Canada Case Law

AD v. ZS

Court

Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

Divorce granted. Shared parenting was denied due to ZS's minimal and inconsistent involvement; the court ordered supervised reintroduction via a Veith House program with a phased schedule and retained AD as primary caregiver. On child support the court found ZS intentionally under-employed and that his tax filings underreported income; arrears were calculated and set, ZS was credited $2,750 from sale proceeds, and ongoing support was set based on imputed income of $70,450 at $593.87/month from Jan 1, 2026 with s.7 expenses to be shared proportionally. On property, exceptional circumstances (c…

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• Parenting arrangement
• Imputation of income
• Section 7 expenses
• Unequal division of matrimonial property
• Supervised access (veith house)
• Third party information order

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ONNI Development (RMG-1) Ltd. v. The King

Court

Tax Court of Canada

The Tax Court partly granted a motion to compel discovery in a GAAR-based income tax appeal, ordering answers to selected questions and requests but rejecting others as fishing expeditions.

• General anti-avoidance rule
• Discovery
• Debt parking
• Debt forgiveness
• Change of control rules
• Ga-ar

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Bank of Nova Scotia v. Fraser Valley Renewables Ltd.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court approved the sale because the Receiver conducted a fair, competitive and adequately publicized marketing process consistent with Soundair given the pressing environmental risks and holding costs; the Purchaser demonstrated financing and remediation capacity and the sale on "as is, where is" terms was justified. The court authorized the Receiver to assign the Corporate Debtors into bankruptcy because the Corporate Debtors were insolvent, bankruptcy would likely occur and would be in stakeholders' interests by enabling trustee investigatory powers and potentially reordering CRA deemed…

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• Sale approval under receivership
• Soundair principles
• Assignment into bankruptcy by receiver
• Deemed trust and priority (cra)
• Right of redemption
• Sealing of confidential materials

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Sirois (Re)

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court dismissed Sebastien Sirois’s discharge application under the BIA, citing unresolved concerns about undisclosed assets, lifestyle evidence, and the need for further investigation.

• Discharge of bankrupt
• Section 172 bia
• Section 173 bia
• Trustee's report (s.170)
• S.163 examinations
• Alleged undisclosed assets

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Conian Developments Inc. (Re)

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Appeal from a bankruptcy trustee’s partial disallowance of a creditor’s proof of claim was dismissed. The court found no palpable and overriding error.

• Claims adjudication
• Notice of disallowance
• Substantive consolidation
• Fresh evidence on appeal
• Standard of review
• Bankruptcy

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M.E. v. Children’s Aid Society of Toronto

Court

Court of Appeal for Ontario

The Ontario Court of Appeal denied M.E. leave to file a notice of appeal, finding the proposed appeal frivolous and vexatious and no basis to disturb the delay dismissal.

• Dismissal for delay
• Leave to appeal/filing restrictions
• Vexatious litigant measures
• Publication bans
• Wrongful disclosure/damages
• Statutory disclosure regimes

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A.C.G. v. J.D.G.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Interim family law orders were made for child support, disclosure, section 7 expenses, and non-compliance. The court imputed the respondent’s income at $100,000.

• Imputed income
• Section 7 extraordinary expenses
• Interim support orders
• Non-compliance and fixed costs
• Corporate and personal tax disclosure
• Imputed-income

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23andMe Holding Co. (Re)

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

La Cour suprême de la Colombie-Britannique a reconnu les procédures Chapter 11 de 23andMe comme procédure étrangère principale et a rejeté la demande de la représentante putative.

• Recognition under ccaa
• Foreign main proceeding
• Stay of proceedings under s.48 ccaa
• Supplemental recognition order
• Bar date and claims process
• Class representative mandate

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Royal Bank of Canada v. Kingsley Trucking Ltd.

Court

Supreme Court of British Columbia

RBC obtained a receivership order over the Kingsley Group after the court found contractual defaults, no waiver, and no credible refinancing plan.

• Receivership
• Default under credit agreements
• Enforcement of security
• Forbearance discussions
• Appointment of receiver
• Adjournment and evidence

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Grace Mtn. Land Company Ltd. v. 1055249 B.C. Ltd.

Court

British Columbia Court of Appeal

Leave to appeal was dismissed in part in this mortgage foreclosure matter. The Court found one proposed ground bound to fail, and adjourned the merger-related issue generally.

• Extension of time
• Order absolute
• Redemption period
• Doctrine of merger
• Leave to appeal
• Windfall assessment

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