Find below recently published Ottawa decisions, available for free through CanLII.org.
Family Matters
Cohen v. Estate of Cohen (2021 ONSC 2463)
laches — equitable — contract — declaratory relief — amendment
Justice A. Doyle
G. (M.H.) v. B. (R.J.) (2021 ONSC 2467)
tort — family — divorce proceeding — joinder — pleading
Justice C. MacLeod
Telford v. Waite (2021 ONSC 2264)
joint family venture — income — cohabitation — arguable defense on the merits — spousal support
Justice J. Mackinnon
Van Delst v. Hronowsky (2021 ONSC 2353)
tax rate — normal retirement age — equalization payment — pension — value
Justice T. Engelking
The Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v. U.P. (2021 ONSC 2321)
children — father — care — six-month supervision — best interests
Justice N. Somji
Civil Matters
Bennett v. Swift (2021 ONSC 2585)
contempt remedy — documents — partnership — motion — last resort
Justice R. Ryan Bell
Lamoureux et al. v. Vice & Hunter LLP et al. (2021 ONSC 2549)
accounts — bills — assessment — interim — special circumstances
Justice M. James
Singh v. Tolton (2021 ONSC 2528)
personal care — legal representation — appearing — attorney — appointed
Justice R. Ryan Bell
Pinon v. Ottawa (City) (2021 ONSC 2482)
costs — partial indemnity — class — disbursements — fees
Justice C. MacLeod
Joseph O’Regan v. Carleton Condominium Corporation 169 et al (2021 ONSC 2448)
costs — condominium — motion — indemnity — remediation
Master A. Kaufman
Hodder v. Eouanzoui (2021 ONSC 2391)
arbitration — deposit — sought — costs — bilingual
Justice R. Beaudoin
Lamontagne v. J.L. Richards & Associates Limited (2021 ONSC 2133)
termination clause — notice — employment — pandemic — cause
Justice P. Roger
Boone v. O’Kelly (2021 ONSC 2308)
wheelchair — care — crumbling skull — walker — occupational therapist
Justice R. Beaudoin
Criminal Matters
R. v. Marmontel (2021 ONSC 2520)
conditional sentence — perjury — pandemic — preliminary inquiry — supervisor
Justice C. Aitken
R. v. Daley (2021 ONSC 2282)
assault causing bodily harm — house arrest — conditional sentence — bail — probation officer
Justice C. Aitken
R. v. Starnaman (2021 ONSC 2390)
year-old girl — sexual — offender — children — behaviour
Justice K. Phillips
R. v. Aden (2021 ONSC 2370)
pandemic — fentanyl — sentence — trafficking — pre-sentence custody
Justice A. London-Weinstein
R. v. Gabriel (2021 ONSC 2488)
pre-sentence report-writer — sentence — impaired driving causing death — victims — criminal negligence causing death
Justice N. Champagne
Divisional Court Decisions of Local Interest
Feinstein v. Freedman (2021 ONSC 1493)
trustee — costs — compensation — accounts — beneficiaries
Justices G. Ellies, K. Swinton, and J. McCarthy
Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest
Mohamoud v. Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 25 (2021 ONCA 191)
fans — noise — unit — application — reasonable expectations
Justices M. Tulloch, B. Miller, and J. Thorburn