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Family Matters

Fraser v. Perez (2020 ONSC 6076)
school fees — success — alternative relief — partial indemnity — costs
Justice J. Mackinnon

Daff c. Bassoum (2020 ONCS 5894)
père — scolaire — virtuelle — école en ligne — mère
Juge J. Audet

Shoumali v. Telatin (2020 ONSC 5893)
spousal support — child — offers — costs — income
Justice D. Summers

Civil Matters

Hickey v. Christie and Walther Communications Limited (2020 ONSC 6100)
discovery — documents — earned — shareholder — motion
Justice C. MacLeod

Charlebois v. Charlebois (by his Estate Trustee) (2020 ONSC 6092)
pre-judgment interest rate — substantial indemnity scale — costs — pre-judgment interest in the amount — non-pecuniary damages
Justice S. Corthorn

Roppovalente v. Danis (2020 ONSC 6075)
contempt — costs — removal motion — lease — joint case management conference
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Eureka 93 Inc. et. al. (Re) (2020 ONSC 6036)
noteholders — debt — million — security — subsidiaries
Justice C. MacLeod

Segura Mosquera v. Rogers Communications Inc. (2020 ONSC 6024)
pre-trial discovery — transfer — wireless services — cellphone number — application
Justice S. Gomery

Burgess et al. v. University Health Network et al. (2020 ONSC 5898)
lawyer — documents — privilege — motion to extend time — medical experts
Justice H. Williams

Damphousse v. Gosset (2020 ONSC 5962)
evidence — properties — affidavit — triable — holographic
Justice M. Smith

Lalonde c. Lascelles (2020 ONCS 5858)
indemnisation substantielle — dépens — motion — obtenir un jugement sommaire — argumentent
Juge R. Beaudoin

Criminal Matters

R. v. Gardner (2020 ONSC 5954)
pre-sentence report — sex trade — human trafficking — victim — offender
Justice A. London-Weinstein

R. v. P.L. (2020 ONSC 5635)
milk — father — blanket — couch — evidence
Justice A. Doyle

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Bannis v. The Ontario College of Pharmacists (2020 ONSC 6115)
prematurity — judicial review — abuse — exceptional — process
Justices K. Swinton, N. Backhouse, and M. Labrosse

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Rolley v. MacDonell (2020 ONCA 642)
jury — videos — cross-appeal — surveillance — miscarriage
Justices R. Juriansz, C. W. Hourigan, and J. Thorburn

R. v. Hopwood (2020 ONCA 608)
victim — sentencing — attempt to obstruct justice — home invasion — assailants
Justices B. Miller, I. Nordheimer, and J. Thorburn

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Family Matters

Marchal v. Mulloy (2020 ONSC 6419)
father — investigator — costs — parenting — successful
Justice H. Williams

Re: M.B. (A Child) (2020 ONSC 6360)
child’s mental disorder — cause serious bodily harm — secure treatment — doctor — psychiatric
Justice M. Shelston

McIntyre v. Winter (2020 ONSC 6259)
periodic spousal support — one-time lump — property — costs — non-compensatory
Justice M. Shelston

Blackmore v. Blackmore (2020 ONSC 6194)
dad — father — child — income — school
Justice D. Summers

Zeineldin v. Aly Elshikh (2020 ONSC 6248)
father — motion — children — income — subrule
Justice J. Audet

O’Connor v. Duguay (2020 ONSC 6138)
school — father — daycare — child — kindergarten
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Civil Matters

Gorham et al. v. Behm et al. (2020 ONSC 6469)
ringette — coaches — email — league — public interest
Justice K. Phillips

Fleischhaker v. Fleischhaker (2020 ONSC 6373)
deputy — vexatious litigant declaration — court-ordered costs — dismissals — proceedings
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Criminal Matters

R. v. Benamiar (2020 ONSC 5622)
apartment — shooting — pistol — handgun — acting in self-defence
Justice C. Hackland

R. v. Denis Guindon (2020 ONSC 6065)
sentence — trust — offenders — sexual abuse — caselaw
Justice M. O’Bonsawin

R. v. Montsion (2020 ONCJ 464)
blows — video — seconds — cardiac arrest — officer
Justice R. Kelly

R. v. Boily (2020 ONCJ 465)
sentence — driving prohibition — death — offence — speeding
Justice R. Wadden

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Shah v. College of Physiotherapists of Ontario (2020 ONSC 6240)
penalty — misconduct — suspension — insurance — disciplinary
Justices K. Swinton, N. Backhouse, and M. Labrosse

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Eid (2020 ONCA 649)
forensic — justice system participant — defence — delay — sentence
Justices G. Pardu, D. Paciocco, and A. Harvison Young

R. v. Mohamed (2020 ONCA 653)
shooting — shot — eyewitness — evidence — plate
Justices G. Pardu, D. Paciocco, and A. Harvison Young

Heliotrope Investment Corporation v. 1324789 Ontario Inc. (2020 ONCA 647)
affiant — motion — appeals — instructions given — alacrity
Justices C. W. Hourigan, G. Trotter, and M. Jamal

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Family Matters

I.S. v. T.C. (2020 ONSC 6789)
school — father — home — parenting — settlement conference
Justice J. Mackinnon

Beaulieu v. Diotte (2020 ONSC 6787)
substantial indemnity costs — children — successful — overheld — partial
Justice J. Mackinnon

Rizzotto v. Ouellette (2020 ONSC 6769)
screenshot — evidence — disability — require an in-person — motion
Justice P. MacEachern

Kaszap v. Volk (2020 ONSC 6723)
father — contempt — costs — motion — school
Justice M. Shelston

Goodwin v. Goodwin (2020 ONSC 6686)
admissions — response — admit — motion — assertions
Justice P. MacEachern

DeJong v. DeJong (2020 ONSC 5367)
father — children — parenting — boys — home
Justice D. Summers

Beardsley v. Beardsley (2020 ONSC 6624)
separation agreement — family court application — funds — equalization — transfer
Justice M. Labrosse

Pare v. Leblanc (2020 ONSC 6593)
parenting schedule — father s urgent motion — costs — children — docketed
Justice S. Corthorn

Dennis v. Spears (2020 ONSC 6585)
children — matrimonial home — expenses — income — set aside
Justice T. Engelking

Coleman v. Irving (2020 ONSC 6551)
father — equalization payment — daycare — net — matrimonial home
Justice M. Shelston

Juteau v Orr (2020 ONSC 6542)
pandemic — costs — imputed — offers to settle — indemnity
Justice M. Smith

Firth v. Mohamed (2020 ONSC 6540)
costs — father — motion — charged — severable
Justice J. Audet

Sylla v. Beauboeuf (2020 ONSC 6513)
matrimonial home — husband — wife — listing — viewings
Justice J. Audet

Civil Matters

Watson v. Watson (2020 ONSC 6791)
res judicata — genuine issue requiring — malicious prosecution — matrimonial — litigation
Justice J. McNamara

Viertelhausen v. Viertelhausen (2020 ONSC 6744)
estate trustee — appointment — beneficiaries — affidavit — accounts
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Ocean Dredging DM Inc. v. Kehoe Marine Construction Ltd. (2020 ONSC 6743)
scow barges — subcontracts — injunction — dredging — irreparable harm
Justice M. Labrosse

Scaffidi-Argentina et al. v. Tega Homes Developments et al. (2020 ONSC 6656)
subrogation — insured — policy — waiver — coverage
Justice C. Hackland

Campbell v. Desjardins (2020 ONSC 6630)
appraisal process — umpire — loss — insured — rebuild
Justice M. Smith

Desai v. Labelle (2020 ONSC 6557)
jury notice — pandemic — https — ccla-abcc — will be better served
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Rivette v. The Queen, et al. (2020 ONSC 6525)
requisitions — allegations — vexatious — substantive — litigant
Justice S. Corthorn

Landry v. Strike (2020 ONSC 6832)
manifestations — patient — unable to appreciate the consequences — recognize that he is affected — condition
Justice P. Roger

M.Y.A. General Contracting Inc. v Cavé City Developers Corp. (2020 CanLII 80883)
disbursements — costs — post-judgment interest — self-represented person — offer
Deputy Judge R. Conway

Criminal Matters

R. v. K.T. (2020 ONCJ 496)
records — privacy — reasonable expectation — sexual assault — harassment
Justice P. Doody

R. v. Kravacek (2020 ONCJ 486)
approved screening device — demand — breath — alcohol — consult
Justice P. Doody

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges or of Local Interest

J.S.-R. v. Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa (2020 ONSC 6642)
access — extended society care — identifying — best interests — child
Justice J. Mackinnon

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v. Association of Professionals and Supervisors (2020 ONSC 6531)
grievance — collective agreement — contingency — moral damages — emails
Justices K. Swinton, L. Favreau, and S. Gomery

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Family Matters

Purdy v. Purdy (2020 CanLII 90809)
father — in-person schooling — motion — timesharing — affidavit
Justice P. MacEachern

Liwak-Muir v Muir (2020 ONSC 7042)
offer to settle — parenting — matrimonial home — costs — successful
Justice M. Smith

Hoysted v Abitbol (2020 ONSC 6799)
addresses — email — penalty — purge his contempt — online postings
Justice M. Smith

Civil Matters

Ciarlo et al. v. Sesula and Rees (2020 ONSC 7051)
motion record — third party defended the main — draft — settlement — approval
Justice S. Corthorn

Boone v. O’Kelly (2020 ONSC 6932)
expert — report — evidence — cross-examination — scoliosis
Justice R. Beaudoin

First National Financial GP Corporation v. Golden Dragon HO 10 Inc. et al. (2020 ONSC 6994)
mortgage — receiver — prepayment — yield maintenance — interest
Justice C. Hackland

Eureka 93 Inc. et. al. (Re) (2020 ONSC 6961)
proposal — creditors — noteholders — proofs — disallowance
Justice C. MacLeod

The Toronto Dominion Bank v. Fayad and Ghaddar (2020 ONSC 6939)
motion — attached to the handwritten endorsement — disbursement — relief — trust
Justice S. Corthorn

Wong v. 10658987 Canada Inc. et al. (2020 ONSC 6885)
motion — non-injunctive relief — partial indemnity scale — terms — injunctive
Justice S. Corthorn

Komorowski v. Hanniman (2020 ONSC 6856)
motion — jury notice — writing — statutory — affidavit
Justice S. Corthorn

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges or of Local Interest

Kang v. Grant (2020 ONSC 6934)
rent — devoid — quash — eviction may be enforced — unit
Justice M. O’Bonsawin

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Skof v. Bordeleau (2020 ONCA 729)
collective agreement — motion — jurisdiction — judicial review — suspension
Justices G. Huscroft, I. Nordheimer, and A. Harvison Young

R. v. Pahle (2020 ONCA 725)
sentence — child pornography — amplification — ruling — conviction
Justices J. M. Fairburn, G. Trotter, and S. Coroza

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Family Matters

Cavanagh v. Wagner (2020 ONSC 7444)
child support — father — access — income — change
Justice P. MacEachern

Stewart & Bernard v. Fuhgeh et al. (2020 ONSC 3789)
affidavit — conference — motion — set aside — orders
Justice M. Shelston

Li v. Wu (2020 ONSC 7329)
father — child — matrimonial home — interim — baby
Justice N. Somji

Sammon v. Krajewski (2020 ONSC 7250)
indemnity costs — urgency — parenting — motion — primary
Justice J. Mackinnon

C.A.S. v. S.F. et al (2020 ONSC 7163)
access visits — best interest — behaviour — publication — virtual
Justice M. Smith

Miles v. Bradley (2020 ONSC 7087)
father — caregiving — children s best interests — care — motion
Justice P. MacEachern

Civil Matters

Kraik v. Ungar (2020 ONSC 7221)
contract — struck — breach — pleading — fraudulent misrepresentation
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Hickey v. Christie & Walther Communications Limited (2020 ONSC 7214)
incentive income — mitigation period — offer — employment — business
Justice K. Muszynski

Criminal Matters

R. v. Channani (2020 ONSC 7168)
evidence — credibility — father — events — reasonable
Justice C. Aitken

R. v. McCaffrey (2020 ONSC 7165)
minimis non curat lex — subjective mens rea — undertaking — call — access
Justice C. Aitken

R. v. Benge (2020 ONCJ 565)
mental disorder — criminally responsible — reasonable grounds to doubt — schizoaffective disorder — exempt from criminal
Justice P. Doody

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Labbé c. L’ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants de l’Ontario (2020 ONCS 7170)
plainte — élèves — discipline — harcèlement — comité
Les juges K. Swinton, J. Ramsay, et L. Favreau

Ottawa-Carleton Association for Persons with Developmental Disabilities/Open Hands v. Séguin (2020 ONSC 7405)
rental unit — landlord — reinstatement — tenant — eviction
Justices K. Swinton, J. Ramsay, and L. Favreau

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Family Matters

Alsalem v. Fahad et. al. (2020 ONSC 8005)
proprietary — matrimonial home was purchased — trust — unjust enrichment — funds
Justice M. Smith

J.D. v. N.D. (2020 ONSC 7965)
children — father — sexual — morning school drop-off — assessment
Justice J. Mackinnon

Pickard v. Wood (2020 ONSC 7729)
father — children — access — girls — motion
Justice A. London-Weinstein

C.C. v. J.B. (2020 ONSC 7610)
children — paternal grandparents — father — family — access
Justice J. Audet

Civil Matters

S.I. Systems Partnership v. Geng (2020 ONSC 8086)
non-competition agreement — contract — portal — non-competition clause — bid
Justice C. MacLeod

Vuniqi v. Paramount Property Management et. al. (2020 ONSC 7934)
discovered — presumptive limitation period — snow removal contractor — reasonable — apartment building
Justice H. Williams

Viertelhausen v. Viertelhausen (2020 ONSC 7890)
estate trustee — costs — indemnity — cross-examination — appointment
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Ozimkowski v. Raymond (2020 ONSC 8092)
jury trials — motion — pandemic — non-pecuniary damages — argues
Justice H. Williams

Saier v. The Ottawa Hospital (2020 ONSC 7909)
harassment — allegations — defamation — post-employment period — leave to amend
Justice S. Corthorn

11766554 Canada Inc. v. Tingz Restaurant Bar LTD. and Jihad Samaha (2020 ONSC 7986)
non-competition clause — interlocutory injunction — harm — close proximity — non-competition provision
Justice R. Smith

Hodder v. Eouanzoui (2020 ONSC 7905)
deposit — motion to strike — bilingual — retainer — arbitration
Justice R. Beaudoin

Azaria et. al. v. Oldford (2020 ONSC 7952)
pre-trial conference — pandemic — jury — data — motion
Justice S. Gomery

Fabrikant v. A.G. Canada (2020 ONSC 7799)
motion to strike — jurisdiction — food — lawsuit — pleaded
Justice S. Gomery

Borer and Odeh v. Nelson (2020 ONSC 7753)
dispensing with the requirement — rely on the six-volume record — bookmarked — electronically — intends to rely
Justice S. Corthorn

Doyle Salewski Inc. v. Scott et.al. (2020 ONSC 7725)
pleading — unsecured creditors — damages — company — losses
Justice S. Gomery

Watson v. Watson (2020 ONSC 7651)
costs — indemnity — offer — exemplary — self-represented
Justice J. McNamara

The Corporation of the Township of South Stormont v. The Kraft Heinz Company (2020 ONSC 7641)
fair share — data — arbitration — sludge beads — collected
Justice J. McNamara

Shaver-Kudell Manufacturing Inc. v. Knight Manufacturing Inc. et al (2020 ONSC 7635)
false pretences — trade secrets — sleeves — manufacturing process — fraudulent misrepresentation
Justice M. Smith

Sicotte v. 2399153 Ontario Ltd. (2020 ONSC 7581)
guarantors — loan — repayment — interest — terms
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Criminal Matters

R. v. Bahlawan (2020 ONSC 8028)
gun — drugs — crack cocaine — apartment — drug
Justice S. Gomery

R. v. D.T. (2020 ONSC 7529)
massage — text messages — evidence — beyond a reasonable doubt — players
Justice P. Roger

R. v. Recoskie (2020 ONSC 7056)
demand — provide a breath sample — refusal — officer — screening device
Justice A. Doyle

R. v. Leblanc (2020 ONSC 7727)
murder — aggravated assault — stabbed — severance — count
Justice K. Phillips

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

White et al. v. Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (2020 ONSC 7822)
rental units during certain agreed-upon — units during certain agreed-upon periods — reasonable enjoyment — lease — occupy
Justices H. Sachs, B. Abrams, and M. O’Bonsawin

Higashi v. Western Assurance Company (2020 ONSC 7616)
insured — limitation period — catastrophic — benefits — refusal
Justices K. Swinton, J. Ramsay, and L. Favreau

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Norris (2020 ONCA 847)
evidence — actus reus — sexual assault — cross-count application — complainants
Justices J. M. Fairburn, G. Huscroft, and I. Nordheimer

R. v. Flowers (2020 ONCA 821)
driver — licence plate was stolen — vehicle — mugshot — driving
Justices P. Rouleau, A. Hoy, and G. Trotter

R. v. C.B. (2020 ONCA 828)
victim — offence — information that could identify — broadcast — transmitted
Justices A. Hoy, C. W. Hourigan, and G. Trotter

Louis v. Poitras (2020 ONCA 815)
motion — pandemic — jury trials — stay — irreparable harm
Justice D. Brown

R. v. J.M. (2020 ONCA 806)
victim — offence — information that could identify — fellated — misapprehensions
Justices J. M. Fairburn, D. Watt, and B. Zarnett

Sparr v. Downing (2020 ONCA 793)
disclosure — orders — van — motion — excessive
Justices K. van Rensburg, M. Benotto, and J. Thorburn

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Family Matters

Hamilton v. Hamilton (2021 ONSC 274)
matrimonial home — temporary without prejudice — motion — equalization payment — property
Justice D. Summers

Dagher v. Haaj (2021 ONSC 93)
unredacted copies — motion — real estate broker — additional disclosure — account statements
Justice S. Corthorn

O’Connor v. Merlo (2021 ONSC 149)
costs — success — child — offer — access
Justice D. Summers

Halawa v. Brady (2021 ONSC 139)
costs — motion — spent — endorsement — inclusive
Justice T. Engelking

Perez v. Chiris (2021 ONSC 101)
child support — income — payor — expenses — retroactive
Justice T. Engelking

Laderoute v. Heffernan (2021 ONSC 51)
offer — costs — bad faith — settle — disclosure
Justice D. Summers

Shathar v. Mohammed (2020 ONSC 8091)
father — timesharing — pandemic — child support — interim
Justice P. MacEachern

Civil Matters

Campbell v. Desjardins (2021 ONSC 254)
partial indemnity — rate — junior lawyer — rates — spent
Justice M. Smith

Olumide v. Health Services Appeal Review Board (2021 ONSC 249)
vexatious — application for judicial review — litigant — querulous — leave
Justice S. Corthorn

6071376 Canada Inc. v. 3966305 Canada Inc. (2021 ONSC 205)
debtor — examination — records — dental — property
Justice S. Gomery

Carleton Condominium v. Poirier et. al. (2021 ONSC 71)
application — motion — affidavits — cross-examinations — contre-interrogatoires
Justice P. Kane

National Bank of Canada v. Guibord (2020 ONSC 8137)
mortgage — forbearance agreement — defence — motion — ridiculous
Justice P. Roger

Criminal Matters

R. v. Redden-Cox (2021 ONSC 162)
intercourse — kissing — sexual — girlfriend — penitentiary
Justice C. Hackland

R. v. Kranz (2021 ONSC 25)
breath demand — probable grounds — officer — arrest — alcohol
Justice N. Somji

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Senator Real Estate v. Intact Insurance (2021 ONSC 200)
apply a maximum depreciation rate — building — appraisers — submits that the umpire — disagreement
Justices R. Smith, T. Lederer, and L. Favreau

Porringa v. Everitt and Lundy (2021 ONSC 70)
tenancy — eviction — devoid — quash — merit
Justice M. O’Bonsawin

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Toronto-Dominion Bank v. 1633092 Ontario Ltd. (2021 ONCA 6)
cross-appeal — costs — divided — success — bear
Justices S. Pepall, C. W. Hourigan, and L. Roberts

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Family Matters

Auger v. Bowles (2021 ONSC 557)
children — father — attend school online — email — virus
Justice M. Shelston

Murray v. Choudhary (2021 ONSC 530)
motion — served — emails — strike — ordered
Justice J. Audet

Civil Matters

S.I. Systems Partnership v. Geng et al. (2021 ONSC 643)
litigation — substantial indemnity costs — allegation — extraordinary — fees
Justice C. MacLeod

Cohen v. Cohen Estate (2021 ONSC 581)
motion — separation agreement — bifurcation — taken under advisement — questions
Justice S. Corthorn

Horrocks v. McConville et al (2021 ONSC 522)
ex parte motion — properties — fair disclosure — holdback — material facts
Master A. Kaufman

Pinon v. Ottawa (City) (2021 ONSC 488)
class proceeding — bus — motor vehicle — transit — design
Justice C. MacLeod

Re O’Leary (2021 ONSC 431)
bankruptcy — lift the stay — nunc pro tunc — proceedings — finds
Justice S. Kershman

Matlock v. Ottawa-Carleton Standard Condominium Corporation (2021 ONSC 390)
condominium — corporation — director — deficiencies — principals
Justice R. Beaudoin

Estate of Françoise Poitras v. Canadian Cancer Society (2021 ONSC 406)
legal costs — interim release — application to pass accounts — estate — lawyers
Justice S. Gomery

Surprenant c. Surprenant et al. (2021 ONSC 184)
société — traite des vaches — actionnaires — veaux — lait
Juge M. O’Bonsawin

Criminal Matters

R. v. Chadha (2021 ONSC 495)
crack cocaine — conditional sentence — drug — trafficking — coronavirus
Justice C. Hackland

R. v. Ilunga, Tomba-Kalema & Mahinja (2021 ONSC 265)
sexual assault — intimate images — credit — pre-sentence custody — kidnapping
Justice R. Smith

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

J.S.R. v. Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa (2021 ONSC 630)
access — child — extended society care — best interests — ineffective assistance
Justices M. Shelston, F. Kristjanson, and L. Favreau

Bouragba v. Conseil Scolaire de district de l’est de l’Ontario (2021 ONSC 287)
conspiracy — pleading — conflict — amend — motion
Justice M. Smith

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Khader c. Mamache (2021 ONCA 51)
divisionnaire — motion — proroger le délai — autorisation — garde
La juge L. Roberts

Louis v. Poitras (2021 ONCA 49)
motion — pandemic — jury notices — justice — jury trials
Justices D. Watt, P. Lauwers, and C. W. Hourigan

R. v. N.K. (2021 ONCA 13)
victim — pre-sentence custody — cottage — sexual — offence
Justices R. Juriansz, M. Tulloch, and M. Jamal

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Family Matters

Vo v. Tran (2021 ONSC 1075)
child support — partition — income — property — mortgage
Justice T. Engelking

Gosselin v. Soukhovtseva (2021 ONSC 1015)
children — parenting — custody — extracurricular activity — school
Justice M. Smith

McDonald v. McMullen (2021 ONSC 1001)
children — parenting — assessment — preferences — clinical
Justice T. Engelking

Smith v. Reynolds (2021 ONSC 947)
costs — child support — parenting — offers to settle — successful
Justice J. Blishen

Murray v. Choudhary (2021 ONSC 883)
property — spousal support — marriage — dog — watch collection
Justice J. Audet

Narula v. Khera (2021 ONSC 827)
child — habitually resident — custody — jurisdiction — paternal grandparents
Justice J. Parfett

Casey v. Bergin (2021 ONSC 685)
father — children — alienation — reunification counselling — parenting
Justice N. Somji

I.S. v. T.C. (2021 ONSC 644)
father — counselling — school — parent — psychoeducational assessment
Justice J. Mackinnon

Civil Matters

Public Guardian and Trustee v. MacFarlane (2021 ONSC 1070)
property — impersonator — guardian — fees — managing
Justice S. Corthorn

Ozimkowski v. Raymond (2021 ONSC 1020)
motion — offer — partial indemnity costs — jury — all-inclusive
Justice H. Williams

6071376 Canada Inc. v. 3966305 Canada Inc. (2021 ONSC 894)
answers — motion — costs — substantial indemnity — unhelpful
Justice S. Gomery

O’Regan v. Carleton Condominium Corporation 169 et al (2021 ONSC 945)
lien — common expenses — condominium — owner — unit
Master A. Kaufman

Henry v. Google Canada et al. (2021 ONSC 666)
motion — relief — notice — endorsement — application
Justice S. Corthorn

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Gray (2021 ONCA 86)
robbery — conditional sentence — sentencing — deterrence — offender
Justices S. Pepall, M. Tulloch, and A. Harvison Young

Pearce v. Canada (Staff of the Non-Public Funds, Canadian Forces) (2021 ONCA 65)
separate agencies — constructive dismissal — third-party adjudication — non-disciplinary terminations — undesignated separate
Justices G. Strathy, P. Rouleau, and S. Coroza

Family Matters

O’Connor v. Duguay (2021 ONSC 1322)
costs — settlement — email — motions — agreement
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Lee v. Archer (2021 ONSC 1294)
father — children — contact — motion — return
Justice P. MacEachern

Latreille v. Bard (2021 ONSC 1290)
contempt — child support — expenses — income information — income tax returns
Justice P. MacEachern

Grant v. Grant (2021 ONSC 1202)
child support — income — father — expenses — extracurricular
Justice J. Mckinnon

Pickard v. Wood (2021 ONSC 1135)
father — girls — contempt — children — reunification
Justice A. London-Weinstein

Hunter v. McAleer (2021 ONSC 1104)
father — expenses — child support — daycare — income
Justice J. Audet

Dassin v. Perpignan (2021 ONSC 1066)
daycare expenses — father earned a higher income — child support — based on an imputed income — retroactive
Justice J. Audet

Civil Matters

Toller James Montague Cranston (Estate of) (2021 ONSC 1347)
estate trustee — paintings — objectors — expenses — beneficiaries
Justice R. Smith

Musa v. Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 255 (2021 ONSC 1177)
jury trials — pandemic — delay — jury notice — justice
Justice P. Roger

Siemens Canada Limited v. GRC Architects Inc. et al. (2021 ONSC 1315)
design — roof membrane — workmanship — main — water infiltration problems
Justice C. Hackland

Cowley v. Skyjack Inc. et al. (2021 ONSC 1303)
jury trials — pre-trial conference — complexity — striking the jury notices — delay
Justice S. Corthorn

The Corporation of the Township of South Stormont v. The Kraft Heinz Company (2021 ONSC 1217)
costs — offer — elevated — substantial indemnity basis — worthy
Justice J. McNamara

Kaufman LLP v. Kechichian AND Essilor v. Kechichian (2021 ONSC 1173)
vexatious — lawyers — proceedings — litigant — fraudulent
Justice M. Smith

National Bank of Canada v. Guibord (2021 ONSC 1162)
costs — motion — unnecessarily — self-represented — endorsement
Justice P. Roger

Tipu v. O’Brien (2021 ONSC 1101)
pandemic — renewed — reissued — overriding error — palpable
Justice P. Roger

Criminal Matters

R. v. Ali (2021 ONSC 1230)
pandemic — judicial pre-trial — delay — presumptive ceiling — virtual
Justice N. Somji

R. v. Tsega (2021 ONSC 1129)
bail — sentencing — offender — home invasion — release
Justice S. Gomery

R. v. E.A. (2021 ONSC 1048)
cross-examination — exculpatory — voluntariness voir dire — doubtfully relevant — defence
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Sutton v. Patterson and Morrow (2021 ONSC 1403)
cottages — land lease — jurisdiction to decide the ownership — procedural fairness — unreliable hearsay evidence
Justices H. Sachs, B. Abrams, and M. O’Bonsawin

Roppovalente v. T’Sheal Danis (2021 ONSC 1219)
uploaded — lies — motion — voiding — emailed
Justices H. Sachs, T. Lederer, and L. Sheard

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Beazley v. Canada (Attorney General) (2021 ONCA 117)
motion — pleading — substantially — cured — dismissed
Justices G. Strathy, D. Brown, and B. Miller

Royal Bank of Canada v. 1643937 Ontario Inc. (2021 ONCA 98)
motion — personal guarantees — evidence — genuine issue requiring — examination for discovery
Justices D. Doherty, L. Roberts, and A. Harvison Young

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Family Matters

Hutchings v. Murdock-McDougall (2021 ONSC 1848)
grandmother — motion — child — time — conference
Justice J. Mackinnon

Moza and Thusu (Re) (2021 ONSC 1552)
marriage — celebrated — solemnized — cohabited as a married couple — ceremony
Justice J. Audet

Purdy v. Purdy (2021 ONSC 1715)
children — spousal support — girls — school — clinician
Justice M. Shelston

Civil Matters

Doyle Salewski v. Scott (2021 ONSC 1830)
costs — indemnity — fraud — fees — motions
Justice S. Gomery

The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company v. Rogers (2021 ONSC 1747)
wills — estates — intestacy — testator — residue
Justice M. Labrosse

The Riverside Professional Centre Inc. v. The Ottawa Hospital (2021 ONSC 1705)
parking spaces — lot — lease — access road — parking passes
Justice R. Smith

11123688 Canada Limited v. Springthorpe et. al. (2021 ONSC 1657)
business — premises — evidence — deposes — sublease
Justice C. MacLeod

Wilson, Young & Associates v. Carleton University (2021 ONSC 1571)
costs — duplicative — multiplicity — discontinued — avoided
Justice R. Beaudoin

2651171 Ontario Inc. v. Brey (2021 ONSC 1492)
fourplex — deposit — title — root — buyer
Justice S. Gomery

Moore v. Blais (2021 ONSC 1400)
matrimonial litigation — damages — motion — fiduciary duty — infliction
Justice S. Gomery

Criminal Matters

R. v. Goudreau (2021 ONSC 1228)
fire — death — accidental — card — apartment
Justice R. Smith

R. v. Bullen (2021 ONSC 1517)
recognizance — forfeiture — certificate — sureties — estreatment
Justice C. Aitken

R. v. Fahad (2021 ONSC 1543)
lawful demand — officer — breath sample — device — refusal
Justice A. London-Weinstein

R. v. Mtgona (2021 ONSC 1482)
mens rea — officer — provide a sample — lips around the mouthpiece — evidence
Justice A. London-Weinstein

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Hicks v. Ontario Ombudsman (2021 ONSC 1765)
self-represented one appearing — vexatious litigant — email — contempt — application
Justice S. Corthorn

Bouragba v. Conseil Scolaire de district de l’est de l’Ontario (2021 ONSC 1749)
costs — spent — partial indemnity basis — inclusive — disbursements
Justice M. Smith

To v. Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa (2021 ONSC 1718)
email — application — vexatious — respond — respectfully
Justice D. Corbett

MacKenzie v. Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (2021 ONSC 1640)
household — unit — service manager — rent-geared-to-income — eligibility
Justices G. Ellies, K. Swinton, and J. McCarthy

J.L. v. Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa (2021 ONSC 1452)
leave — child — interlocutory — orders — access
Justices G. Ellies, K. Swinton, and J. McCarthy

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Family Matters

Shafey v. Shafey (2021 ONSC 1783)
matrimonial home — marriage — income — non-compensatory spousal support — expenses
Justice M. Shelston

Murray v. Choudhary (2021 ONSC 2183)
steps — uncontested — full indemnity costs — litigation — held
Justice J. Audet

Kieffer Wolf v. McAuley (2021 ONSC 2145)
children — matrimonial home — parenting time — care — transfer
Justice T. Engelking

Saco v. Royer (2021 ONSC 2142)
father — parent — alternating — children — daughters
Justice P. Kane

Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v. J.L. (2021 ONSC 2103)
restricted to any assessments — kin — records — summaries — control
Justice J. Audet

Li v. Wu (2021 ONSC 2099)
father — costs — relocation — offers to settle — unreasonable conduct
Justice N. Somji

Moussaoui v. Harkouken (2021 ONSC 1986)
child — father — school — online — kindergarten
Justice M. Shelston

Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v. J.L. (2021 ONSC 1884)
kin — parents — motion — care — bias
Justice J. Audet

Civil Matters

Rowat v. the Crown, the CBC et al (2021 ONSC 2215)
publication ban — media — presumed innocent — name — criminal
Justice R. Maranger

Matlock v. Ottawa-Carleton Standard Condominium Corporation (2021 ONSC 2058)
costs — board member — motion — strike — research
Justice R. Beaudoin

Maisonneuve v. Clark (2021 ONSC 1960)
arbitration — escrow — time-barred — two-year limitation period — resolve
Justice S. Gomery

Currie v. Nylene Canada Inc. (2021 ONSC 1922)
employment — job — aggravated moral damages — termination — discrimination
Justice M. Smith

Bolton Mechanical Inc. v. EBC Inc. et al (2021 ONSC 1732)
lien — bond — motion for security for costs — project — present
Master M. Fortier

Jonathan Guimont v. SEO Twist Inc. and Yves Besner (2021 ONSC 1726)
reply — pleading — bankruptcy — impugned — defence
Master M. Fortier

Criminal Matters

R. v. Kraft (2021 ONSC 1970)
condom — penetration — foreplay — sexual — intercourse
Justice H. Williams

R. v. Para (2021 ONSC 2007)
arrest — breath demand — offence — vehicle — probable grounds
Justice R. Beaudoin

R. v. Marshall (2021 ONSC 1837)
mistrial — delay — plea — defence — ceiling
Justice R. Beaudoin

R. v. Mengesha (2021 ONSC 1809)
marihuana — fanny pack — arrest — detention — search
Justice P. Kane

R. v. Hurren (2021 ONCJ 148)
firearms — loaded — guns — due to the pandemic — sentence
Justice R. Wadden

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Timothy Edward Bradley v. Ontario College of Teachers (2021 ONSC 2303)
two-month suspension — unhinged — joint submission on penalty — summer — public interest
Justices D.L. Corbett, A. Doyle, and L. Favreau

C.C. v. J.B. (2021 ONSC 2174)
jurisdiction over the fourth child — motion — expeditiously — consolidated — children
Justices L. Pattillo, M. Penny, and A. Kurke

Sbrissa v. Ontario Association of Architects (2021 ONSC 2087)
collapse — licence — practice — certificate — building
Justices C. Hackland, M. Penny, and L. Favreau

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Royal Bank of Canada v. 1643937 Ontario Inc. (2021 ONCA 178)
to-date should be reserved — costs on the motions — remitted — respective motions for summary — narrow
Justices D. Doherty, L. Roberts, and A. Harvison Young

Hayward v. Hayward (2021 ONCA 175)
costs — estate — tractor — gift — authentic
Justices P. Lauwers, G. Trotter, and B. Zarnett

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Family Matters

Cohen v. Estate of Cohen (2021 ONSC 2463)
laches — equitable — contract — declaratory relief — amendment
Justice A. Doyle

G. (M.H.) v. B. (R.J.) (2021 ONSC 2467)
tort — family — divorce proceeding — joinder — pleading
Justice C. MacLeod

Telford v. Waite (2021 ONSC 2264)
joint family venture — income — cohabitation — arguable defense on the merits — spousal support
Justice J. Mackinnon

Van Delst v. Hronowsky (2021 ONSC 2353)
tax rate — normal retirement age — equalization payment — pension — value
Justice T. Engelking

The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v. U.P. (2021 ONSC 2321)
children — father — care — six-month supervision — best interests
Justice N. Somji

Civil Matters

Bennett v. Swift (2021 ONSC 2585)
contempt remedy — documents — partnership — motion — last resort
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Lamoureux et al. v. Vice & Hunter LLP et al. (2021 ONSC 2549)
accounts — bills — assessment — interim — special circumstances
Justice M. James

Singh v. Tolton (2021 ONSC 2528)
personal care — legal representation — appearing — attorney — appointed
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Pinon v. Ottawa (City) (2021 ONSC 2482)
costs — partial indemnity — class — disbursements — fees
Justice C. MacLeod

Joseph O’Regan v. Carleton Condominium Corporation 169 et al (2021 ONSC 2448)
costs — condominium — motion — indemnity — remediation
Master A. Kaufman

Hodder v. Eouanzoui (2021 ONSC 2391)
arbitration — deposit — sought — costs — bilingual
Justice R. Beaudoin

Lamontagne v. J.L. Richards & Associates Limited (2021 ONSC 2133)
termination clause — notice — employment — pandemic — cause
Justice P. Roger

Boone v. O’Kelly (2021 ONSC 2308)
wheelchair — care — crumbling skull — walker — occupational therapist
Justice R. Beaudoin

Criminal Matters

R. v. Marmontel (2021 ONSC 2520)
conditional sentence — perjury — pandemic — preliminary inquiry — supervisor
Justice C. Aitken

R. v. Daley (2021 ONSC 2282)
assault causing bodily harm — house arrest — conditional sentence — bail — probation officer
Justice C. Aitken

R. v. Starnaman (2021 ONSC 2390)
year-old girl — sexual — offender — children — behaviour
Justice K. Phillips

R. v. Aden (2021 ONSC 2370)
pandemic — fentanyl — sentence — trafficking — pre-sentence custody
Justice A. London-Weinstein

R. v. Gabriel (2021 ONSC 2488)
pre-sentence report-writer — sentence — impaired driving causing death — victims — criminal negligence causing death
Justice N. Champagne

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Feinstein v. Freedman (2021 ONSC 1493)
trustee — costs — compensation — accounts — beneficiaries
Justices G. Ellies, K. Swinton, and J. McCarthy

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Mohamoud v. Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 25 (2021 ONCA 191)
fans — noise — unit — application — reasonable expectations
Justices M. Tulloch, B. Miller, and J. Thorburn

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Family Matters

Moran v. Tough (2021 ONSC 2985)
father — based on the set-off formula — parenting — motion — costs
Justice J. Audet

MacDougall v. Parent (2021 ONSC 2961)
father — conference — parenting time — children shall be returned — pediatrician
Justice J. Mackinnon

C.C. v. J.B. (2021 ONSC 2891)
paternal grandparents — children — father — virtual visits — parenting
Justice J. Audet

Obhan v. Chana (2021 ONSC 2877)
father — uncontested — virtual — decision-making responsibility for the child — separation
Justice N. Somji

Dagher v. Hajj (2021 ONSC 2853)
unredacted copies — account statements — sole decision-making responsibility — disclosure — separation
Justice J. Audet

Hutchings v. Murdock-McDougall (2021 ONSC 2760)
fees — costs — motion — indemnity — pandemic
Justice J. Mackinnon

Soubliere v. Lemay (2021 ONSC 2744)
disclosure — motion — lawyer — settlement conference — non-compliance
Justice D. Summers

Grant v. Grant (2021 ONSC 2738)
child support — full indemnity costs — offer — fees — proportionality
Justice J. Mackinnon

Jonczyk v. Tilsley (2021 ONSC 2546)
father — parenting time — assessor — exchanges — child
Justice J. Mackinnon

The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v. S.G. (2021 CanLII 28496)
father — child — parents — visits — alcohol
Justice N. Somji

Civil Matters

Anderson v. Total Instant Lawns Ltd. (2021 ONSC 2933)
resignation — work stoppage — hours — employment — return to work
Justice J. Parfett

Li v. Michaud (2021 ONSC 2928)
self-represented litigants — motion for summary — costs — self-represented litigant — remunerative
Justice P. Roger

Bannister v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (2021 ONSC 2927)
class members — customers — hackers — information — settlement
Justice R. Smith

Bannister v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (2021 ONSC 2925)
class — fees — risk — multiplier — honourarium
Justice R. Smith

Mallette v. Bank of Montreal (2021 ONSC 2924)
class members — customers — hackers — information — settlement
Justice R. Smith

Mallette v. Bank of Montreal (2021 ONSC 2922)
class — fees — risk — multiplier — honourarium
Justice R. Smith

Cohen v. Cohen Estate (2021 ONSC 2875)
motions — taken under advisement — costs — fees — partial indemnity
Justice S. Corthorn

Simms v. Simms and P.G.T. (2021 ONSC 2855)
appointed as the guardian — personal care — speech pathologist — application — managing property within the meaning
Justice S. Corthorn

Knowmadics Inc. v. Kathryn Amero et al. (2021 ONSC 2881)
database schema — software — product — interlocutory injunction — source code
Justice C. Hackland

Rochon v. Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group (2021 ONSC 2880)
punitive damages — million — jury — fire — amendment
Justice S. Gomery

Hardwick v. Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd. et. al. (2021 ONSC 2820)
settlement — streamlined — class members — pets — deadline
Justice C. MacLeod

Re Oliver Estate (2021 ONSC 2751)
deceased — kin — sister — daughters — posting
Justice C. MacLeod

Vista Waterloo Hotel Inc. v. 1426398 Ontario Inc., & Ontario Energy Board (2021 ONSC 2724)
jurisdiction — local electricity distribution companies — enforceable provision — consumers — residential
Justice J. Parfett

Fichera v. McAllister (2021 ONSC 2685)
unconscionably procure the transfer — valid inter vivos gift — donor — evidence — estate
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Criminal Matters

R. v. Green (2021 ONSC 2826)
statutory scheme — records — privacy — sexual offences — twin myths reasoning
Justice S. Gomery

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Fuhgeh v. Stewart (2021 ONSC 3053)
set aside — vexatious — orders — relitigate — motion
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

T.A.W. v. J.C.L. (2021 ONCA 270)
substantial indemnity basis — costs on a substantial indemnity — misogynistic — revitalize — awarded
Justices J. M. Fairburn, K. van Rensburg, and G. Huscroft

R. v. Aslami (2021 ONCA 249)
firebombing — ex-wife — text messages — evidence — video
Justices J. Simmons, P. Lauwers, and I. Nordheimer

Nemchin v. Green (2021 ONCA 238)
insurer — assignment — payments — trust — net after-tax
Justices L. Roberts, G. Trotter, and J. Thorburn

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Family Matters

Awada v. Awada (2021 ONSC 3343)
income — matrimonial home — pandemic — spousal support — company
Justice M. Smith

Laporte v. Laporte (2021 ONSC 3299)
spousal support — income — separation agreement — child support — interim
Justice M. Shelston

Niyokindi c. Ndayishimiye (2021 ONCS 3289)
motion — abusif — indique pas les ordonnances — formule — supplémentaire
Juge S. Gomery

J.P.E.H. v. A.S.E.H. (2021 ONSC 3267)
parenting time — paternal grandparents — spend — ending with an odd number — visits
Justice S. Gomery

Drover v. Drover (2021 ONSC 3194)
costs — motion — offer to settle — successful — behaved
Justice P. MacEachern

Vekeman v. Vekeman (2021 ONSC 3184)
interim parenting time — costs — motion — offer to settle — bad faith
Justice P. MacEachern

J.D. v. N.D. (2021 ONSC 3182)
motion — father — parenting time — costs — children
Justice J. Mackinnon

Gosselin v. Soukhovtseva (2021 ONSC 3113)
costs — offers to settle — attendances — litigation — disbursements
Justice M. Smith

Borutskie v. Hanes (2021 ONSC 3073)
rental income — child support — separation — employment — imputed
Justice J. Mackinnon

Civil Matters

Bennett v. Swift (2021 ONSC 3380)
costs — contempt — motion — substantial indemnity — articling student
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Rudin-Brown et al. v. Brown AND Brown v. Rudin-Brown et al. (2021 ONSC 3366)
recordings — powers — attorney for property — conversations — personal care
Justice H. Williams

Zhang v. Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology (2021 ONSC 3359)
residence — judicial review — readmission — sanctions — student
Justice C. Hackland

Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 32 v. Yakovlev (2021 ONSC 3323)
residents — corporation — excessive noise — governing documents — common elements
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Michael Tardif v. City of Ottawa (2021 ONSC 3269)
cotton face masks — vexatious — pandemic — frivolous — quash the by-law on mandatory
Justice S. Corthorn

M.M. v. FCSLLG (2021 ONSC 3310)
settlement — class members — honorarium — contingency — proposed
Justice C. MacLeod

Scaffidi-Argentina v. Tega Homes Developments Inc. et al. (2021 ONSC 3223)
liability — crossclaims — settlement — damages — subrogated
Justice C. MacLeod

St. Lawrence Parks Commission v. John Gordon Construction (2021 ONSC 3159)
motions for summary — partial indemnity costs — conference — fees — undertakings
Justice P. Roger

CUSO International v. Pan American Development Foundation (2021 ONSC 3101)
agreement — forum selection clause — project — jurisdiction — funding
Justice C. MacLeod

Lamontagne v. J.L. Richards & Associates Limited (2021 ONSC 3083)
costs — motion to amend — substantial indemnity basis — application — motion to compel
Justice P. Roger

Ward v. The City of Ottawa (2021 ONSC 3145)
mold — occupier — amendments — pled — remediate
Justice N. Somji

Criminal Matters

R. v. Goldsmith (2021 ONSC 2864)
spouse — legal aid — sub-contractor — income — funding
Justice C. Aitken

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Wallbridge v. Brunning (2021 ONSC 3051)
motions — disclosure — residential schools — proposed amendments — abuse
Justices K. Swinton, D.L. Corbett, and T. Lederer

Porter v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada (2021 ONSC 3107)
driveway — icy — operation — accident — ice
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Awad (2021 ONCA 285)
cocaine — trafficking — marijuana — drug — passenger seat
Justices P. Rouleau, S. Pepall, and L. Roberts

R. c. F.J. (2021 ONCA 268)
motive to fabricate — motif pour fabriquer — incohérences — déclarations antérieures compatibles — preuve
Les juges K. van Rensburg, M. Benotto, et J. Thorburn

R. v. Ali (2021 ONCA 277)
shooter — cross-racial identification — video — person wearing the shirt — counts
Justices D. Doherty, K. van Rensburg, and J. Thorburn

Segura Mosquera v. Ottawa Public Library (2021 ONCA 275)
directions — quashed — jurisdiction — relief — technicality
Justices G. Huscroft, I. Nordheimer, and A. Harvison Young

Balogh v. R.C. Yantha Electric Ltd. (2021 ONCA 266)
triangle property — track — easement — access road — tenement
Justices K. Feldman, A. Harvison Young, and J. Thorburn

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Family Matters

Abu-Shaban v. Abu-Shaaban (2021 ONSC 3623)
fresh evidence — property — square meter — reopen — land
Justice M. Smith

Hebert v. Hebert (2021 ONSC 3552)
children — kids — relationship — proposed — father
Justice K. Phillips

Volgemut v. Decristoforo (2021 ONSC 3543)
security for costs — child — justly — frivolously — financial
Justice J. Mackinnon

Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v. E.L (2021 ONSC 3449)
child — decision-making responsibility — best interests — traditions — half-siblings
Justice S. Gomery

Ali v. Obas (2021 ONSC 3412)
parenting coordinator — arbitration — child — parenting coordination process — mediation
Justice M. Shelston

Dagher v. Hajj (2021 ONSC 93)
unredacted copies — disclosure — motion — real estate broker — account statements
Justice S. Corthorn

Lawrynowicz v. Halliday (2021 ONSC 3340)
delay — prejudice — bankruptcy — status — motion
Justice A. Doyle

Civil Matters

Toller James Montague Cranston (Estate of) (2021 ONSC 3704)
objections — estate — costs — substantial indemnity — fraud
Justice R. Smith

Moore Equipment Ltd. v. Temple Insurance Company (2021 ONSC 3622)
scissor lift — solar panels — operations performed — insurance coverage — contract
Justice R. Smith

The Riverside Professional Centre Inc. v. The Ottawa Hospital (2021 ONSC 3606)
parking spaces — offer to settle — partial indemnity — easement — costs
Justice R. Smith

Dumais v. Novotech Technologies Corp. (2021 ONSC 3594)
costs — settlement — assessment officer — agreement — conference
Justice S. Gomery

Maisonneuve et al. v. Langlois et al. (2021 ONSC 3587)
promissory — security — evidence — loans — debt
Justice C. MacLeod

Saier v. The Ottawa Hospital (2021 ONSC 3553)
defamation — motion for leave to amend — pleading — deliver — add
Justice S. Corthorn

Tomson v. Jackson (2021 ONSC 3422)
jury notice — pandemic — jury trials — motion to strike — litigation
Justice S. Corthorn

Tiwari v. Chevalier (2021 ONSC 3424)
alias — vexatious litigant — requisition — proceeding — frivolous
Justice S. Gomery

Ziebarth Electrical Contractors Ltd. v 2461476 Ontario Inc. (2021 ONSC 3360)
holdback — subcontractors — trust — fixed price contract — lien
Master A. Kaufman

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Dia v. Calypso Theme Waterpark (2021 ONCA 343)
minor by his litigation guardian — costs — reported — motion — summary
Justices M. Tulloch, I. Nordheimer, and M. Jamal

Nemchin v. Green (2021 ONCA 342)
top up motion — assignment — costs — tax treatment — benefits
Justices L. Roberts, G. Trotter, and J. Thorburn

R. v. Morash (2021 ONCA 335)
disclosure — delay — misstep — plan — application
Justices D. Doherty, B. Zarnett, and S. Coroza

Fitzgerald v. Reaume (2021 ONCA 330)
immunity — hyperbolic — saved — frivolous — marred
Justices R. Juriansz, G. Huscroft, and M. Jamal

R. v. Morin (2021 ONCA 307)
after-the-fact conduct — deliberation — jury — planning — murder
Justices C. W. Hourigan, B. Zarnett, and S. Coroza

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Family Matters

Parkinson v. Parkinson (2021 ONSC 4153)
child support — parenting time — temporary — spousal support — income
Justice C. MacLeod

Awada v. Awada (2021 ONSC 4049)
spousal support — matrimonial home — net proceeds — equalization payment — arrears
Justice M. Smith

Ali v. Obas (2021 ONSC 3947)
child — parenting time — assessor — overnights — twenty-eight day period
Justice M. Shelston

Henry v. Nielsen (2021 ONSC 3892)
parenting time — joint decision-making authority — expenses — child — financial disclosure
Justice M. Smith

Doumbia c. Maiga (2021 ONSC 3845)
aliments — temps parental — payé — père — mois
Juge P. Roger

Proulx v. Proulx (2021 ONSC 3657)
father — child — parenting — decision-making responsibility — family
Justice N. Somji

Civil Matters

Greco Franchising Inc. v. Franco Milito et al. (2021 ONSC 3950)
studio — franchise agreement — pandemic — in-studio — program
Justice C. Hackland

Hodgkinson. v. Maguire (2021 ONSC 3931)
equitable set — mortgage — deposit — defaulted — property
Justice R. Beaudoin

Martel v. Nguyen (2021 ONSC 3940)
children — parenting — motion — video — access
Justice C. MacLeod

Gagnon v. Sivasamboo (2021 ONSC 3853)
insurer — declaratory relief — coverage — motion — policy
Justice J. McNamara

Hajrizi v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (2021 ONSC 3082)
impecuniosity — security for costs — deported — attend the mediation — rule
Justice R. Beaudoin

Carleton Condominium v. Poirier (2021 ONSC 3778)
balcony railing — condominium — designated parking space — shelving — storage
Justice P. Kane

Keedi v. The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (2021 ONSC 3650)
simplified — motion — newly produced documents — examinations for discovery — costs
Master A. Kaufman

McGrimmon v. Hanniman et al. (2021 ONSC 4034)
appearing — motion — antithetical — amend — dispositive
Justice M. James

Criminal Matters

R. v. Saunders (2021 ONSC 3961)
cyclists — vehicle — speed — road — driving
Justice R. Beaudoin

R. v. Bullen (2021 ONSC 3890)
forfeiture — recognizance — sureties — pledged — trafficking
Justice C. Aitken

R. v. Chu (2021 ONSC 3825)
possession — seized — trafficking — evidence — cocaine
Justice R. Ryan Bell

R. v. Gordon Jeffrey Morin (2021 ONSC 3807)
credit card — text messages — intentionally applied — threw — glass
Justice M. O’Bonsawin

R. v. Fowler (2021 ONSC 3180)
information — search — residence — police — drugs
Justice A. Doyle

R. v. W. K. (2021 ONSC 3473)
sexual assault — offender — sentence — indecent assault — intimate
Justice A. Doyle

R. v. Gardner (2021 ONSC 3468)
alcohol — vehicle — driver — breathalyzer — driving
Justice C. Aitken

R. v. T.S. (2021 ONCJ 299)
evidence kit — sexual assault — responsible for the investigation — police — records
Justice P. Doody

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Fuhgeh v. Stewart (2021 ONSC 3907)
full indemnity costs — scale — vexatiously — proceedings — seek
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Abbott v. Leblanc (2021 ONSC 3966)
quantum meruit — parenting time — motion to adduce fresh evidence — contends — relaxed
Justice S. Gomery

To v. Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa (2021 ONSC 3721)
proceedings — title — animating — vexatious — identities
Justice D. L. Corbett

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Davidson (Re) (2021 ONCA 387)
disposition — detention order with community living — readmitting — stepping-stone — practicalities
Justices J. Simmons, E. Gillese, and G. Huscroft

R. v. Daou (2021 ONCA 380)
confession — jury — axe — police — murder
Justices K. Feldman, P. Lauwers, and G. Trotter

R. v. B.L. (2021 ONCA 373)
intercourse — condom discussion — sex — evidence — credibility
Justices K. Feldman, M. Tulloch, and C. W. Hourigan

C.C. v. J.B. (2021 ONCA 363)
youngest child — forum non conveniens — jurisdiction — parenting orders — motion
Justices G. Huscroft, D. Paciocco, and M. Jamal

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Family Matters

Ekong v. Ekong (2021 ONSC 4376)
child — matrimonial home — father — separation — parenting
Justice D. Summers

Chyher v. Al Jaboury (2021 ONSC 4358)
children — boys — parenting — studio — interim
Justice D. Summers

G. (M.H.) v. B. (R.J.) (2021 ONSC 4308)
costs — tort — motion — utility — proceeding
Justice C. MacLeod

Ascani v. Keedi (2021 ONSC 4282)
child — parenting time — baby — violence — evidence
Justice A. London-Weinstein

Trombetta v. Trombetta (2021 ONSC 4237)
property — marriage — contract — excluded — assets
Justice T. Engelking

Brunet v. Portelance (2021 ONSC 4235)
child — family violence — supervised parenting time — baby — daycare
Justice A. London-Weinstein

Sauve v. Watson (2021 ONSC 4188)
parenting — corollary relief — child support — legislation — orders
Justice P. MacEachern

Ginese v. Fadel (2021 ONSC 4121)
parenting — orders respecting reunification counselling — divorce — support — submitted by the parties provides
Justice P. MacEachern

Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v. C.L. (2021 ONSC 3982)
parents — care — supervision — couch — injuries
Justice T. Engelking

Civil Matters

Russo v. Barrett et al. (2021 ONSC 4394)
property — purchase — damages — current fair market value — price
Justice C. MacLeod

2280092 Ontario Inc. v. Collins (2021 ONSC 4365)
evidence — contract — genuine issue requiring — motion — security for costs
Justice P. Roger

AOD Corporation v. Miramare Investment Incorporated (2021 ONSC 4280)
patent agreement — unanimous shareholder agreement — secured creditors — indoor management — intellectual property
Justice P. Roger

Smith v. Nagy (2021 ONSC 4265)
public interest — motion — post — expression — women
Justice S. Gomery

Schuiteboer v. Carleton University (2021 ONSC 4233)
set aside the noting — motion — notice — served — defend
Master M. Fortier

2280092 Ontario Inc. v. Collins (2021 ONSC 4183)
factum — cross-motion — security for costs — aka — deleted
Justice P. Roger

Lawrynowicz v. Halliday (2021 ONSC 4179)
motion — delay — costs — indulgence — indemnity
Justice A. Doyle

Currie v. Nylene Canada Inc. (2021 ONSC 4177)
offer to settle — costs — substantial indemnity — disbursements — work
Justice M. Smith

Kaufman LLP v. Kechichian et al (2021 ONSC 4160)
rates — substantial indemnity basis — rate — all-inclusive costs — lawyers
Justice M. Smith

TJ Squared Inc. v. Low Murchison Radnoff LLP (2021 ONSC 4146)
partial indemnity — costs — amount — losing party could expect — application raised important public policy
Justice R. Beaudoin

Criminal Matters

R. v. Habib (2021 ONSC 4325)
guilty plea — interpreter — allegations — touched — sexual
Justice J. Parfett

R. v. Nguyen and Nguyen (2021 ONSC 4273)
front bedroom — crack cocaine — closet — ammunition — primary bedroom
Justice H. Williams

R. v. Campbell (2021 ONSC 4193)
firearm — house arrest — bail — sentence — surety
Justice C. Hackland

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Romandale Farms Limited v. The Corporation of the City of Markham (2021 ONSC 4204)
four-lane collector road — environmental — premature — alignments — processes
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Tataryn v. Axa Insurance Canada (2021 ONCA 413)
renovations — construction — brokers — motion — property
Justices L. Roberts, B. Miller, and J. Thorburn

Charlesfort Developments Limited v. Ottawa (City) (2021 ONCA 410)
rezoning application — undertaking — water main — proximity — duty
Justices D. Doherty, I. Nordheimer, and A. Harvison Young

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Family Matters

Hutchinson v. Peever (2021 ONSC 4587)
motions — father — offer — docketed — matrimonial home
Justice P. Kane

A. (J.E.) v. v. S. (A.) (2021 ONSC 4300)
child — parenting time — mid-week access — mortgage — will
Justice C. MacLeod

Civil Matters

Dagenais v. Slavko (2021 ONSC 3415)
vicarious liability — employer — vehicle — respondeat superior — liable
Justice P. Kane

Brousseau. v. La Cité Collégiale et al. (2021 ONSC 2676)
retirement pension income — pensionable service with previous employers — transfer — agreement — estimate
Justice R. Smith

Stelmach Project Management Ltd. v. Kingston (City) (2021 ONSC 4343)
impost fees — by-law enacted — municipality — wastewater — water
Justice S. Corthorn

Criminal Matters

R. v. Starnaman (2021 ONSC 4556)
offender — treatment — adequately protect the public — sentence — indeterminate
Justice K. Phillips

R. v. P.B. (2021 ONSC 4453)
registration — grossly disproportionate — pardon — pseudonym — offender
Justice C. MacLeod

R. v. Huynh (2021 ONSC 4438)
robbery — bitcoin business — texted — cross-examination — evidence
Justice A. London-Weinstein

R. v. Ismail (2021 ONSC 4426)
shooter — identification — evidence — nickname — eyewitness
Justice K. Phillips

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Surprenant c. Surprenant (2021 ONCS 4223)
fiduciaire — interjeter — payables — partielle — succession
Juges K. Swinton, D. Corbett, et L. Favreau

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Di Franco v. Bueckert (2021 ONCA 476)
motion — dive — record — early-stage — definitive
Justices M. Tulloch, L. Roberts, and J. Thorburn

R. v. B.W.S. (2021 ONCA 471)
sexual assault — brother — call — threats — victim
Justices P. Rouleau, K. van Rensburg, and B. Miller

Leslie v. Encanto Potash Trading Corporation (2021 ONCA 464)
motion — dismissal — invoices — affidavit — security for costs
Justices D. Doherty, M. Benotto, and J. Thorburn

Bayford v. Boese (2021 ONCA 442)
evidence — signatures — will — original — expert
Justices D. Doherty, I. Nordheimer, and A. Harvison Young

El-Khodr v. Northbridge Commercial Insurance Company (2021 ONCA 440)
assistive devices — benefits — assignment — future — professional services
Justices D. Doherty, S. Pepall, and J. Thorburn

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Family Matters

Bielser v. Bielser (2021 ONSC 4944)
one-half share — spousal support — proceeds — income — matrimonial home
Justice D. Summers

G. (A.) v. E. (T.) 4838 (2021 ONSC 2021)
father — child — parenting time will — clinician — year-old
Justice C. MacLeod

Oppong Nketiah v. Oppong Nketiah (2021 ONSC 4807)
father — exclusive possession — rental property — matrimonial home — divorce
Justice N. Somji

Khoury v. Khoury (2021 ONSC 4779)
child support — set aside the registration — reasonable opportunity to be heard — reciprocating — variation
Justice J. Audet

Santaromita Villa v. Santaromita Villa (2021 ONSC 4778)
spousal support — matrimonial home — motion — income — business
Justice P. MacEachern

Volgemut v. Decristoforo (2021 ONSC 4750)
in-person parenting time — father — child — travel — habitual residence
Justice J. Audet

Hutchinson v. Peever (2021 ONSC 4586)
children — father — matrimonial home — assessment — school
Justice P. Kane

Civil Matters

Rekowski v. Renfrew (County) (2021 ONSC 4879)
litigation guardian — answered — privilege — undertakings — accident
Justice C. MacLeod

Egan et al. v. National Research Council of Canada et al. (2021 ONSC 4561)
drinking water — compounds — class members — contamination — detected
Justice R. Smith

T.L. v. Ottawa Police Services et al. (2021 ONSC 4753)
sexual assault — duty — police — perpetrator — investigation
Justice C. Hackland

Karami v Hovsepian Ouatik Dentistry Professional Corporation (2021 CanLII 58973)
disbursements — fee — costs — paralegals — offer to settle
Deputy Judge R. Conway

Karami v Hovsepian Ouatik Dentistry Professional Corporation (2021 CanLII 57301)
dentistry — anesthesia — billings — write-offs — percentages
Deputy Judge R. Conway

Ahmed v Tumam Transport Inc (2021 CanLII 58974)
sofa — delivery — intentional infliction — helper — mental suffering
Deputy Judge R. Conway

Maclaren v Pregel (2021 CanLII 57303)
tile drainage — acres — land clearing — invoice — agreement
Deputy Judge R. Conway

Nemr v. 9100288 Canada Inc. et al (2021 ONSC 4733)
jury — premises — fell from the roof — electrical shock — lease
Justice P. Hurley

Higashi v. Chiarot (2021 ONSC 2399)
non-party experts — litigation experts — participant experts — evidence — leave
Justice M. Smith

Criminal Matters

R. v. Mohamed Ali and Everton Ambrose (2021 ONSC 4751)
drive-by shooting — suspect vehicle — police — shot — chase
Justice R. Maranger

R. v. Tsega (2021 ONSC 4651)
home invasion — offender — sentence — manslaughter — house
Justice S. Gomery

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Labourers’ International Union of North America et al. v. Fortis Construction Group Inc. et al. (2021 ONSC 3774)
performing formwork — projects — agreement — sector — intermingling
Justice R. Smith

Ristic v. Roscoe (2021 ONSC 4888)
conference — urgent — request — scarce — virtual
Justice H. Williams

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

OZ Merchandising Inc. v. Canadian Professional Soccer League Inc. (2021 ONCA 520)
bias — rulings — jury — conduct — factum
Justices D. Doherty, M. Benotto, and G. Huscroft

MacIntyre v. Winter (2021 ONCA 516)
gift — home — presumption — monies — spousal support
Justices M. Tulloch, I. Nordheimer, and M. Jamal