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Civil litigation 2015 BCSC 2628

Owners, Strata Plan K855 v. Big White Mountain Mart Ltd.

The court admitted 17 late-disclosed invoices for fire-exit replacement, holding that any prejudice to the defendants could be addressed by adjournment.

  • Admission of documents
  • Late disclosure
  • Prejudice and ambush
  • Damages
  • Adjournment
  • Admission-of-documents
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Civil procedure 2012 SCC 30

Westmount (City) v. Rossy

The Supreme Court held that a tree-fall death involving a person using a vehicle for transportation fell within Quebec’s no-fault automobile insurance scheme, barring the civil action.

  • Definition of “accident”
  • Causation under no‑fault scheme
  • Preclusion of civil actions by statutory benefits
  • Interpretation of remedial legislation
  • Scope of automobile insurance act
  • No-fault-auto-insurance
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Administrative law 2004 FC 1435

Grenier v. Canada (Attorney General)

La Cour fĂ©dĂ©rale rejette l’appel d’une ordonnance rendue en action simplifiĂ©e et confirme des dommages pour emprisonnement arbitraire en dĂ©tention administrative.

  • Arbitrary imprisonment
  • Administrative segregation
  • Public body immunity
  • Standard of review on appeal
  • Compensatory damages
  • Exemplary damages
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Administrative law 2004 FCA 335

Canada v. Monit International Inc.

Appeal allowed: Public Works eliminated Monit's proposal for objective price/timing reasons rather than by a unilateral change to the rules; there was no legal duty to negotiate with Monit absent proven usage or binding guideline; and Monit failed to prove on a balance of probabilities that the contract would have been awarded to it but for any fault, therefore no liability; Federal Court judgment reversed and action dismissed.

  • Duty of fairness
  • Extra-contractual liability
  • Tendering process
  • Duty to negotiate
  • Causation (loss of opportunity)
  • Application of civil code of quebec
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Administrative law 2001 FCT 1299

Aviation Portneuf Ltd. v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court upheld a prothonotary’s order striking claims in contract and delict arising from regulations barring aerial sightseeing flights from Lac Saint-Augustin.

  • Legitimate expectations
  • Legislative immunity
  • Crown liability
  • Regulatory power
  • Judicial review of prothonotary discretion
  • Rule 221 motion to strike
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Civil procedure [1989] 1 SCR 1554

Air Canada v. Mcdonnell Douglas Corp.

La Cour suprĂȘme confirme sa compĂ©tence territoriale et rejette l’appel dans une action en quasi-dĂ©lit fondĂ©e sur un dĂ©faut de mise en garde liĂ© Ă  un avion dĂ©truit par un incendie.

  • Territorial jurisdiction
  • Declinatory exception
  • Place where whole cause of action arose
  • Failure to warn
  • Locus of omission
  • Quasi-delict vs contractual action
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Municipal law [1977] 2 SCR 849

Montreal v. Vaillancourt

La Cour suprĂȘme rejette l’appel et conclut qu’en matiĂšre d’avis municipal, le dĂ©lai ne courait pas du jour de l’accident mais de la dĂ©couverte de la cause rĂ©elle du dĂ©cĂšs.

  • Notice of claim
  • Limitation periods
  • Discovery rule
  • Agency of post office
  • Interpretation of holidays
  • Municipal-law
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Civil law [1975] 2 SCR 388

HĂŽpital Notre-Dame v. Patry

The Supreme Court of Canada held that the one-year prescription for bodily injuries applied to a medical malpractice claim, so the action was prescribed.

  • Prescription under civil code art. 2262(2)
  • Bodily injuries
  • Distinction between contractual and delictual liability
  • Limitation periods
  • Prescription
  • Medical-malpractice
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Motor vehicles [1953] 1 SCR 149

Modern Motor Sales Ltd. v. Masoud

Appeal from a Quebec warranty action over a used truck’s defective brakes, latent defects, and whether a seller could be liable to both the purchaser and a third party.

  • Warranty against latent defects
  • Negligence
  • Vicarious liability
  • Contribution/indemnity
  • Res judicata
  • Warranty-against-latent-defects
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