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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

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Family Matters

Kadolph v. Kadolph (2015 ONSC 900)
spousal support — matrimonial home — income — motion — separation
Justice M. Linhares de Sousa

Abdollahpour v. Banifatemi (2015 ONSC 1019)
offer to settle — motion — costs — spent — indemnity
Justice R. Smith

Philippe v. Bertrand (2015 ONSC 235)
daycare — income — child — expenses — support
Justice P. Kane

Hume v. Tomlinson (2015 ONSC 843)
payor — arrears — recipient — retroactive lump-sum spousal support orders — child support
Justice G. Toscano Roccamo

Carriere c. Jeaurond (2015 ONSC 906)
aliments — father — manifesté l intention bien arrêtée — child — biologique
Juge R. Laliberté

Beattie v. Beattie (2015 ONSC 1020)
motion — child support — miscommunication — costs — indemnity
Justice R. Smith

Bojarski v. Bray (2015 ONSC 902)
costs — motion — primary — successful — children
Justice R. Laliberté

Civil Matters

Kerr v. King’s Landing (2015 ONSC 84)
arbitrator — alteration — owners — relocation — unit
Justice C. Hackland

4439155 Canada Inc. v. Albert Tower Inc. (2015 ONSC 944)
disbursements — partial indemnity — proportional — costs — damages
Justice R. Smith

Levac c. La corporation du village de Cassleman (2015 ONCS 619)
enquête — plaintes — pouvoir discrétionnaire — harcèlement au travail — mandatant
Juge R. Beaudoin

Criminal Matters

R. v. Dourhnou (2015 ONSC 839)
victim — vehicle — sentence — credit for pre-trial custody — manslaughter
Justice C. McKinnon

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Family Matters

Vogler v. Vogler (2015 ONSC 424)
business — property — children — company — separation
Justice M. Linhares de Sousa

Trites v. Mallett (2015 ONSC 441)
children — father — school — husband — matrimonial home
Justice P. Lalonde

Toscano v. Toscano (2015 ONSC 487)
spousal support — marriage contract — income — assets — agreement
Justice J. Blishen

Sharma v. Anand (2015 ONSC 375)
child support — property — fees — income — expenses
Justice P. Kane

Adam v. Trowsdale (2015 ONSC 603)
child support — retroactive — motion — arrears — children of the marriage
Justice P. Smith

Civil Matters

Keenan v. Keenan (2015 ONSC 574)
undertakings — fine — vendor — authorizations — redacted
Justice R. Beaudoin

Wadie Narouz v. Desjardins Financial Security (2015 ONSC 540)
report — neuropsychologist — délibérée ou involontaire et défensive — pawnshop — psychiatric
Master P. Roger

Assaf v. Bosada (2015 ONSC 522)
estate — deceased — late — beneficiaries — proceeding
Justice C. Hackland

3673928 Canada Inc. v. Hawkesbury (Town) (2015 CanLII 2097)
habitable unit — water — units — registered retirement homes — sewage
Justice R. Smith

HVAC Maximum Heating & Cooling Inc v 1693876 Ontario Inc (2015 CanLII 2438)
fax — paralegal — costs — proceeding — advising
Deputy Judge L. Gilbert

Landry v. Picard Estate (2015 ONSC 476)
interim costs — prima facie — legal — funds — focus
Justice M. Labrosse

Heitner v Bao (2015 CanLII 2372)
siding — roof — warranties — agreement of purchase — latent
Deputy Judge L. Gilbert

Lacroix Ladouceur v. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (2015 ONSC 387)
surplus — conflict of interest — plan — members — commuted value
Justice M. Charbonneau

Frank McCann and David Guffie v. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Marc Rochon (2015 ONSC 496)
pro-rata share — benefit enhancements — proposed class members — surplus — certifying
Justice M. Charbonneau

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Onyskiw v. CJM Property Management Ltd. (2015 ONSC 606)
landlord — maintaining — overrule — elevator — statute
Justices C. Aitken, T. Lederer and J. Ramsay

Silver v. Silver (2015 ONSC 557)
notices of garnishment — stay — marker — spousal support — sold in the normal course
Justice L. Ratushny

Belway v. Petro Canada Fuels Inc. (2015 ONSC 675)
motion — orders — trade secrets — protective — timeline
Justices C. Aitken, T. Lederer and J. Ramsay

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Family Matters

Roy v. Roy (2015 ONSC 45)
spousal support — retirement — income — material change in circumstances — equalization payment
Justice L. Ratsushny

Kadri v. Kadri (2015 ONSC 321)
divorce — email — marriage — states — reconciliation
Justice P. Kane

Abdollahpour v. Banifatemi (2015 ONSC 211)
request to sever the divorce — nunc — tunc — divorce claim from the balance — procedural
Justice R. Smith

Bojarski v. Bray (2015 ONSC 264)
children — primary care — born — biological father — child
Justice R. Laliberte

Schingh v. Mousseau (2015 ONSC 390)
offers to settle — motion — post-secondary education costs — successful — behaved
Justice J. Blishen

Hunt v. Carr (2015 ONSC 326)
motion — leave — unopposed — reads — served
Justice S. Kershman

Civil Matters

Chaaban v IKO Brampton (2015 CanLII 1024)
class proceeding — shingles — stay — settlement conference — opt
Deputy Judge P. Lepsoe

2249740 Ontario Inc. v. Morguard Elgin Ltd. (2015 ONSC 299)
anchor tenant — oral agreement — high-rise development proceeding — commencement date — possession
Justice M. Labrosse

4439155 Canada Inc. v. Albert Tower Inc. (2015 ONSC 30)
landlord — tenant — post-dated cheques — arrears of rent — lease
Justice R. Smith

Douglas v. Stan Fergusson Fuels Ltd. (2015 ONSC 65)
subrogated — insured — remediation — oil — undischarged bankrupt
Justice C. Hackland

Obiorah v. Ottawa Police Services Board (2014 ONSC 240)
dismissal — delay — fax number — motion — set aside
Justice S. Kershman

Gardiner v. MacDonald Estate (2014 ONSC 227)
coverage — relative of the named insured — principally dependent — endorsement — automobile
Justice R. Smith

Fincantieri v. Anmar Energy (2015 ONSC 219)
discovery — privilege — generator — settlement — project
Master C. Macleod

Holgate v. Holgate (2015 ONSC 259)
codicil — testator — income — capital — estate
Justice R. Beaudoin

Spiteri Estate v. Canada (Attorney General) (2015 ONSC 295)
costs — motion — offer — outline — arguing
Master C. Macleod

Dekeyser Estate v. James B. Curran Professional Corporation (2015 ONSC 381)
accounts — deceased — assessment — bill — special circumstances
Justice P. Lalonde

Philippe v. Bertrand (2015 ONSC 360)
proceeds — mathematical — net — holdbacks — released
Justice P. Kane

90 George Street Ltd. v. Ottawa-Carleton Standard (2015 ONSC 336)
declarant — first-year budget — arbitration — condominium corporation — expenses
Justice R. Smith

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Family Matters

Forrest v. Maisonneuve (2014 ONSC 7080)
father — child support — arrears — overpaid — rescission
Justice P. Smith

Butlin v. Woo (2014 ONSC 772)
spousal support — amount — equalization payment — child — evidence
Justice T. Ray

Matthews v. Emslie (2014 ONSC 721)
children — uncontested — self-represented — intake — parenting
Justice S. Kershman

Alwani v. Alwani (2014 ONSC 719)
costs — motion — matrimonial home — pay — expenses
Justice R. Beaudoin

Brisson v. Brisson (2014 ONSC 7212)
self-represented — spousal support — costs on a substantial indemnity — payments — indemnity basis in the amount
Justice R. Beaudoin

Madill v. Madill (2014 ONSC 7227)
status quo — access to the children — school — will — weekends
Justice S. Kershman

Bentien v. Bentien (2014 ONSC 7238)
wife — husband — child — access exchanges — texted
Justice T. Minnema

Hume v. Tomlinson (2014 ONSC 7195)
child support — expenses — objectives — deductions — amount for spousal support
Justice G. Toscano Roccamo

Djama c. Abdillahi (2014 ONCS 7235)
extraordinaires — pension alimentaire — dépenses spéciales — lignes directrices — mois
Juge M. Linhares de Sousa

Barter v. Barter (2014 ONSC 7248)
served — motion — special service — person — affidavit
Justice T. Minnema

Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa.v. K.K. (2014 ONSC 648)
bruises — eye — school — chin — children
Justice R. Laliberté

Civil Matters

Padlewska (Re) (2014 ONSC 7304)
will continue to experience financial — extent that the bankrupt will — unable to pay the debt — student loans — repay
Master P. Roger

Alexander v Neville (2014 CanLII 8967)
immunity — arbitrator — bad faith — jurisdiction — invalid
Deputy Judge M. Fortier

Canadian Real Estate Association v. American Home Assurance Company (2014 ONSC 702)
motion — costs — amount — factum — hours
Justice R. Beaudoin

The Corporation of the City of Clarence-Rockland v. Marc Prud’Homme (2014 ONSC 7250)
contempt — building permit — comply — lands described — erected
Justice M. Charbonneau

Michael Evans and Crystal Evans v. The Bank of Nova Scotia and Richard Wilson (2014 ONSC 7249)
waiver of tort — class — motion — self-excluders — damages
Justice M. Charbonneau

Guest v. Lott (2014 ONSC 722)
inclusive of disbursements — costs fixed in the amount — eminently — end — borne
Justice R. Beaudoin

Virani v. Intact Insurance Company (2014 ONSC 7369)
video — defend — insured — extrinsic evidence — mere possibility
Justice T. Ray

Benedict v. Ohwistha Capital Corporation (2014 ONSC 7159)
equipment — seizure — seized — buckets — valuation
Justice C. Hackland

Delco Automation Inc. v. Carlo’s Electric Limited (2014 ONSC 7157)
quote — scope of work — wiring — project — outside the perimeter
Justice P. Smith

Pirogov v. Alexander (2014 CanLII 72876)
served — advises — processing — federal — text
Deputy Judge P. Lepsoe

Criminal Matters

Her Majesty The Queen v. Dib and Hersi (2014 ONSC 6198)
pizza box — handgun — robbery — firearm — prints
Justice M. Charbonneau

R. v. Zahran (2014 ONSC 7330)
documentation — time of his arrest — condominium — funds — seized at the time
Justice T. Ray

R. v. Neyazi (2014 ONSC 6838)
racial profiling — luggage — search — expectation of privacy — bag
Justice P. Smith.

R. v. K.O. (2014 ONCJ 277)
girls — beyond a reasonable doubt — finding of guilt on count — photographs
Justice D. Lahaie

R. v. Casselman (2014 ONCJ 48)
snowmobile — alcohol — collision — evidence — headlight
Justice D. Paciocco

Divisional Court Decisions from Ottawa Judges

Iacovelli v. College of Nurses of Ontario (2014 ONSC 7267)
member — independent medical examination — incapacitated — treating physician — probable grounds
Justices C. McKinnon, K. Swinton & A. Harvison Young

Vandor v. Law Society of Upper Canada (2014 ONSC 740)
bankruptcy — misappropriated — funds — misconduct — disciplinary
Justices C. Hackland, J. Wilson & J. Thorburn

Robert v. Ascani (2014 ONSC 611)
motions — parenting agreement — father — custody — child
Justices C. Hackland, J. Wilson & J. Thorburn

Saiyegh v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner) (2014 ONSC 741)
records — unjustified invasion of privacy — adjudicator — video — personal information
Justice C. Hackland, J. Wilson & J. Thorburn