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Civil-procedure 2026 ONCA 355

Watt v. Health Professions Appeal and Review Board

The Court of Appeal dismissed Dr. Watt’s motion for leave as frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of process, and barred further motions without leave.

  • Leave-to-appeal
  • Frivolous-and-vexatious-proceedings
  • Stay-under-s.106-courts-of-justice-act
  • R.2.1-rules-of-civil-procedure
  • Prohibition-on-further-motions-without-leave
  • Abuse-of-process
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Civil-procedure 2025 BCSC 2447

Kiss v. Canada (Attorney General)

The court awarded special costs against Zsolt Kiss in one action, Scale B costs to two defendants in another, and no costs to the Singer defendants.

  • Special-costs
  • Rule-9-5
  • Rule-9-6
  • Section-18-supreme-court-act
  • Vexatious-litigant
  • Harassment
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Civil 2025 ONCA 824

Szot v. Cozzi

The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from a vexatious litigant order, finding no reversible error in standing or the application of the Lang Michener test.

  • Vexatious-litigant-orders
  • Standing-to-bring-s.140-applications
  • Costs
  • Protection-of-parties-under-disability
  • Standing
  • Civil-procedure
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Defamation 2025 ONCA 787

Kideckel v. Kideckel

Motion denied. The Court of Appeal refused to extend time to perfect two appeals, finding the proposed appeals lacked merit and consolidation was unnecessary.

  • Extension-of-time
  • Consolidation
  • Service-of-process
  • Natural-justice
  • Motions-to-strike
  • Default-judgment
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Civil-procedure 2025 BCCA 192

Knight v. British Columbia (Public Safety)

The Court of Appeal summarily dismissed this appeal as vexatious under s. 21 of the Court of Appeal Act, finding it to be an improper collateral attack on an earlier appellate decision.

  • Collateral-attack
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Summary-dismissal
  • Functus-officio
  • Manufactured-home-park-tenancy-act-jurisdiction
  • Residential-tenancy-board-jurisdiction
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Administrative-law 2025 BCSC 1162

Pereira v. Dexterra Group Inc

The court declared Corinne Pereira a vexatious litigant under s. 18 of the Supreme Court Act and barred new proceedings without leave, except family law matters.

  • Section-18-supreme-court-act
  • Vexatious-proceedings
  • Duty-of-fair-representation
  • Res-judicata
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Leave-to-commence-proceedings
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Administrative-law 2024 BCCA 407

Harun-ar-Rashid v. British Columbia (Commissioner for Teacher Regulation)

The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal in part, restoring factual paragraphs about two respondents, upholding a vexatious litigant order, and setting aside special costs for procedural unfairness.

  • Judicial-review
  • Standing
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Special-costs
  • Striking-pleadings
  • Vexatious-litigant-order
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Civil-procedure 2024 BCSC 2171

Kierans (Re)

The court declared Kathleen Helen Walker a vexatious litigant, struck her fifth affidavit, and ordered leave be required before new proceedings in BC courts.

  • Vexatious-litigant-order
  • Leave-to-commence-proceedings
  • Mootness
  • Representation-agreement-validity
  • In-person-visitation-rights
  • Striking-affidavits
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Defamation 2024 BCSC 2066

Masjoody v. Pahlavi

The court struck a prolix defamation and conspiracy pleading, granted leave to re-amend, and dismissed a security-for-costs application.

  • Rule-9-5(1)-striking-pleadings
  • Rule-3-1(2)-notice-of-civil-claim-requirements
  • Rule-3-7-prohibition-on-pleading-evidence
  • Leave-to-amend
  • Tests-for-security-for-costs
  • Embarrassing-and-scandalous-pleadings
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Civil-procedure 2024 BCCA 194

Martin v. Riley

The Court of Appeal dismissed Maria Martin’s application to vary a chambers order refusing more time to appeal, finding the proposed appeal lacked merit and was duplicative.

  • Extension-of-time-to-appeal
  • Duplication-of-proceedings
  • Authentication-of-court-orders
  • Vexatious-litigant-declaration
  • Electronic-signatures-and-court-registry-practice
  • Dismissal-for-lack-of-merit
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