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Family Matters

Kahsai v Hagos (2015 ONSC 3900)
spousal support — income — children — divorce — expenses
Justice M. Shelston

Blois v Gleason (2015 ONSC 4262)
post-secondary education — child — post-secondary expenses — amount — annum
Justice J. Mackinnon

Dumais c. Bergeron (2015 ONCS 3346)
résidence — pension alimentaire — horaire — impaires — grands-parents paternels
Juge M. Shelston

Buckland v Buckland (2015 ONSC 4195)
possession of the matrimonial home — listing — income — child — exclusive possession of the matrimonial
Justice M. Shelston

Hutchinson v Hutchinson (2015 ONSC 4252)
settlement conference — disclosure — reason to doubt the correctness — seeks — relevant
Justice J. Mackinnon

Rolland v Tevendale (2015 ONSC 3226)
spousal support — separation agreement — marriage — domestic contract — set aside
Justice P. Smith

Civil Matters

Carleton Condominium Corp. No. 25 v Patrick Eagan (2015 ONSC 4353)
pest control treatment — bed bugs — bed bug infestation — unit — condominium
Justice S. Corthorn

Brooks v Conference Board of Canada (2015 ONSC 4087)
reemployment — notice — compensation — saturated — termination
Justice C. Hackland

Tierney (Estate) v Brown (2015 ONSC 4137)
estate trustees — solicitor — late — passing of accounts — handled
Justice C. Hackland

Paquette c. Quadraspec (2015 ONCS 4179)
dépens — motion — taux d indemnisation partielle — dommages-intérêts compensatoires — tarifs
Juge P. Kane

7250118 Canada Inc. v 2308095 Ontario Inc. (2015 ONSC 4095)
deposit — contract — texts — project — evidence
Regional Senior Justice J. McNamara

Attorney General of Ontario v $17,700.00 in Canadian Currency (In Rem) (2015 ONSC 4301)
affidavit of merits — deponent — attached as an exhibit — cross-examine the deponents — res judicata
Justice S. Kershman

Childs v Childs (2015 ONSC 4036)
compensation — personal care — best interests — guardian — siblings
Justice G. Tranmer

Raji v Myers (2015 ONSC 4066)
vexatious — high profiled individuals — experiment — plot — frivolous
Justice R. Beaudoin

Criminal Matters

R. v Cross (2015 ONSC 4251)
sexual — evening — bedroom — texted — choked
Justice C. Hackland

R. v Charron (2015 ONSC 4150)
notes — t-shirt worn — lineup — defence
Justice C. McKinnon

R. v H. (2015 ONSC 4054)
sexual — told — home — upstairs — evidence
Justice C. Aitken

R. v Atkinson (2015 ONSC 4037)
texted — aggravated assault — offence — pipe — beating
Justice J. Blishen

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Navistar Canada Inc. v Superintendent of Financial Services (2015 ONSC 2797)
reorganization — partial windup — ceased to be employed — closure — collective agreements
Justices K. Swinton, H. Sachs, and M. Labrosse

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Owen (2015 ONCA 462)
sentence — jury — discreditable conduct — condominium — deed
Justices A. Hoy, K. Feldman, and P. Rouleau

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Family Matters

Johnson v Johnson (2015 ONSC 3875)
amount of child support — income tax — arrears — adult high school — imputes
Justice S. Kershman

Gilles Raymond c. André-Ann Boudrias (2015 ONCS 3778)
école le lundi matin — pension alimentaire — garde — mère — dépôt à l école
Juge M. Charbonneau

Cork v Cork (2015 ONSC 3681)
spousal support — pre-judgment interest — cottage — costs — equalization
Justice B. Warkentin

Civil Matters

Sproule v Tony Graham Motors Group (2015 ONSC 3976)
dealership — operating companies — corporations — summary judgment motion — employer
Master C. MacLeod

Farjon et al. v Farazli et al. (2015 ONSC 3974)
news release — costs of the motion — withdraw — partially — find
Justice M. Charbonneau

Regional Group of Companies Inc. v 1760452 Ontario Inc. (2015 ONSC 3514)
offer to lease — agent — leasing — principal — listing
Justice P. Kane

Lee v Ontario Lottery and Gaming (2015 ONSC 3576)
part-time housekeeper — damages — unionized — gaming — vexatious
Justice R. Maranger

Mattar v Dahnoun (2015 ONSC 3803)
pleading amendment — property — proposed — admissions — motion
Master C. MacLeod

Lewis v Lavern Heideman & Sons Limited (2015 ONSC 3752)
genuine issue requiring — lumberyard — summary — trucks — fact-finding powers
Justice P. Smith

Fernandes v Carleton University and BCE Inc. (2015 ONSC 3373)
grade — academic — subsidiary — internal — student
Justice P. Smith

Divisional Court & Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Rayes v Dominguez-Cortes (2015 ONSC 3693)
best interests of the child — custody — travel — balanced — expenses
Justice T. Heeney, T. Lofchik, and W. Matheson

Aiken v Ottawa Police Services Board (2015 ONSC 3793)
data collection — pedestrian stops — complaint — remedies — settlement
Justices S. Lederman, A. Molloy, and D. Corbett

R. v. Hilan (2015 ONCA 455)
mischief charge — bus — interfered — skirt — enjoyment
Justices J. Simmons, M. Tulloch, and G. Huscroft

R. v. Whitlock (2015 ONCA 445)
pre-sentence custody — sentence — bail — credit — pre-trial custody
Justices G. Strathy, C.J.O., G. Pardu, and M. Benotto

R. v. Bingley (2015 ONCA 439)
sample — evaluation — ability to operate a motor — alcohol — impaired by a drug
Justices E. Cronk, E. Gillese, and G. Huscroft

R. v. Trudel (2015 ONCA 422)
verdict — curiae — finding — guilty plea — hospital
Justices R. Blair, M. Tulloch, and C. W. Hourigan

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Family Matters

Luc Riopel c. Melissa Riopel (2015 ONCS 3592)
époux — pension alimentaire — montant — prends en considération — provisoire
Juge M. Charbonneau

McFarland v McFarland (2015 ONSC 3379)
parenting coordinator — arbitration — process — screening — will
Justice T. Minnema

Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa v K.A. and E.T. (2015 ONSC 3378)
wardship — child — alcohol — genuine issue requiring — motion
Justice T. Minnema

Civil Matters

McClatchie v Rideau Lake (Township) (2015 ONSC 3302)
docketed — costs — indemnity — disbursements — alternate
Justice P. Kane

Lorion v 1163957799 (2015 ONSC 3420)
costs — proceeding — vicarious liability for sexual harassment — successful — motion
Justice P. Smith

Criminal Matters

R. v. Hoare (2015 ONCJ 283)
baseball bat — garage — intent to kill — cloth — murder
Justice R. Wadden

R. v Durward (2015 ONSC 1988)
calls for bids — tenders — offence of bid-rigging — air of reality test — defence
Justice B. Warkentin

R. v Bhullar (2015 ONSC 3299)
delay — second set of trial dates — days — absence of an interpreter — disclosure
Justice L. Ratushny

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories v Int’l Union of Operating Engineers, Local 772 (2015 ONSC 3436)
administrative — application for judicial review — exceptional circumstances — premature — will
Justices H. Sachs, R. J. Smith, and H. Wilton-Siegel

Men At Work General Contractors Ltd. v MacDonald, Phillip (2015 ONSC 3413)
overruns — costs — contractor — motion — error
Justices H. Sachs, R. J. Smith, and D. L. Corbett

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Keys v. Intact Insurance Company (2015 ONCA 400)
video — course of their employment — third — internet — posted
Justices R. Juriansz, P. Lauwers, and G. Huscroft

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Family Matters

Philippe v Bertrand (2015 ONSC 2449)
versus — income — spousal support payable — offer — deductions
Justice P. Kane

Hillier v Green (2015 ONSC 3071)
child support — full-time employment — set-off amount — income — retroactive
Justice A. Doyle

Kadolph v Kadolph (2015 ONSC 3047)
leave — importance — correctness — granted — open to very serious debate
Justice P. Smith

Vallier v Meester (2015 ONSC 3292)
self-represented — costs — factored — proportionality — enrichment
Justice J. Mackinnon

Civil Matters

Boudreau v Loba (2015 ONSC 3267)
partial indemnity — motion — costs — time — articling student
Master C. MacLeod

Campbell Pools Inc. v The Seville Group Inc. (2015 ONSC 2314)
property — acres — acre parcel — barn — severance
Justice R. Beaudoin

Robinson v Lepage (2015 ONSC 3128)
reasonable apprehension of bias — donation — website — paralegal — perception
Justice P. Smith

Criminal Matters

R. v Denis (2015 ONSC 3179)
mental illnesses — offender — disorder — sentence — manslaughter
Justice R. Smith

R. v. Fitts (2015 ONCJ 262)
disclosure — information — simulator — evidence — machine
Justice D. Paciocco

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Huh (2015 ONCA 356)
sentencing — conditional discharge — incarceration — offender — sentence
Justices E. Gillese, M. Tulloch, and P. Lauwers

R. v. Buoc (2015 ONCA 341)
firearm — cocaine — officer — acted in good faith — uncovered
Justices R. Juriansz, P. Rouleau, and C. W. Hourigan

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Family Matters

MacDonell v MacDonell (2015 ONSC 2856)
motions — costs — litigants — children — unreasonably
Justice R. Laliberté

Civil Matters

O’Brien v Blue Heron Co-Operative Homes Inc. (2015 ONSC 2929)
co-operative — by-laws — appoint an inspector to investigate — evictions — rental arrears
Justice D. Rutherford

El‑Khodr v Lackie (2015 ONSC 2824)
coverage — medication — future — collateral benefits — assignable
Justice G. Toscano Roccamo

Criminal Matters

R. v Dell (2015 ONSC 1570)
faint hope — punishment — parole ineligibility — screening — retrospective
Justice R. Maranger

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

R. v. Munkonda (2015 ONCA 309)
bilingual — preliminary inquiry — official languages — anglophone — violations
Justices R. Sharpe, P. Rouleau, and G. Pardu

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Family Matters

Godo v Desjardins (2015 ONSC 2657)
costs — full indemnity — motion — rates — endorsement
Justice P. Smith

Yazdani v Vuthy (2015 ONSC 2420)
costs — alternating weekly residence — offers — equalization — cost
Justice P. Kane

Civil Matters

Ballingall v Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 111 (2015 ONSC 2484)
single family residence — grandfathering — unit owners — units — condominium
Justice C. Aitken

Minto Commercial Properties Inc. v Modern Niagara Group Inc. (2015 ONSC 2350)
fan coils — design — obligation to defend — risers — mechanical
Justice P. Kane

Foster v Prince (2015 ONSC 265)
knives — gun — officer — knife — police
Regional Senior Justice J. McNamara

Dhawan v Wehbe (2015 ONSC 2545)
motion — today — affidavit material — brought — peremptorily
Justice P. Smith

619513 Ontario Inc v 1823201 Ontario Inc. (2015 ONSC 2498)
fulfilled — endorsement — reinstated — conference — conditions
Justice P. Smith

Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp v Transpharm Canada Inc.(Toronto Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology) (2015 ONSC 2316)
docketed — hours — retainer agreement — indemnity — patent
Justice P. Kane

K.L. v 1163957799 Quebec Inc. (2015 ONSC 2417)
vicarious liability — sexual harassment — sexual assault — employee — facts
Justice P. Smith

Fincantieri v Anmar Energy (2015 ONSC 2395)
motion — undertakings — discovery — costs — reattend
Master C. MacLeod

Ozerdinc Family Trust v Gowlings (2015 ONSC 2366)
oral discovery — evidence — breaks — motion — will
Master C. MacLeod

Criminal Matters

R. v Dagg (2015 ONSC 2463)
crack cocaine — cellphone — stated — prostitute — police
Justice C. McKinnon

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Simser v Aviva Canada and Fsco (2015 ONSC 2363)
standard of review — economic loss — arbitrator — reasonableness — attendant care
Justices K. Swinton, J. Mackinnon, and T. Lederer

Atwi v Certas Direct Insurance (2015 ONSC 2683)
accident benefits insurer — motion — long-term disability — available — collateral benefits insurer
Justices D. Corbett, C. Hackland, and R. Pomerance

Cossette v Cossette (2015 ONSC 2678)
spousal support — retirement — motions — income — material change
Justices P. Smith, D. Corbett, and R. Pomerance

Vist v Best Theratronics Ltd. (2015 ONSC 2619)
partial indemnity costs — employment — prejudgment interest — continuous — period
Justices P. Smith., D. Corbett, and R. Pomerance

Court of Appeal Decisions of Local Interest

Ottawa Community Housing Corporation v. Foustanellas (Argos Carpets) (2015 ONCA 276)
punitive damages — wastage — carpet — invoices — pad
Justices E. Cronk, S. Pepall, and M. Benotto

Olumide v. Ottawa (City) (2015 ONCA 271)
inclusive — disbursements — dismissing — appearing — extensive
Justices J. Laskin, P. Lauwers, and C. W. Hourigan

R v. Beauchamp (2015 ONCA 260)
credit card fraud — criminal organization — devices — sentence — credit cards
Justices E. Cronk, R. Blair, and D. Watt

Beatty v. Best Theratronics Ltd. (2015 ONCA 247)
motion — mitigation — reasonable notice — radiation — applied
Justices E. Gillese, K. van Rensburg, and G. Pardu

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Family Matters

Charbonneau v Charbonneau (2015 ONSC 2181)
spousal support — expenses — pay — will file a two-page — post-secondary education
Justice A. Doyle

Mowers v Acland (2015 ONSC 2171)
joint retainer — offers — motion — terms — costs
Justice J. Mackinnon

Lemieux c Lemieux (2015 ONCS 2259)
justiciables — gain — question des dépens — radiés — aliments
Juge R. Laliberté

Vallier v Meester (2015 ONSC 2312)
house account — work — barn — unjust enrichment — proceeds
Justice J. Mackinnon

Shouldice v Shouldice (2015 ONSC 2340)
purchase — offer — property — motion — affidavit
Justice J. Mackinnon

Civil Matters

Levac c. La corporation du village de Casselman (2015 ONCS 2273)
public interest litigant — altruism — symboliques — municipalité — patriotism
Juge R. Beaudoin

Dolan v Ccoc (2015 ONSC 2145)
eviction — landlord — abatement — pleading — corporation
Master C. MacLeod

Criminal Matters

R. v Blonde (2015 ONSC 2113)
fingerprinting — summonses — operational readiness — travel — offence
Justice P. Smith

R. v Liboiron (2015 ONSC 1706)
civilian witnesses — woman — driving — door — beyond a reasonable doubt
Justice R. Maranger

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Homewood Development Inc. v 2010999 Ontario Inc. (2015 ONSC 2103)
palpable — changes — overriding error — plans — contract
Justice S. Lederman, C. Hackland and D. Corbett

Systemgroup Consulting Inc. v Mcconaghie (2015 ONSC 2213)
monetary compensation — wages — infringed — employment — aka
Justices K. Swinton, H. Sachs and M. Labrosse

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Family Matters

Shouldice v. Shouldice (2015 ONSC 1948)
equalization payment — property — partition — matrimonial home — mortgage registered against the jointly-owned
Justice J. Mackinnon

Laframboise v. Laframboise (2015 ONSC 1752)
children — income — marriage — place of a parent — general ledgers
Justice J. Mackinnon

Gaffney v. Hyatt (2015 ONSC 1856)
uncontested — costs — child — post-separation child-care — relationship
Justice R. Leroy

Andre v. Van Gentevoort (2015 ONSC 1753)
income — child support — expenses — calendar — summer
Justice R. Beaudoin

Pey v. Pey (2015 ONSC 1727)
children — father — change — school — evening
Justice J. Mackinnon

Civil Matters

Ahdieh v. Farrokhzadi (2015 ONSC 1941)
indemnity costs — offer — expended — motion — non-conveniens
Justice C. Hackland

Merpaw v. Hyde (2015 ONSC 1795)
refusals — split — contested — motion — outcomes
Justice R. Leroy

Carleton Condominium Corporation No. 396 v. Burdet (2015 ONSC 1361)
unit owners — condominium — indemnity scale — costs — fees
Justice P. Kane

Criminal Matters

R. v. Conquer (2015 ONCJ 153)
realistic risk — motor vehicle — drive — inebriated — seat
Justice D. Paciocco

R. v. Seguin (2015 ONSC 1908)
laptop — seizure — search — hard drive
Justice J. Parfett

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Family Matters

Douglas v. Faucher (2015 ONSC 1409)
motion — leave — costs — child support — indemnity
Justice J. Mackinnon

Williams v. Curtis (2015 ONSC 1520)
full-time student — child support — parentage — sixty — paternity
Justice T. Minnema

Vogler v. Vogler (2015 ONSC 1341)
costs — litigation — offers to settle — employability — evaluation of a business
Justice M. Linhares de Sousa

Dostie v. Poapst (2015 ONSC 1532)
full recovery costs — offers — subrule — child support — access
Justice T. Minnema

Civil Matters

Lee v. Ontario Lottery and Gaming (2015 ONSC 1621)
duty of fair representation — grievance — bargaining — alleging — self-represented
Justice P. Smith

Guertin v. Legault (2015 ONSC 1391)
retroactive salaries — oppressive conduct — shareholders — accounting — management
Justice M. Labrosse

Recoskie v. Gutoskie (2015 ONSC 1496)
disbursements — costs on a partial indemnity — retainer — time — personal injury
Justice T. Ray

Delco Automation Inc. v. Carlo’s Electric Limited (2015 ONSC 1364)
costs — actions — proceeding — indemnity — offer to settle
Justice P. Smith

Malleck v. Batten (2015 ONSC 887)
genuine issue requiring — motion — triable — summary — will be no genuine
Justice P. Smith

Criminal Matters

R. v. Rampin-Lefebvre (2015 ONSC 1630)
email — interactions — apartment — boyfriend — relationship
Justice C. Hackland

R. v. Ross (2015 ONCJ 115)
officer — alcohol — probable grounds — demand — reasonable
Justice D. Paciocco

R. v. McKay (2015 ONSC 1187)
eyewitness identification — target vehicle — driver — officer — chase
Justice C. Hackland

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Ottawa Police Services v. Diafwila (2015 ONSC 931)
unsatisfactory work performance — chief of police — independent patrol — tracking — police officer
Justices C. Aitken, T. Lederer and J. Ramsay

Canadian Union of Postal Workers v. Canada Post Corporation (2015 ONSC 729)
seniority — bargaining unit — collective agreement — employee — becomes a route-holding
Justices C. Aitken, T. Lederer and J. Ramsay

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Family Matters

Lemieux c. Lemieux (2015 CSON 1077)
aliments — conférence — égalisation — question — ordonnances
Juge R. Laliberté

Mowers v. Acland (2015 ONSC 1313)
expert — net family property — redundant — notional income tax — retainer
Justice J. Mackinnon

Rebiere v. Rebiere (2015 CanLII 8459)
husband — wife — spousal support — income — separation
Justice T. Minnema

Ruddle v. Tinman (2015 ONSC 1060)
parents — successful — costs — midweek — installments
Justice J. Mackinnon

MacDonell v. MacDonell (2015 ONSC 1205)
common-law spouse — access to the children — visits — supervised — will
Justice R. Laliberté

Guertin v. Guertin (2015 ONSC 1239)
in-law suite — property — spousal support — contributions — home
Justice J. Blishen

Bentien v. Bentien (2015 ONSC 1252)
costs — child support — set-off — achieve financial self-sufficiency — dice
Justice T. Minnema

Civil Matters

Jordan v. Attorney General of Canada (2015 ONSC 1074)
pleading — prison — officials — defamatory — unlawful
Justice C. Hackland

Baglow v. Smith (2015 ONSC 1175)
blog — defamatory — blogs — political
Justice H. Polowin

Rosarion v. Huntington (2015 ONSC 1181)
treatment — antipsychotic — untreated psychosis — mental — medication
Justice R. Beaudoin

Brousseau c. La Cité collégiale (2015 ONCS 527)
collégiale — enquête préalable — courriels qui sont potentiellement pertinents — retraite des collège d arts — manquement
Juge R. Maranger

Laidler v. The Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee (2015 ONSC 943)
settling — cross-claim — broker — vendors — indemnity
Justice C. Hackland

Focus Graphite Inc. v. Douglas (2015 ONSC 1104)
posting — defamatory — damages — stock — bulletin board
Justice R. Beaudoin

Hawkins v. Hawkins Estate (2015 ONSC 1106)
summary judgment motion — inducing breach of contract — scale — estate — settlement
Justice T. Minnema

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Steen v. 3902641 Can Inc. (2015 ONSC 1086)
undertakings — answer — comply — motion — questions
Justice C. Hackland