — Amenability to review — Whether April 10 email was a decision — Finality of NCA appeal decision relied upon — Numerous prior steps in accreditation process, final appeal not challenged — Respondent position that email not a decision — Application dismissed
  Administrative law — Reasonableness — Policy interpretation — Whether refusal to combine language test scores was unreasonable — Prior policy required successful completion of “a test” addressing all four elements — Amendment said no combining, described as clarifying pre-existing practice — Applicant failed to raise combining-scores argument on appeal — Application dismissed
  Administrative law — Judicial review — Discretion to hear application — Whether court should exercise discretion to hear judicial review in all circumstances — Respondent questioned discretionary relief, even if proceeding merits fail — Court declined to address discretion issues in detail — Application dismissed