The court enforced a mediated family settlement, fixed child and spousal support terms, set valuation and closing dates for corporate assets, and denied special costs.
The Federal Court dismissed an appeal on jurisdiction, holding that a dispute over entitlement to ship-sale proceeds was not sufficiently connected to maritime law.
Court accepted that appellant controlled the rental business and that a substantial portion of the CRA's assessment was justified but reduced the assessed income after: (a) disallowing increases in property equity on account of business depreciation (reducing the claimed equity increases to zero), (b) allocating the Durie loan liability as a joint $100,000 obligation to the appellant, and (c) re‑timing year‑end credit card balances from years 2000 and 2001 to later years. The court therefore allowed the appeal in part, reduced assessed incomes for 1999, 2000 and 2001 to the specified amounts,…
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the railway company could rely on a six-month statutory limitation, and restored the dismissal of an injury claim brought by an infant plaintiff.
Statute of limitations (s.60)
Transfer of rights under mortgage/debenture (s.29)