Canada Case Law

Knisley v. Canada (Attorney General)

Court

Court of Appeal for Ontario

Conditional certification without an identifiable class is impermissible; the motion judge’s conditional certification was set aside and the matter remitted for reconsideration of whether an identifiable class exists and, if so, reassessment of common issues and preferability; separately, the pleading discloses a viable negligence cause of action as proximity and foreseeability are sufficiently pleaded.

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• Certification
• Duty of care
• Proximity
• Preferable procedure
• Service standards
• Conditional certification

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Christie v. Canada (Attorney General)

Court

Federal Court

The Federal Court granted judicial review, finding the VRAB reconsideration decision unreasonable because it misapprehended key evidence and applied an overly strict service-connection analysis.

• Reasonableness
• Benefit of the doubt
• Service connection
• Reconsideration (vrab)
• Fournier factors
• Misapprehension of evidence

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Abdulle v. Canada (Attorney General)

Court

Federal Court

The Federal Court dismissed a judicial review challenging VAC’s refusal to increase housekeeping benefits under the Veterans Independence Program.

• Reasonableness standard of review
• Veterans independence program (vip)
• Pension act s.75
• Veterans health care regulations s.20
• Adjustment of benefits
• Consumer price index adjustments

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Taylor v. Canada (The Attorney General)

Court

Federal Court

The Federal Court dismissed Michael Andrew Taylor’s judicial review of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board Reconsideration Panel’s refusal of pain and suffering compensation.

• Section 45 vwa - pain and suffering compensation
• Causation and service-connection
• Standard of review - reasonableness
• Admissibility of fresh evidence
• Judicial-review
• Veterans-benefits

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Carter v. Canada (Attorney General)

Court

Federal Court

The Federal Court dismissed judicial review of a veterans benefits decision, finding the cancellation of rehabilitation plans and IRB was reasonable and procedurally fair.

• Rehabilitation program
• Income replacement benefit (irb)
• Participation requirement
• Review standards (reasonableness)
• Notice and service
• Administrative-law

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Braithwaite v. Canada (Attorney General)

Court

Federal Court

Federal Court dismissed a judicial review of VAC dental benefit decisions, finding no breach of procedural fairness and no unreasonableness in denying dental implants or amounts above the fee schedule.

• Procedural fairness
• Standard of review - reasonableness
• Dental treatment coverage
• Evidence admissibility
• Statutory interpretation of vhcr
• Procedural-fairness

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Lemay c. Canada (Procureur général)

Court

Federal Court

La Cour fédérale rejette la requête d’injonction interlocutoire mandatoire de Guillaume Lemay visant le rétablissement provisoire de sa prestation de remplacement du revenu.

• Suspension of benefits
• Preliminary injunction criteria
• Reasonableness review
• Interpretation of access to information act s.27(2)
• Balance of convenience
• Administrative-law

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Manuge v. Canada

Court

Federal Court

The Federal Court approved a class action settlement for military and RCMP disability benefit miscalculations, along with class counsel fees, costs, and $10,000 honoraria.

• Settlement approval
• Class counsel fees
• Representative plaintiff honorarium
• Certification
• Calculation errors of pension adjustments
• Interest on corrective payments

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Dmitrienko v. Canada (Attorney General)

Court

Federal Court

Judicial review of a VRAB reconsideration decision dismissed. The Court found no procedural unfairness and held the panel reasonably found no new evidence or reviewable error.

• Reasonableness review
• Procedural fairness
• Reconsideration under vrab act s.32(1)
• Benefit of the doubt (vrab s.39)
• Causation in disability claims
• Table of disabilities interpretation

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Kenney c. Canada (Procureur général)

Court

Federal Court

La Cour fédérale rejette le contrôle judiciaire visant le refus de réexamen d’une demande d’allocation pour soins, faute de motif de réexamen démontré.

• Reexamination under s.32(1)
• Standard of review - reasonableness
• Evidentiary rules s.39
• Procedural threshold for reexamination
• Retroactive benefits
• Judicial-review

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