Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 24 – February 28, 2020)

Good afternoon.

Curiously, there was only one substantive civil decision of the Court of Appeal this week. In Nolet v Fischer, the Court of Appeal applied the principle of statutory interpretation expressio unius est exclusio alternius (to express one thing is to exclude another) in determining that the Occupiers' Liability Act does not preclude one occupier of a premises from having a duty of care towards another occupier of the same premises. Until next week,

Table of Contents

Civil Decisions

Nolet v Fisher , 2020 ONCA 155

Keywords: Torts, Negligence, Occupiers' Liability, Duty of Care, Statutory Interpretation, Expressio unius est exclusio alternius, Occupiers' Liability Act, RSO 1990, c O2

Short Civil Decisions

Van Nispen v McCarron & Chobotiuk Financial Services Inc, 2020 ONCA 146 (Appeal Book Endorsement)

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Leave to Appeal, Fresh Evidence, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 39.02

Hydroclave Systems Corp v Gammon, 2020 ONCA 147 (Appeal Book Endorsement)

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Limitation Periods, Discoverability, Limitations Act, 2002, SO 2002, c 24, Sched B, ss 5(1)(a)(iii), (iv)

Temple v Moorey, 2020 ONCA 148 (Appeal Book Endorsement)

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 37.14(1)(b)

2503257 Ontario Ltd v 2505304 Ontario Inc (Good Guys Gas Bar), 2020 ONCA 149

Keywords: Civil Procedure, Appeals, Jurisdiction, Real Property, Commercial Tenancies, Vacant Possession, Commercial Tenancies Act, RSO 1990, C L7, s78(1)

Criminal Decisions

R v D, 2020 ONCA 145

Keywords: Criminal Law, Drug Offences, Evidence, Burden of Proof, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s 8, R v Thompson, 2015 ONCA 800, R v Dunstan, 2017 ONCA 432

R v Y, 2020 ONCA 150

Keywords: Criminal Law, Manslaughter, Sentencing, R v Lacasse, 2015 SCC 64, R v Araya, 2015 ONCA 854

R v K, 2020 ONCA 151

Keywords: Criminal Law, Second Degree Murder, Self-Defence, Jury Instructions, Opinion Evidence

R v K, 2020 ONCA 157 (Publication Ban)

Keywords: Criminal Law, Personal Injury Offences, Domestic Abuse, Dangerous Offenders, Evidence, Similar Facts

R v F, 2020 ONCA 158 (Publication Ban)

Keywords: Criminal Law, Sexual Assault, Jury Instructions

R v B, 2020 ONCA 154 (Publication Ban)

Keywords: Criminal Law, Sexual Assault, Administering a Noxious Substance, Sentencing, R v Kienapple, [1975] 1 SCR 729

R v H, 2020 ONCA 156 (Appeal Book Endorsement)

Keywords: Criminal Law, Abandoned Appeal

Ontario Review Board Decisions

A (Re), 2020 ONCA 152

Keywords: Ontario Review Board, Arson, Not Criminally Responsible

F (Re), 2020 ONCA 153

Keywords: Ontario Review Board, Assault, Not Criminally Responsible, Detention Order, Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46, s 672.54(a), 672.78(1)(a)

H (Re), 2020 ONCA 161

Keywords: Ontario Review Board, Conditional Discharge, New Hearing

CIVIL DECISIONS

Nolet v Fischer, 2020 ONCA 155

[Feldman, Fairburn, and Jamal JJA]

Counsel:

JP McCoy, for the appellant

C Leddy, for the respondent

Keywords: Torts, Negligence, Occupiers' Liability, Duty of Care, Statutory Interpretation, Expressio unius est exclusio...