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Family Matters

Pagnan v. Gutierrez (2022 ONSC 3216)
costs — motion — offer — successful — bad faith
Justice J. Blishen

Jones v. Widenmaier (2022 ONSC 3129)
child — visits — best interests — temporary parenting time — supervised
Justice P. MacEachern

Ajayi v. Ajayi  (2022 ONSC 2678)
children — best interests — asexual — domestic violence
Justice T. Engelking

E.-H. v. The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa (2022 ONSC 3086)
costs — offer to settle — substantial indemnity — motion — allegations
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Civil Matters

2525648 Ontario Inc. v. 9007059 Ontario Inc. Et Al (2022 ONSC 3273)
motion — transfer — defences — franchisees — set aside
Justice C. MacLeod

Denny v. Denny (2022 ONSC 3267)
estate trustee during litigation — expenses — objection — property — will
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Tiwari v Chevalier (2022 ONSC 3071)
vexatious litigant — story — alias — identification — email
Justice H. Williams

Criminal Matters

R. v. Lich (2022 ONSC 3093)
social media ban — protest — release — surety — pandemic
Justice K. Phillips

R. v. D.B. (2022 ONSC 2854)
sexual assault — choking — sentence — credit — lockdowns
Justice S. Corthorn

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Kim v. McIntosh (2022 ONSC 3173)
moot — endorsement — re-uploaded his motion materials — motion for leave — recusal
Justice J. Audet

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Proulx v. Proulx (2022 ONCA 428)
joint decision-making — child — family violence — parenting time — intimacy
Justices K. van Rensburg, A. Harvison Young, and J. Copeland

R. v. Hackett (2022 ONCA 427)
evidence — deceased — defence — jury — knife
Justices D. Doherty, G. Huscroft, and J. George

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Family Matters

Aldush v. Alani (2022 ONSC 3547)
decision-making responsibility — children — offer to settle — motion — proceedings
Justice M. Smith

O’Connor v. O’Connor (2022 ONSC 3482)
wife — husband — spousal support — inheritance — account
Justice A. Doyle

Wilson v. Wilson (2022 ONSC 3527)
income — prima facie entitlement to support — accustomed lifestyle — work full-time hours — marriage
Justice B. Abrams

Muoka v. Muoka (2022 ONSC 3496)
children — matrimonial home — parenting time — motion — restraining
Justice D. Summers

Beardsley v. Horvath (2022 ONSC 3430)
costs — offer — settlement — success — child support
Justice D. Summers

Rashid v. Avanesov (2022 ONSC 3401)
decision-making responsibility — child — father — vaccinations — immunization
Justice N. Somji

Civil Matters

Frontenac Heritage Foundation v. Homestead Land Holdings Ltd. (2022 ONSC 3613)
heritage — proposed development — buildings — compatibility — intensification
Justice S. Gomery

City Core Consortia Limited v. 2549386 Ontario Inc. (2022 ONSC 3579)
costs — motion — substantial indemnity — pending litigation — partial indemnity rates
Justice R. Ryan Bell

8466718 Canada Inc. v. 1779042 Ontario Ltd. et. al. (2022 ONSC 3571)
costs — set aside — landlord — motion — business
Justice C. MacLeod

1942091 Ontario Inc. v. Firm Capital Mortgage Fund Inc. et al (2022 ONSC 3528)
prejudgment interest — costs — proceeds — cross-motion — proposal
Justice P. Roger

Belec v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (2022 ONSC 3523)
deducted — income — annual indexing increases — summary — benefits
Justice R. Smith

Belec v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (2022 ONSC 3522)
indexing increases — benefits — class members — common — deducted
Justice R. Smith

Capital Sports Management Inc. v. Trinity Development Group Inc. (2022 ONSC 3509)
joint retainer — communications — joint venture — privileged — relation to the subject
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Campbell v. Gautreau et al. (2022 ONSC 3416)
settlement — email — mediation — agreement — cheque
Justice S. Gomery

1770650 Ontario Inc. v. McEnery (2022 ONSC 3373)
motions — sublimit — costs — inclusive — spent
Justice M. Smith

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 28 v. Bassi Construction Ltd. (2022 ONSC 3424)
costs — fixed — writing — payable — motion
Justices M. Edwards, E. Stewart, and S. Nishikawa

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Liu (2022 ONCA 460)
screening — treason — faint — application — murder
Justices K. van Rensburg, G. Pardu, and J. Copeland

R. v. Ambrose (2022 ONCA 461)
shooter — sentence — conviction — appearing — shots
Justices J. M. Fairburn, J. MacPherson, and A. Harvison Young

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Family Matters

Thompson v. Sorrenti (2022 ONSC 3948)
solicitor-client costs — substantive motion — school registration — urgency — child
Justice S. Corthorn

Sidiqi v. Ahmadzai (2022 ONSC 3832)
child support — parenting time — income — relocation — father
Justice T. Engelking

Leal v. Leal (2022 ONSC 3813)
father — income — child support — personal expenses — business
Justice N. Somji

MacLeod v MacLeod (2022 CanLII 54957)
alienation — marriage contract — spousal support — net family property — costs
Justice M. Shelston

Abdulaziz v. El Zahabi (2022 ONSC 3777)
motion — costs — hours — offer to settle — thrown away
Justice J. Mackinnon

Ross v. Holmes (2022 ONSC 3769)
father — children — parenting time — decision-making responsibility — addiction
Justice N. Somji

L.F. v. Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa (2022 ONSC 3682)
adoptive parents — openness agreement — children — parens patriae jurisdiction — timeline
Justice M. Shelston

The Children’s Society of Ottawa v. A.L.S. (2022 ONSC 3669)
children — virtual visits — maternal aunt — access — genuine
Justice J. Mackinnon

Civil Matters

Maynard v. Johnson Controls Canada (2022 ONSC 3863)
termination — employment — salary — forfeiture — notice
Justice C. MacLeod

J.R. Lawn Maintenance & Snow Removal Inc. v. Paszkiewicz et al. (2022 ONSC 3885)
lease — rent — landlord — abatement — tenant
Justice C. MacLeod

Canadian Union of Postal Workers v. Quebecor Media Inc. et al (2022 ONSC 3749)
readily bifurcated — genuine issue requiring — partial motion for summary — using the fact-finding powers — republication
Justice P. Roger

Post v. Hillier (2022 ONSC 3793)
tweets — defamatory — damages — followers — retraction
Justice S. Gomery

Buis v. Keurig Canada Inc. (2022 ONSC 3652)
class proceedings — carriage — motion — timetable — actions
Justice C. MacLeod

Criminal Matters

R. v. Green (2022 ONSC 3786)
sexual abuse — offender — sentence — touching — penetrative
Justice S. Gomery

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Khalid (2022 ONCA 501)
townhouse — firearm — gun — sentence — loaded
Justices K. van Rensburg, I. Nordheimer, and A. Harvison Young

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Family Matters

Morgan v. Cunningham (2022 ONSC 3964)
child support — income — post-secondary education — evidence — verbal agreement
Justice S. Corthorn

Young v. Peters (2022 ONSC 3943)
father — child — parenting time — interim — motion
Justice P. MacEachern

Hawthorne v. Williamson (2022 ONSC 4038)
parenting time — baby-proofing — child support — financial disclosure — intoxicants
Justice A. London-Weinstein

Soucy v. Chan (2022 ONSC 3911)
vaccinated — children — joint decision-making — father — vaccine
Justice P. MacEachern

Civil Matters

Denny v. Denny (2022 ONSC 4106)
estate trustee during litigation — costs — cross-motion — indemnity — motion
Justice R. Ryan Bell

McGee v. Farazli et al. (2022 ONSC 4105)
infection — common — class members — clinic — certification
Justice C. MacLeod

SageTea Inc. v. Attorney General of Canada (2022 ONSC 4078)
rates — salaried — partial indemnity hourly rate — motion — costs
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Re: Pearce Estate (2022 ONSC 4028)
deceased — outline — document — will — testamentary
Justice C. MacLeod

Estate of Tanya Claudia Davies (2022 ONSC 4017)
estate — bond — wedding — deceased — trusteeship
Justice C. MacLeod

Sourges v. Sourges (2022 ONSC 3939)
signing — don t know — property — evidence — assets
Justice M. Smith

Falsetto v. Falsetto (2022 ONSC 3701)
properties — funds — gift — evidence — father
Justice R. Smith

Divisional Court Decisions by Ottawa Judges or of Local Interest

Kim v. McIntosh (2022 ONSC 4176)
motion for leave — endorsement — recusal — stay — moot
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Rideau Action Group Inc. v. Ottawa (City) et. al. (2022 ONSC 4219)
planning — donut — village — warehouse — site
Justice C. MacLeod

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Sparr c. Downing (2022 ONCA 537)
motion — prorogation — auteur — interjeter — ordonnés
Juge G. Pardu

Golden Oaks Enterprises Inc. v. Scott (2022 ONCA 509)
unjust enrichment — bankruptcy — apply the corporate attribution doctrine — investors — creditors
Justices G. Strathy, L. Roberts, and L. Sossin

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Family Matters

Chartrand v. Ebokem (2022 ONSC 4313)
advice — motion — divulging — wife — legal
Justice J. Audet

Donahue v. Stacey (2022 ONSC 4220)
father — income — child support arrears — on-going child support — pay
Justice N. Somji

Warren v. Binette (2022 ONSC 4218)
father — parenting time — contempt — children — boys
Justice N. Somji

L.M.L.B. v. L.M.B. (2022 ONSC 4194)
secure treatment — serious bodily harm — behaviours — mental disorder — self-harming
Justice M. Smith

Duggan v. Duggan (2022 ONSC 4184)
father — amount — child support arrears — passport — income
Justice N. Somji

Swinton v. Minifie (2022 ONSC 4171)
child support — father — expenses — evidence — income
Justice P. MacEachern

Civil Matters

MBC Law Professional Corporation v. Adsett (2022 ONSC 4378)
firm — retainer — assessment officer — motion to oppose confirmation — delay
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Barber v. Stratton (2022 ONSC 4376)
home — partition — mortgage — motion — trust
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Salguiero et al. v. Instant Brands Inc. et al. (2022 ONSC 4345)
service — served — defence — insurer — foreign
Justice C. MacLeod

Doef v Hockey Canada et al. (2022 ONSC 4273)
costs thrown away — motion for summary — indemnity — time spent — legal team
Justice M. Smith

Maynard v. Kerr (2022 ONSC 4259)
landlord — eviction — tenant — unit — member
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Falsetto v. Ottawa (City) (2022 ONSC 4208)
partial indemnity costs — motion — lawyers — hours — principles
Justice G. Tranmer

Feng v. Feng et al (2022 ONSC 4153)
set-aside the noting — motion to strike — deadline — deliver — costs
Associate Justice A. Kaufman

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Yanic Dufresne Excavation Inc. v. Saint Joseph Developments Ltd. (2022 ONCA 556)
motion — fiduciary capacity — debt — misappropriation — extrinsic evidence
Justices M. Tulloch, P. Lauwers, and D. Paciocco

Sorbam Investments Ltd. v. Litwack (2022 ONCA 551)
contaminant migration — property — incremental damage — contaminants — nuisance
Justices G. Huscroft, I. Nordheimer, and J. Copeland

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Family Matters

Herbert v. Warsame Nur (2022 ONSC 4614)
father — children — parenting time — income — spousal support
Justice P. MacEachern

McNulty v. Graham (2022 ONSC 4487)
child — parenting time — sole decision-making authority — daycare — care
Justice T. Engelking

Civil Matters

Right at Home Realty v. TRU Realty et al. (2022 ONSC 4677)
agents — motion — evidence — preserve — notice
Justice C. MacLeod

Rui De Lima v. Gibsons LLP (2022 ONSC 4387)
refinancing — crisis — revenge — findings — assessment
Justice M. Smith

Brousseau v. La Cité Collégiale et al. (2022 ONSC 3306)
functus officio — costs — amount — pay — accidental omission
Justice R. Smith

Capital Sports Management Inc. v. Trinity Development Group Inc. (2022 ONSC 4404)
draft — confidentiality protocol — documents — implied undertaking — overreaches
Justice R. Ryan Bell

J. Lalonde & Fils (1980) Ltée. v. St-Denis (2022 ONSC 4328)
invoices — credit — genuine issue requiring — bankrupt — limitations
Associate Justice A. Kaufman

Browne et al. v. Meunier et al. (2022 ONSC 3118)
boathouse — shoreline — riparian owner — discoverability — water
Justice C. Hackland

Criminal Matters

R. v. Bernier (2022 ONSC 4672)
joinder — staying — proceedings — application — stay
Justice R. Ryan Bell

R. v. Landry (2022 ONSC 4483)
sexual — vaginal — massages — intercourse
Justice N. Somji

R. c. Fakhari (2022 ONCS 2873)
vidéo — visionnée — représente lui-même — preuve — modifiée
Juge J. Parfett

R v. AFG (2022 ONSC 4469)
reporting requirements — disproportionate — registration — fear — pornography
Justice R. Maranger

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Kim v. Ottawa (City of) (2022 ONSC 4648)
patron — staff — occupier — deputy judge erred — reasonably foreseeable
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Tega Homes (Attika) Inc. v. Spencedale Properties Limited (2022 ONCA 588)
post-judgment interest — agreements — damages — amount — security
Justice D. Brown

Kahsai v. Hagos (2022 ONCA 576)
spousal support — lump — financial statements — relationship — evidence
Justices M. Tulloch, P. Lauwers, and D. Paciocco

Golden Oaks Enterprises Inc. v. Scott (2022 ONCA 568)
costs — cross-appeal — trustee — indemnity — disparity
Justices G. Strathy, L. Roberts, and L. Sossin

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Family Matters

Vallee v. Inglis (2022 ONSC 4804)
child — parenting — father — school — uncontested
Justice N. Somji

Fitzgerald v. Fitzgerald (2022 ONSC 4771)
father — spousal support — costs — child support — retroactive
Justice N. Somji

Civil Matters

Singh et al. v. Teplitsky, Colson LLP (2022 ONSC 4743)
backlogs — motion — clients — solicitors — harnessed
Justice C. MacLeod

Harper v. MacDonald (2022 ONSC 4734)
emails — messages — vexatious — conference — lawyer
Justice S. Gomery

Balatchev v. TTK North America (2022 ONSC 4711)
cross-motion materials — motion — withdraw the admission — costs — termination
Justice M. Smith

Le Groupe Conseil Bronson Consulting Inc. et al v. Attorney General of Canada (2022 ONSC 4151)
discovery — spreadsheet — cancel the procurement — privilege — protocol
Associate Justice M. Fortier

Porter v. Hogue (2022 ONSC 4169)
strike — examinations for discovery — comply — motion — non-attendance was obtained
Associate Justice A. Kaufman

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Boily (2022 ONCA 611)
criminal negligence causing death — driving prohibition — dangerous driving — sentencing — offence
Justices J. M. Fairburn, J. MacPherson, and A. Harvison Young

2264052 Ontario Inc. (Louch & Louch) v. Brockville Centre Development Corp. (2022 ONCA 610)
fiduciary duty — drainage ditch — subdivision agreement — honest performance — mortgages
Justices G. Huscroft, I. Nordheimer, and J. Copeland

Sidiqi v. Ahmadzai (2022 ONCA 604)
father — child — stepfather — moved — best interests
Justice G. Pardu

Beaudoin v. Beaulieu (2022 ONCA 598)
motion — pillar — strike — affidavit — financial
Justices G. Pardu, A. Harvison Young, and L. Favreau

R. v. Wise (2022 ONCA 586)
juror — deliberations — mistrial — jury secrecy — jurors
Justices G. Strathy, S. Coroza, and J. George

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Family Matters

O’Brien v. Fitzgerald-O’Brien (2022 ONSC 4971)
exclusive possession — matrimonial home — jointly owned — partition — equalization payment
Justice I. Carter

Morgan v. Cunningham (2022 ONSC 4885)
costs — bad faith — child support — full indemnity basis — behaviour
Justice S. Corthorn

Civil Matters

Jevco Insurance Company v. Yu Hang (2022 ONSC 4961)
adjournment — stay — fairness — merits — dates
Justice A. London-Weinstein

Beazley v. Johnston et al. (2022 ONSC 2747)
https — www ncbi nlm nih gov — experts on cross-examination — pdf — document was abandoned
Justice S. Corthorn

Daly Square Inc. v. 1786097 Ontario Inc. (2022 ONSC 4908)
costs — all-inclusive full indemnity fees — data — motion — docketed
Justice H. Williams

McKenzie v. Hill (2022 ONSC 4881)
document — condo — death — valid holographic will — evidence
Justice H. Williams

Indian Agricultural Program of Ontario v. Hill (2022 ONSC 4835)
pre-judgment interest — farm equipment — proceeds — crop — contracts
Justice S. Corthorn

Divisional Court Matters of Local Interest

Capital Sports Management Inc. v Trinity Development (2022 ONSC 4774)
leave to intervene — motion for leave — objecting — retainer — proceeding
Justice W. Matheson

Court of Appeal Matters of Local Interest

First National Financial GP Corporation v. Golden (2022 ONCA 621)
mortgages — entitlement to accelerated interest — prepayment — contractual — properties
Justices J. MacPherson, K. van Rensburg, and L. Roberts

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Family Matters

El Himili v. Benmoussa (2022 ONSC 5311)
father — child support — income — parenting — uncontested
Justice N. Somji

Sanchez v. Sanchez (2022 ONSC 5296)
decision-making responsibility — father — full indemnity costs — equal parenting time — matrimonial home
Justice P. Roger

Yovcheva v. Hristov (2022 ONSC 5284)
child support — imputed — pay — annual income — primary residence
Justice T. Engelking

Swinton v. Minifie (2022 ONSC 5102)
costs — offer — bad faith — favourable — behaved
Justice P. MacEachern

Kraglund v. Carin (2022 ONSC 5010)
school — commute — intermediate — child — religion
Justice J. Parfett

Civil Matters

6844987 Canada Inc. v. The United People of Canada/Les Peuple Unis du Canada (2022 ONSC 5436)
lease — rent — deposits — pay — former church
Justice S. Gomery

Post v. Hillier (2022 ONSC 5253)
tweets — retraction — defamatory — contempt — posts
Justice N. Somji

Moore v. Habib-Allah (2022 ONSC 5290)
eviction scam — discloses no reasonable cause — emotional suffering — intentional infliction — exclusive jurisdiction
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Higashi v. Chiarot (2022 ONSC 5182)
offers to settle — management fee — costs — percent — expert
Justice M. Smith

Bouzanis v. Greenwood et al. (2022 ONSC 5262)
non-disclosure clause — release — settlement — confidentiality clause — executes a full
Justice J. Hooper

10490423 Canada Inc. v. 1951584 Ontario Inc. et al (2022 ONSC 5214)
proposed third-party — leased premises — motion — leave to bring an application — allegations
Association Justice A. Kaufman

1649050 Ontario LTD. v. Hargadon (2022 ONSC 5187)
solicitor-client relationship — timetable — strike — motion — communicate
Justice A. London-Weinstein

Browne et al. v. Meunier et al. (2022 ONSC 5141)
riparian — boathouse — costs — indemnity — water
Justice C. Hackland

Davidson v. Davidson (2022 ONSC 4375)
income — matrimonial home — evidence — property — value
Justice M. Labrosse

Belec v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (2022 ONSC 5098)
reverse summary — indexing — motion for summary — costs — spent
Justice R. Smith

Falsetto v. Falsetto et al. (2022 ONSC 5089)
offer to settle — properties — costs — impecuniousity — allegations
Justice R. Smith

Clayton v. Clayton et al. (2022 ONSC 4893)
post-hearing period — partial indemnity costs — personally — partial indemnity scale — conduct
Justice S. Corthorn

790432 Ontario Inc. v. 12219913 Canada Corp. et al. (2022 ONSC 5002)
setting aside the injunction — costs — successful — matrimonial — scrupulously
Justice J. Parfett

Criminal Matters

R. v. Tadesse (2022 ONSC 5128)
breath demand — arrest — officer — breath technician — delay
Justice N. Somji

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Mengesha (2022 ONCA 654)
breaches — arrest — fentanyl — fanny pack — detention
Justices M. Benotto, B. Miller, and S. Coroza

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Family Matters

Ngo Bikok c. Ngaleu Wansi (2022 ONCS 7256)
père — mère — responsabilité décisionnelle exclusive — motion pour jugement sommaire — résidence primaire
Juge M. Smith

Patterson v. Lightfoot (2022 ONSC 7729)
child support — parenting time — reunification counselling process — unsupervised — conduct
Justice P. MacEachern

Covell v. Covell (2022 ONSC 7232)
success was divided — costs — complied — lift the stay — amount
Justice I. Carter

Torgersrud v. Lightstone (2022 ONSC 7084)
instruments — husband — marriage — property — wife
Justice A. Doyle

E.M. v. C.V. (2022 ONSC 7037)
children — parenting time — best interests — concerns — child
Justice I. Carter

Beacock v. Hayes (2022 ONSC 7008)
costs — offers to settle — child support — parenting time — successful
Justice P. MacEachern

Horrocks v. McConville (2022 ONSC 6885)
matrimonial home — orders — vesting — non-compliant — striking
Justice M. Smith

Young v. Peters (2022 ONSC 6869)
child — parenting time — relocation — contempt — best interests
Justice M. Labrosse

Civil Matters

Neston v. Quadri (2022 ONSC 7308)
motor vehicle accident — residents — barred — sue — argues
Justice H. Williams

2705279 Ontario Inc. v. City View Green Holdings Inc. (2022 ONSC 7274)
landlord — lease — tenant — generator — injunction
Justice C. MacLeod

Robertson v. Diegel (2022 ONSC 7213)
lawyer — estate trustee — affidavit — costs to be incurred — struck
Justice A. Doyle

Emond v. Trillium Mutual Insurance Company (2022 ONSC 7082)
costs — amount — spent — partial indemnity — hours
Justice R. Ryan Bell

R & K Clark Enterprises v. I & T McNaughton Holdings (2022 ONSC 7124)
costs — motion — lawyer — set aside — client
Justice C. MacLeod

Lamoureux v. Low Murchison Radnoff LLP (2022 ONSC 7118)
dossiers et testaments — simplified procedure — tant qu avocat indépendant — motion — clients
Associate Justice A. Kaufman

Klinck v. Dorsay (2022 ONSC 6903)
midwife — physician — settle — genetic testing — motion
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Reset Electronics Inc. Hydro One Networks Inc. (2022 ONSC 6849)
kits — customers — projects — lighting — rebate
Justice S. Gomery

Eid v. Attorney General of Canada (2022 ONSC 6799)
pleads — bankruptcy — receivables — struck — damages for pain
Justice H. Williams

Li et al. v. Barber et al. (2022 ONSC 6899)
injunction — frozen funds — convoy — escrow fund — motion
Justice C. MacLeod

Life Long Landscaping Inc. v. 1414610 Ontario Inc. et al (2022 ONSC 6887)
deficiencies — stonework — examination for discovery — pool — admission
Associate Justice M. Fortier

Cohen v. Estate of Cohen (2022 ONSC 6810)
capacity — testimonial — communicate — witness — recollect
Justice A. Doyle

Chantrs Blinds and Shutters Inc. v. 2037208 Ontario Inc. (2022 ONSC 6852)
impecuniosity — security — costs — assets — shop
Justice N. Somji

Joseph v. Canada School of Public Service et al. (2022 ONSC 6734)
intrusion upon seclusion — workplace — collective agreement — security clearance — police
Justice C. Hackland

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

Baran v. Cranston (2022 ONSC 7198)
inclusive — costs — estate — substantial indemnity basis — facta
Justices K. Swinton, J. Ramsay, and J. Leiper

Ford v. University of Ottawa (2022 ONSC 6828)
preceptor — syllabus — student — evaluation — clinical
Justices K. Swinton, J. Ramsay, and J. Leiper

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Tall Ships Development Inc. v. Brockville (City) (2022 ONCA 861)
arbitrator — cost overruns — remediation — construction manager — procedural fairness
Justices D. Doherty, G. Huscroft, and A. Harvison Young

R. v. Guindon (2022 ONCA 821)
emails — victim — offence — information that could identify — messages
Justices J. Simmons, M. Tulloch, and G. Huscroft

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Family Matters

El Ouazzani v. Chabini (2023 ONSC 183)
husband — wife — costs — offers to settle — equalization payment
Justice A. Doyle

Vinette c Larivière (2023 ONSC 167)
police d assurance-vie — succession prétend — frais funéraires — dépens — indemnisation
Juge H. Williams

McMillan Barta v. Barta (2023 ONSC 125)
child support — parenting time — expenses — best interests — divorce
Justice P. MacEachern

Civil Matters

Justmark v. Infinitus (2023 ONSC 214)
motions — stay motion — partial indemnity costs — fees — hours
Justice H. Williams

Cohen v. Estate of Cohen (2023 ONSC 69)
financial statements for the fiscal — marriage contracts — motion — disclosure — documents
Justice A. Doyle

Bellama v. Trafalgar Insurance (2023 ONSC 172)
non-earner benefit — settlement — solicitor-client account — contingency fee — affidavit
Justice S. Corthorn

Buis v. Keurig Canada Inc. (2023 ONSC 87)
class — coffee pods — consortium — carriage motion — litigation
Justice C. MacLeod

Summers v. Oz Optics Limited (2022 ONSC 6225)
termination — notice — wilful — job postings — cause
Justice C. Hackland

Criminal Matters

R. v. Phaneuf (2023 ONSC 268)
school — phone — messages — email — house
Justice S. Gomery

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Family Matters

Nyantakyi v. Aryee (2023 ONSC 544)
father — behaved unreasonably — fees — costs — conferences
Justice J. Audet

Futi v. Ogunkoya (2023 ONSC 446)
father — motion — costs — expenses — child
Justice J. Audet

Mansour v. Hassan (2023 ONSC 505)
child — parenting time — best interests — daycare — material change
Justice A. London-Weinstein

Burton v. Fraser (2023 ONSC 407)
child support — father — income — payor — retroactive
Justice N. Somji

Bernard et al. v. Fuhgeh (2023 ONSC 376)
costs awards — motions to set aside — self-represented is self-represented — stay — cross-motion
Justice D. Summers

Civil Matters

DH Partnership Ltd. v. 10313149 Canada Inc. (2023 ONSC 667)
mortgage — post-judgment interest — loan — set aside — defence
Justice C. MacLeod

Portelance v. 1343633 Ontario Inc. (2023 ONSC 643)
shares — summary judgment motion — fact-finding powers — payments — expenses
Justice S. Gomery

McMullen v. Dilawri Property Holdings Ltd. (2023 ONSC 599)
transaction — buyer — intention to purchase the property — offer — exercised
Justice C. Hackland

Overtveld v. Overtveld (2023 ONSC 460)
capacity — attorney for personal care — revoke a power — property — assessment
Justice M. Labrosse

Wilson v. 356119 Ontario Ltd. et al. (2023 ONSC 600)
salt — parking lot — mall — snow — elbow
Justice A. Doyle

Cash Cloud v. BitAccess (2023 ONSC 343)
software — cryptocurrency kiosks — deactivate — undertaking — urgent
Justice J. Hooper

McMullen v. Dilawri Property Holdings Ltd (2022 ONSC 7182)
purchaser — application — extinguished — offer to purchase the property — affidavit
Justice H. Williams

Caron v. Bluteau (2023 ONSC 429)
evidence — motion — genuine issue requiring — summary — affidavit
Justice R. Smith

Goble v. Onyx Community Service (2023 ONSC 393)
declared a vexatious litigant — lawyers — damages — discontinued — conspiracy
Justice S. Gomery

Russo v. Barrett et. al. (2023 ONSC 390)
appraisals — purchase the property — fair market value — refusal — agreement
Justice C. MacLeod

Criminal Matters

R. v. Trudel (2023 ONSC 640)
sentence — methamphetamine — drug trafficking — hydromorphone — offender
Justice S. Gomery

R. v. Mankal (2023 ONSC 519)
pinpoint pupils — concussion — evidence — ptosis — pinpoint eyes
Justice I. Carter

R. v. Hikoalok (2023 ONSC 406)
convictions — jury — sexual — criminal record — expert
Justice A. London-Weinstein

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

MacKenzie v. Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (2023 ONCA 43)
household — eligible for rent-geared-to-income assistance — unit — extenuating circumstances — composition
Justices B. Zarnett, S. Coroza, and L. Favreau

Corrigan v. Ontario (2023 ONCA 39)
motion — notice — nullity from the time — complying — struck
Justices D. Doherty, B. Zarnett, and L. Sossin

Thorman v. McGraw (2022 ONCA 851)
public interest — expression — motion — reputational harm — analysis
Justices P. Lauwers, L. Roberts, and B. Miller

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Family Matters

Miles v. Bradley (2023 ONSC 931)
contempt — failed to adhere — daycare — jiu-jitsu — summer
Justice T. Engelking

McMillan Barta v. Barta (2023 ONSC 845)
costs — favorable — child — offer — motion to change
Justice P. MacEachern

Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v. C.D. et al. (2023 ONSC 838)
student — summary judgment motion — foster parents — available — indicated
Justice J. Audet

Northcott v. Ersoy (2023 ONSC 236)
child support — tax returns — retroactive adjustment — rental income for rental property — total rental income for rental
Justice C. MacLeod

Inosante v. Brooks (2023 ONSC 678)
father — child support — leave to bring a motion — parenting — material
Justice P. MacEachern

Civil Matters

Park v. Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. (2023 ONSC 1013)
email — deletion — assistant buyer — misconduct — deleted the website
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Howard v. 1880485 Ontario Inc. (2023 ONSC 920)
agreement — purchaser — monies — land — lien
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Kirkland v. Nagy et al. (2023 ONSC 871)
letters — public interest — expressions — termination — professionalism
Justice M. Smith

Alafi v. Lindenbach (2023 ONSC 831)
substitute decision-maker — motion — leave to amend — duty to report — post-partum period
Justice S. Corthorn

Colbert v. Colbert et al. (2023 ONSC 811)
vexatious litigant — emails — father — will — electronic
Justice S. Gomery

Reinboldt v. Cameron (2023 ONSC 842)
accounts — passing — mortgage payments — grantor — misfeasance
Associate Justice M. Fortier

Rahmal-Shah v. Jones et al. (2023 ONSC 820)
emails — cancer — limitation period — sugar daddies — dating
Justice R. Smith

Summers v. OZ Optics Limited (2023 ONSC 723)
termination — offer — damages — partial indemnity costs — application
Justice C. Hackland

Henry v. Boivin et al. (2023 ONSC 663)
orthopaedic surgeon — air cast — immobilize — ultrasound — tendon
Justice P. Roger

Ottawa Rental and Supply v. 12050021 Canada Inc. et al. (2023 ONSC 665)
post-judgment interest — corporation — pre-judgment interest rate — motion — dispensing with the requirement
Justice S. Corthorn

Criminal Matters

R v. James Ralph Bauder (2023 ONSC 996)
venue — convoy — jury — media — impartial
Justice C. Hackland

R. v. Barilla (2023 ONSC 936)
disturbance — customer — door — reasons — exit
Justice A. London-Weinstein

R. v. Hikoalok (2023 ONSC 708)
voluntariness — police — officer — quid pro quo — utterances
Justice A. London-Weinstein

Divisional Court Decisions by Ottawa Judges

Tartu College v. Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (2023 ONSC 745)
self-contained units — physical layout — suites — occupancy arrangements — students
Justice C. Hackland

2813127 Ontario Inc. v. His Majesty the King (2023 ONSC 808)
convictions — automatic prohibition — tobacco retail — notice — owner
Justice H. Williams

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Family Matters

Quinteros v. Diaz (2023 CanLII 13077)
Civil procedure — Case management — Uncontested trials — Grounds for uncontested trial — Civil procedure — Pleadings — Failure to file pleadings — Loss of right to further participation in case — Discretion to override exclusion
Justice N. Somji

Egan v. McAlpine (2023 ONSC 1193)
Civil procedure — Costs — Entitlement — Presumption of entitlement for successful party — Measure of success
Justice N. Somji

Akyuz v. Sahin (2023 ONSC 1024)
Conflict of laws — Family law — Divorce decree — successful party at interim motion — Summary judgment
Justice A. Doyle

Civil Matters

Demers v. Ontario (2023 ONSC 1267)
Practice — Motions to strike pleadings — No reasonable cause of action — Rule 21.01(1)(a),(b), Rule 25
Justice S. Gomery

Brown v. Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP (2023 ONSC 1137)
Professions — Barristers and solicitors — Solicitor-client privilege — Waiver
Justice S. Gomery

Cougle v. Menzies et al. (2023 ONSC 1110)
Civil procedure — Rules of Civil Procedure — Pleadings — Striking out — Vexatious litigant
Justice S. Corthorn

Criminal Matters

R. v. Downey (2023 ONSC 1111)
Criminal law — Judicial interim release — Revocation
Justice N. Somji

Divisonal Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Goble v. Onyx Community Services (2023 ONSC 1052)
Appeals — Rules of Civil Procedure
Justice C. MacLeod

Amadiegwu v. Aviva General Insurance Company (2023 ONSC 1256)
Insurance law — Income replacement benefits — Civil procedure — Appeals — Standard of review
Justices C. MacLeod, C. Backhouse, and R. Lococo

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Abdelrazzaq (2023 ONCA 112)
Constitutional law — Charter of Rights — Cruel and unusual treatment — Remedies — Forfeiture — Criminal Code
Justices D. Doherty, L. Favreau, and J. Copeland

R. v. Mohamed (2023 ONCA 104)
Criminal law — Evidence — Hearsay — Principled hearsay exception — Crown appeal
Justices J. Simmons, D. Paciocco, and B. Zarnett

Corrigan v. Ontario (2023 ONCA 108)
Crown — Actions against Crown — nullity — Reasonableness of the decision — Crown Liability and Proceedings Act, 2019
Justices D. Doherty, B. Zarnett, and L. Sossin

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Family Matters

Torgersrud v. Lightstone (2023 ONSC 1603)
Family law — Civil procedure — Costs — bursements — Equalization of net family property
Justice A. Doyle

Maclean v. Courville (2023 ONSC 1371)
Family law — Motion to vary — Child support — Arrears — Expenses
Justice T. Engelking

Civil Matters

Li v. Barber (2023 ONSC 1679)
Civil litigation — Motion to strike statement of claim — Class proceedings
Justice C. MacLeod

Bluteau v. Griffiths (2023 ONSC 1004)
Practice — Motion to strike pleadings — Rules of Civil Procedure
Justice M. Labrosse

Fire Team K-9’s Inc. v. Smith (2023 ONSC 1564)
Civil procedure — Simplified procedure — Summary judgments
Justice A. Doyle

Chantrs Blinds v. 2037208 Ontario Inc. (2023 ONSC 1578)
Civil procedure — Costs — Motions
Justice N. Somji

Cohen v. Estate of Cohen (2023 ONSC 1481)
Civil procedure — Costs — Assessment of quantum — Full recovery
Justice A. Doyle

Cohen v. Estate of Cohen (2023 ONSC 1409)
Evidence — Witnesses — Competence and compellability — Child witnesses — Mental incompetence — Ontario Evidence Act
Justice A. Doyle

Shillington v. Stover (2023 ONSC 1463)
Civil procedure — Pleadings — Statement of claim
Justice C. MacLeod

Beraskow v. Canadian Internet Registration Authority (2023 ONSC 1412)
Practice — Motions to strike — No reasonable cause of action — Rule 25.11
Associate Justice A. Kaufman

The Canada Soccer Association Incorporated v. Association de Soccer de Brossard (2023 ONSC 1367)
Award — Enforcement — Stay
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Falsetto v. Falsetto (2023 ONSC 1351)
Real property — Joint tenancy — Presumption of resulting trust — Planning Act
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Addy v. Goulet (2023 ONSC 1265)
Torts — Negligence — Occupiers’ liability — Duty of care — Standard of care — Occupiers’ Liability Act
Justice H. Williams

Lester v. Lester (2023 ONSC 1450)
Wills and estates — Estate trustees — Appointments
Justice S. Gomery

Law Society of Ontario v. Metrolinx (2023 ONSC 1169)
Injunctions — Interlocutory injunctions — Buildingsteads — Ontario Heritage Act
Justice C. Hackland

Haudenosaunee Development Institute v. Metrolinx (2023 ONSC 1170)
Injunctions — Interlocutory relief — Balance of convenience
Justice C. Hackland

Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest

G.S. v. S.B. (2023 ONSC 1542)
Family law — Custody and access — Civil procedure — Appeals — Stay pending appeal — Children’s Law Reform Act
Justice R. Ryan Bell

Li v. Barber (2023 ONSC 1292)
Constitutional law — Charter of Rights — Fundamental Freedoms — Freedom of expression
Justices D.L. Corbett, R. Lococo, and J. Trimble

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Rudin-Brown v. Brown (2023 ONCA 151)
Wills and estates — Power of attorney for property — Fraud — Perjury
Justices L. Roberts, I. Nordheimer, and L. Favreau

Haudenosaunee Development Institute v. Metrolinx (2023 ONCA 144)
Administrative law — Judicial bias — Motions to quash — Jurisdiction
Justices J. MacPherson, K. van Rensburg, and M. Benotto

Sumner v. Ottawa (Police Services) (2023 ONCA 140)
Civil procedure — Striking pleadings — Frivolous — Vexatious — Abuse of process
Justices A. Harvison Young, J. Thorburn, and J. Copeland