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Following are this week's summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

The Court reviews the requirements for a Court ordered defence medical pursuant to Section 105 of the Courts of Justice Act and Rule 33 of the Rules of Civil Procedure.

The Ontario Divisional Court has upheld an OSC decision to re-review an IIROC Panel decision and impose a suspension on a Respondent for two years.

The Ontario Liquor Licence Act and Regulations govern all aspects of liquor licencing in the Province of Ontario.

An unnamed Toronto actress has sued Harvey Weinstein, Walt Disney and Miramax on allegations of sexual assault from about 20 years ago.

Under Rule 20, the determination of whether there is a "genuine issue requiring a trial" is a legal determination and the standard of review is correctness.

While such an order is not novel, this ruling highlights the significance of the content of notices of appeal and cross-appeal.

When a judgment debtor relocates from Alberta to Ontario with assets in the new province, creditors face specific procedural requirements to enforce their judgment. Ontario's Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act provides a framework for registration, but creditors must navigate service requirements, statutory exceptions, and strict time limitations to successfully enforce their out-of-province judgments.

Conflicting interpretations of the same statute by an administrative tribunal are unlikely to be reasonable, let alone correct, the Alberta Court of Appeal recently held...

What happens when a jury is offered only two verdicts and neither one fits? Gavin Tighe and Stephen Thiele step outside their usual lane to examine the hung jury that ended the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother charged with killing her three young children.

An unfortunate middle-aged immigrant from Poland was involved in six automobile accidents over the course of five years.

A release usually forms part and parcel of any settlement. Most of the time there is little or no dispute over the wording that goes into the release.

Taro Pharmaceuticals v Biogen and Acorda Therapeutics.

In the most significant development in Ontario civil litigation in decades, the Ontario Civil Rules Review working group has released its consultation paper setting out proposals...

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has certified a proposed class action against Hatts Off Inc., alleging systemic abuse, neglect and misconduct at youth group homes and foster placements across Ontario spanning nearly four decades. With approximately 180 individuals already identified as potential class members, this certification decision allows the case to proceed on common issues affecting all proposed class members, though the allegations remain unproven and liability is denied by the defendants.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has released its much anticipated decision in Moore v. Getahun 2015 ONCA 55.

The appeal involved no fewer than six intervening legal and expert witness associations, some of whom had struck committees to consider the issues raised by the lower court decision.

On January 14, 2014, Madam Justice Wilson in Moore v. Getahun, 2014 ONSC 237 concluded that the expert’s primary duty is to assist the Court and therefore, counsel’s practice of reviewing draft reports with their expert prior to final submission should cease.