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Administrative-law 2026 ONCA 321

Dorceus v. Ontario

Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed a broad challenge by healthcare workers to COVID-19 vaccination policies, striking the claim as an abuse of process and for no reasonable cause of action.

  • Abuse-of-process
  • Motion-to-strike
  • Judicial-notice
  • Charter-applicability
  • Labour-arbitration-jurisdiction
  • Statutory-exhaustion-(hospital-privileges)
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Tort 2026 ONCA 270

Hartman v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Court of Appeal struck down Daniel Hartman’s negligence and misfeasance claims over Canada’s approval and promotion of the COVID-19 vaccine and dismissed the appeal.

  • Duty-of-care
  • Misfeasance-in-public-office
  • Motion-to-strike
  • Leave-to-amend
  • Statutory-interpretation
  • Vaccine-regulation
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Tort 2026 FC 512

Stewart v. Canada

The Federal Court found a correctional officer used unjustified force against Kelsey Stewart, causing facial injuries. It awarded $50,000 for battery and $15,000 for Charter vindication.

  • Use-of-force
  • Battery
  • Section-7-charter
  • Section-12-charter
  • Vicarious-liability
  • Damages-assessment
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Private-international-law 2026 ONCA 248

Matiko John v. Barrick Gold Corporation

Court of Appeal upheld a permanent stay of two related actions against Barrick Gold, finding Tanzania was the clearly more appropriate forum and rejecting fresh evidence.

  • Forum-non-conveniens
  • Jurisdiction-simpliciter
  • Presence-based-jurisdiction
  • Parent-company-liability
  • Aiding-and-abetting-customary-international-law
  • Access-to-justice
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Tort 2026 ONCA 227

Hartin v. Hynes

The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from summary judgment in a dog-bite case, finding no agency basis for vicarious liability and no statutory owner liability.

  • Dog-bite
  • Owner-liability-under-statute
  • Vicarious-liability
  • Agency-relationship
  • Summary-judgment
  • Costs-of-appeal
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Civil 2026 ONCA 209

CHU de Québec-Université Laval v. Tree of Knowledge International Corp.

The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal in a COVID-era mask supply fraud case, upholding findings of recklessness and personal liability against a corporate officer.

  • Civil-fraud-(deceit)
  • Recklessness-standard
  • Personal-liability-of-directors-and-officers
  • Piercing-the-corporate-veil
  • Damages-and-restitution
  • Bankruptcy-and-insolvency-act-s.178(1)(e)
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Class-actions 2026 BCCA 9

Reichert v. Canada (Attorney General)

Appeal from refusal to certify a proposed class action dismissed. The Court held the chambers judge reasonably found a pension scheme and individual issues made a class proceeding not preferable.

  • Preferable-procedure
  • Certification
  • Limitation-period
  • Crown-liability-and-proceedings-act-s.9
  • Pension-act-s.111
  • Access-to-justice
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Tort 2026 BCSC 38

Cox v. Peabody

The court found the defendant solely liable for a left-turn collision and awarded the plaintiff $1,087,110.53 for injuries, income loss, future care and special damages.

  • Liability
  • Causation
  • Non-pecuniary-damages
  • Loss-of-earning-capacity
  • Future-care
  • Credibility-assessment
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Tort 2026 BCSC 10

Jasuja v. Monson

On liability in a motor vehicle collision case, the court found Monson negligently sideswiped the Honda and held H&R Transport vicariously liable. The third party, Thapar, was not at fault.

  • Sideswipe-collision
  • Duty-of-care
  • Standard-of-care
  • Causation
  • Credibility-assessment
  • Third‐party-claim
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Tort 2025 ONCA 893

Derenzis v. Ontario

The Ontario Court of Appeal largely upheld a Rule 21 motion to strike, but allowed Lucia Derenzis leave to amend her breach of good faith claim against Gore Mutual Insurance Company.

  • Motion-to-strike
  • Breach-of-good-faith
  • Statutory-accident-benefits-(sabs)
  • Vicarious-liability
  • Limitation-period
  • Intrusion-upon-seclusion
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