Top 5 Civil Appeals From The Court Of Appeal (July 2014 - Video Companion)

Appellate lawyer, Cynthia Kuehl provides a summary of Lerners' Top 5 Ontario civil appeals decisions from July 2014. 1. Trillium Motor World Ltd. v. General Motors of Canada Limited, 2014 ONCA 497. The Court of Appeal considering whether a motions judge erred in applying the 4th presumptive connecting factor from the Van Breda test requiring that a contract be connected with a dispute was made in the province, whether a motions judge erred in applying the 2nd presumptive connecting factor from the Van Breda test requiring a defendant to be carrying on business in Ontario, and whether or not Quebec would be more appropriate than Ontario for the third party proceedings against Quebec counsel. The Court of Appeal dismissed the action noting it was fair to subject the third party appellants to the power of the Ontario courts. 2...