Good afternoon.
Following are this week's summaries of the Court of Appeal
for Ontario for the week of October 12, 2021.
Congratulations to our own Reeva M. Finkel and Brendan Jones for
their success in Hydro One Networks Inc. v. Niagara Radio
Group Inc. In that case, the Court dismissed an appeal
from an order for specific performance that also involved an
intervener, being the appellant's counsel that had negotiated
the contract that was specifically enforced.
In Bouchard v. Sgovio, the majority held that the
motion judge properly made orders pursuant to Rule 1(8) of
the Family Law Rules. The majority found that Rule
1(8) had not been interpreted as being confined to purely
procedural remedies. The majority further found that nothing
prevented a court from making an enforcement order in addition to,
or in lieu of, a contempt order even if a contempt order was sought
in the proceeding.
