02 October

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Contract- unjust enrichment- proprietary estoppel – Constructive trust

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*TOMEK V. ZABUKOVEC 2020 ONSC 2930 Contracts — Formation — Husband and wife in divorce application seeking remedy regarding property acquired by husband’s father — Father acquiring property with the intention of severing and building houses for himself and for husband and wife — Development restriction allowing only one house to be built — Husband and wife building and living in house — Husband believing he would inherit property — Father dying intestate — Wife failing to establish oral agreement for transfer of property from father to husband and wife. Estoppel — Proprietary estoppel — Husband and wife in divorce application seeking...

24 September

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Ontario Business Corporations Act, Oppression Remedy, Damage, Trial, Appeal, Costs

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*Georgakakos v. Georgakakos 2020 ONSC 2256 The appellants were minority shareholders in a family holding company, AG, controlled by their father, the individual respondent. Initially, he owned 51 per cent of the shares of the company and held 40 per cent of the shares in trust for the appellants, with his wife holding the remaining nine per cent. After he and his wife divorced, the wife resigned as a director and transferred her shares to one of the respondent holding companies. AG owned shares in a company that operated a poultry processing operation. Another of the shareholders of that company decided...

27 August

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#Real #Estate #Litigation: Breach of Agreement, Damage, Loss

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*Pordell v. Crowther Estate 2020 ONSC 1635 The plaintiff agreed to purchase from the defendant a residential property with a closing date of June 22. The agreement contained a standard insurance clause providing that the risk remain with the seller until completion and that in the event of “substantial damage”, the buyer had the option of terminating the agreement or taking insurance proceeds and completing the purchase. The agreement allowed for four visits by the purchaser prior to closing. The plaintiff had exercised one visit before discovering a fire on April 27, by which time the property had been vacant for...

23 March

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Rumsam v. Pakes – Limitation Period, Discoverability

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*Rumsam v. Pakes 2019 ONCA 748 Limitations â€” Discoverability â€” Reasonable diligence â€” Plaintiff suing clinic and doctor who treated her for wrist injury for negligence in failing to advise her that follow-up x-ray was required â€” Plaintiff discovering by August 2013 at latest that x-ray report that recommended follow-up x-ray was reviewed by unidentified clinic doctor and not by defendant â€” Plaintiff moving to add that doctor as defendant in January 2017 â€” Motion judge erring in granting motion â€” Plaintiff not exercising reasonable diligence after discovering claim against unidentified doctor as she took no steps to determine doctorâ€™s identity for...

23 March

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Mulholland v. BMO Trust Co- Succession Law Reform Act, Equitable Remedy

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*Mulholland v. BMO Trust Co.2019 ONSC 5785 Civil procedure â€” Costs â€” Full indemnity â€” Substantial indemnity â€” Estoppel â€” Proprietary estoppel â€” Elements â€” Representation element â€” Reliance element â€” Detriment element â€”Â Â Trusts and trustees â€” Trustees â€” Duties â€” Trusts and trustees â€” Trustees â€” Liability â€” Wills and estates â€” Dependantsâ€™ relief â€” Entitlement â€”Succession Law Reform Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.26. The respondent and her husband had nine children. In 1983, one of the children left school due to health problems and returned to live with his parents on a horse farm property his father had recently purchased....

02 November

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Family Law: Spousal Support, Summary Judgment

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*Birnie v. Birnie Estate] 2019 ONSC 2152 The applicant and B entered into a separation agreement in 2004 that required B to obtain a life insurance policy in the amount of $500,000 designating the applicant as the irrevocable beneficiary and to maintain that beneficiary designation for so long as he was required to pay spousal support to the applicant. B did not obtain the contemplated insurance. He died in 2017. The applicant brought an application for an order requiring Bâ€™s estate to pay her $500,000 and a motion for summary judgment. Held, the motion should be granted. The sole purpose of the life...

02 October

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Civil Litigation: Contract, Trust, Property, Real Estate, Damage, Trial, Appeal

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**Paulus et al. v. Fleury2018 ONCA1072 During a pre-trial conference in an action for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident, counsel for the plaintiffs stated that he had â€œindependentâ€ witnesses to the collision who were â€œgood peopleâ€ and â€œsolid good witnessesâ€. The defendantâ€™s counsel agreed to settle theclaim. Defence counsel thendiscovered that the witnessesâ€™ son lived across the street from the plaintiffs. He repudiated thesettlement. The plaintiffs brought a motion to enforce the settlement. Theyarguedthatwhentheircounseldescribedthewitnessesasindependent,hemeant that they could give evidence extrinsic to that of the plaintiffs, as they were in a separate car in a separate lane, and not that they did not know the plaintiffs. The motion judge rejected that interpretation. He found that the plaintiffsâ€™ counselâ€™sstatementthatthewitnesseswereâ€œindependentâ€wasastatementoffact,not opinion, and that it was untrue. He concluded that the statement amounted to civil fraud and...

02 October

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Family Law: Spousal Support, Propertyâ€‹ Division

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Climans v. Latner 2019 ONSC 1311** The parties separated in 2015 after a 14-year relationship that was sexual in nature. During that relationship, they maintained separate Toronto residences. The applicant claimed that she kept her own house so that her children from a previous marriage could be close to their school. The respondent, who was extremely wealthy, paid all of the applicantâ€™s expenses and provided her with spending money. They exchanged rings and held themselves out to others as a couple. After the separation, the applicant brought an application for spousal support. The respondent claimed that the applicant was his...

13 October

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Aquilina v. Aquilina, Family & Divorce Law

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Family & Divorce Law, equalization of net family property, intestate, election *Aquilina v. Aquilina, 2018 ONSC 3607 The applicantâ€™s husband died intestate shortly after receiving a cancer diagnosis. The deceasedâ€™s complex international estate would not be an easy one to administer. As yet, the estate had no administrator. The applicant brought an application to extend the six-month deadline under s. 6 of the Family Law Act (â€œFLAâ€) for electing to receive an equalization payment under the FLA in lieu of her entitlement under the Succession Law Reform Act. Held, the application should be allowed. Any time prescribed by the FLA can be extended pursuant...

29 August

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Family and Divorce Law: Child Support, Retroactive, Prospective, Child Access, Custody

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Citation: Athwal v. Athwal, 2007 BCSC 221 [1] The parties have each made applications to the court relating to the support of their daughter who turned 19 years old on November 7, 2006. Ms. Athwal seeks an increase in child support retroactive to 1999. Mr. Athwal opposes a retroactive increase and also seeks an order determining that his obligation to pay child support ceased upon his daughter reaching the age of majority. [2] The parties married in 1982 and separated in 1988 when their daughter, Ramonique, was six months old. On June 25, 1990,...

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