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Tort 2025 FC 650

Corriveau v. Canada

The Federal Court dismissed Canada’s motion to strike parts of a class action pleading and to amend common issues, finding the particulars were sufficient.

  • Negligence
  • Vicarious liability
  • Punitive damages
  • Motion to strike (rule 221)
  • Particulars
  • Amendment of common issues (rule 334.19)
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Class actions 2025 FC 443

Brandon v. Canada

The Federal Court struck a proposed class claim by a child of a Residential School survivor, finding the claim barred by the IRSSA release and denying leave to amend.

  • Negligence
  • Settlement release and res judicata
  • Intergenerational harms
  • Motion to strike (rule 221)
  • Finality of settlements
  • Motion-to-strike
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Constitutional law 2024 FC 1746

Cannon v. Canada

The Federal Court struck Richard Cannon’s claim against Canada, finding no reasonable cause of action was pleaded and denying leave to amend.

  • Freedom of association (charter s.2)
  • False imprisonment
  • Intentional infliction of emotional harm
  • Negligence
  • Motion to strike (rule 221)
  • Leave to amend
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Intellectual property 2023 FC 241

Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. v. Sandoz Canada Inc.

Federal Court held that defendants in s 6(1) PM(NOC) actions may counterclaim as of right against non-asserted patent claims, subject to Rule 221 motions.

  • Pm(noc) regulations
  • Counterclaims against non-asserted patent claims
  • Summary judgment
  • Motion to strike (rule 221)
  • Patent-infringement
  • Pmnoc-regulations
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Constitutional law 2022 FC 1449

Chowdhury v. Canada

The Federal Court dismissed Mr. Chowdhury’s appeal from an order striking his Statement of Claim about the air-travel vaccine mandate.

  • Charter rights
  • Judicial review
  • Motion to strike (rule 221)
  • Vaccine mandate
  • Declaratory relief
  • Standing
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Patent law 2022 FC 981

Rovi Guides, Inc. v. Videotron Ltd.

The Federal Court dismissed Videotron’s Rule 51 appeal, upholding the case management judge’s refusal to strike pleadings on common design and attribution in a patent case.

  • Common design
  • Attribution
  • Motion to strike (rule 221)
  • Particulars (rule 174, rule 181)
  • Standard of review on rule 51 appeals
  • Vicarious liability
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Public international law 2022 FC 646

King v. Polizeiprasisium Stuttgart, Germany

The Federal Court dismissed Oliver King’s action against two German state entities, finding they were immune from Canadian jurisdiction under the State Immunity Act.

  • State immunity act
  • S.3 immunity
  • S.6(b) loss of property exemption
  • Motion to strike (rule 221)
  • Service of process (rules 137 and 203(1))
  • Pure economic loss vs property damage
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Aviation law 2020 FC 1089

Donaldson v. Swoop Inc.

The Federal Court struck a proposed airline refund class action for lack of jurisdiction, holding the claims were private contractual disputes outside federal authority.

  • Frustration of contract
  • Jurisdiction of federal court s.23(b)
  • Montreal convention scope
  • Consumer refunds
  • Motion to strike (rule 221)
  • Certification (rule 334.16)
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Civil procedure 2020 FC 1070

Rooke v. Williams

The Federal Court declared David Williams a vexatious litigant under s. 40 of the Federal Courts Act and ordered him to seek leave before further proceedings.

  • Section 40 federal courts act
  • Motion to strike (rule 221)
  • Leave to commence or continue proceedings
  • Costs (rule 400)
  • Vexatious-litigation
  • Federal-courts-act-section-40
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Patent law 2016 FC 1129

Elbit Systems Electro-optics Elop Ltd. v. Selex ES Ltd.

The Federal Court dismissed Selex’s appeal from a prothonotary’s partial refusal to strike patent pleadings, finding no reviewable error under the applicable standard.

  • Inducement to infringe
  • Motion to strike (rule 221)
  • Damages including extraterritorial damages
  • Standard of review for prothonotaries
  • Pleadings
  • Motion-to-strike
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