Court Of Appeal Summaries (January 13 – January 17, 2020)

Hello again.

There were only two substantive civil decisions this week. One was a residential tenancy matter. The other was an estates matter that reminds us that claims for purely declaratory relief (in that case, whether a codicil was or was not valid) are not subject to any limitation period.

Please join me and Lea Nebel at our "Top Appeals of 2019" CLE (registration is now open at the OBA's website), dinner program to take place at the OBA on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Three decisions will be featured. The first is Darmar Farms v Sygenta, which deals with the potential new tort of "premature commercialization" and pure economic loss in product liability context. The second is The Guarantee Company of North America v Royal Bank of Canada regarding the priority of construction trust claims in bankruptcy. The third is Wright v Urbanek, which deals with the scope of the doctrines of abuse of process and collateral attack.

John Polyzogopoulos Blaney McMurtry LLP 416.593.2953 Email

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Piekut v. Romoli , 2020 ONCA 26

Keywords: Wills and Estates, Codicils, Validity, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Limitation Periods, Declaratory Relief, Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sched. B, Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, Leibel v. Leibel, 2014 ONSC 4516, Birtzu v. McCron, 2017 ONSC 1420

Bernard Property Maintenance v. Taylor , 2020 ONCA 27

Keywords: Real Property, Residential Tenancies, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Stay Pending Appeal, Orders, Varying or Setting Aside, Self-Represented Litigants, Canadian Judicial Council Statement of Principles on Self-Represented Litigants and Accused Persons

Short Civil Decisions

Jadhav v. Jadhav, 2020 ONCA 19

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Appeals, Extension of Time, Stay Pending Appeal, Jurisdiction, Interlocutory Orders, Settlement Conferences

BMO Trust Company v. Childs, 2020 ONCA 21]

Keywords: Wills and Estates, Civil Procedure, Passing of Accounts, Vexatious Litigants, Abuse of Process

Criminal Decisions

R. v Roy, 2020 ONCA 18

Keywords: Criminal Law, Firearms Offences, Controlled Substances, Search and Seizure, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s 8, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, S.C. 1996, c. 19, R. v Tessling, 2004 SCC 67, R. v. Edwards, [1996] 1 SCR. 128, R. v White, 2015 ONCA 508, R. v Campbell, [1999] 1 SCR 565

R. v. K.R., 2020 ONCA 20

Keywords: Criminal law, Sexual Interference, Sexual Abuse, R. v W.(D.), [1991] 1 SCR 742

R. v. R.D.,2020 ONCA 23

Keywords: Criminal law, Sexual Interference, Sexual Assault, Uttering Threats, Jury Charges, R. v Jacquard, [1997] 1 SCR 314, R. v Newton, 2017 ONCA 496, R. v Huard, 2013 ONCA 650

R. v. G., 2020 ONCA 24

Keywords: Criminal Law, Sexual Assault, Sentencing, R. v W.(D.), [1991] 1 SCR 742, R. v H.C., 2009 ONCA 56, R. v Phan, 2013 ONCA 787

R. v. K., 2020 ONCA 22

Keywords: Criminal Law, Bank Fraud, Sentencing, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s 11(b), R. v Imola, 2019 ONCA 556, R. v Jordan, 2016 SCC 27, R. v. Kazman, 2017 ONSC 5300

R. v B,2020 ONCA 25

Keywords: Criminal Law, Robbery, Kidnapping, Possession of Stolen Property, R. v Mahmood, 2011 ONCA 693, R. v Thompson, [1990] 2 SCR 1111, R. v Vu, 2013 SCC 60

R. v W.,2020 ONCA 30

Keywords: Criminal Law, Dangerous Driving Causing Death, Evidence, Experts, Causation

CIVIL DECISIONS

Piekut v. Romoli, 2020 ONCA 26

[Strathy C.J.O, MacPherson and Jamal JJ.A.]

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