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Welcome to another week of summaries of civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Hello again everyone. This was a relatively light week for the Court of Appeal. Only five non-criminal decisions were released.

134 law firms participated in this year's Index of Pro Bono. Of these, 127 firms provided data on the levels of pro bono engagement among their lawyers.

Outlines child pornography and child abuse material offences in Australia, relevant penalties and possible defences.

Topics covered this week included family law, municipal law, contractual interpretation, reasonable apprehension of bias, and costs against a lawyer personally.

Following are this week's summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of June 19, 2023.

There were only two substantive civil decisions this week. One was a residential tenancy matter. The other was an estates matter that reminds us that claims for purely declaratory relief

The Ontario Court of Appeal released decisions for the week of June 15, 2026, addressing critical issues spanning employment compensation disputes, occupier liability and insurance deductions, international child custody matters, banking litigation costs, limitation periods in motor vehicle accidents, trust ownership disputes, offshore jurisdiction challenges, real estate development damages, and medical malpractice involving pediatric neurologists.

Antitrust lawyers and securities lawyers rarely pay attention to the same litigation. Billing v. Credit Suisse First Boston is a notable exception. Now on a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, Billing could have far-reaching consequences for both securities and antitrust law.

We have been asked to address the subject of planning litigation and to talk about the changes and trends in the procedures for planning appeals and Court decisions over the past 12 months.

This newsletter includes links to media releases, reports, cases and legislation relating to planning & the environment.

Topics include summary judgment in the limitation period context, property disputes involving religious organizations, family law, and others.

The District Court for the Southern District of Texas (the "District Court") recently issued a ruling in the chapter 11 cases of ConvergeOne Holdings, Inc. and its affiliated debtors...

The dispute in University of London Press v. University Tutorial Press revolved around the copyright ownership of examination papers set by two examiners for the University of London matriculation examinations.

In a much anticipated decision, the Supreme Court of Canada released its reasons in Law Society of Saskatchewan v. Abrametz last week.

The appellant, Premium Staffing Ltd., appealed from an order of the motion judge striking a defence of set-off from its statement of defence.

In recent years, employers have been facing a growing number of claims involving retaliation or whistleblowing. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), the governmental entity charged with the task of investigating federal claims of employment discrimination, investigates retaliation claims on a priority basis.