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Insurance law 2026 ONCA 334

Green Rise Foods Inc. v. N.V. Hagelunie

The Ontario Court of Appeal set aside summary judgment in a greenhouse insurance dispute, holding the motion judge misapplied causation analysis and failed to resolve key factual issues.

  • Coverage
  • Causation
  • Policy interpretation
  • Exclusions
  • Summary judgment
  • Onus of proof
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Torts 2026 ONCA 332

Chanderpaul v. Caesars Convention Centre Ltd.

Court of Appeal upholds dismissal of claims against the Kauras and R.K.S., leaves the overservice claim against Caesars to proceed, and dismisses both appeal and cross-appeal.

  • Overservice/liquor liability
  • Piercing the corporate veil
  • Summary judgment
  • Rule 21 striking pleadings
  • Statute of limitations
  • Duty to insure
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Civil procedure 2026 ONCA 309

Lewis v. The Hertz Corporation

The Court of Appeal for Ontario dismissed an appeal from summary judgment, holding that a broad settlement release barred the claims and that no trial issue remained.

  • Summary judgment
  • Settlement and release
  • Motion to dismiss
  • Judicial bias
  • Costs
  • Summary-judgment
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Contract law 2026 BCSC 732

1459534 B.C. Ltd. v. Polajzar

The notice of civil claim fails to plead the material particulars necessary to sustain a breach of the duty of honest contractual performance because it does not identify the specific representations, how they were dishonest, or how any dishonesty was directly linked to performance of the CPS and Addendum; however, because an amendment could cure the pleading defects and no non-compensable prejudice was shown, the plaintiff is granted leave to amend; the purchaser's lien claim raises conflicting factual issues on the affidavits and is not bound to fail on summary judgment, so the Rule 9-6 app…

  • Duty of honest contractual performance
  • Purchaser's lien
  • Summary judgment
  • Pleadings
  • Specific performance
  • Time is of the essence / forfeiture
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Civil 2026 ONCA 282

1396929 Ontario Inc. v. Valladares

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from summary judgment enforcing a second mortgage, finding no genuine issue for trial and lifting the stay.

  • Summary judgment
  • Possession
  • Writ of possession
  • Independent legal advice
  • Undue influence
  • Language barrier
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Torts 2026 ONCA 283

Nigro v. Luciano

The Court of Appeal held that a hired dog walker in physical possession and control of a dog before an attack was an “owner” under the Dog Owners’ Liability Act.

  • Dog owners' liability act
  • Definition of owner
  • Strict liability
  • Summary judgment
  • Interaction with occupiers' liability act
  • Dog-owners-liability-act
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Contract law 2026 BCSC 686

Blankstein v. Hayes Davis Investments Inc.

Summary judgment dismissed because material triable issues exist: evidence supports that the Option Agreement may be intimately connected to the services agreement (Sail Labrador) and factual disputes remain about whether defendant's conduct hindered exercise or justified equitable relief to excuse non-compliance; these issues cannot be resolved on a Rule 9-6 application.

  • Option agreements
  • Specific performance
  • Failure of consideration
  • Summary judgment
  • Relief from forfeiture
  • Substantial non-performance
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Civil 2026 ONCA 265

Bank of Montreal v. Dua

The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal in a bank collection dispute, finding the appellants were in default and that the counterclaim disclosed no reasonable cause of action.

  • Summary judgment
  • Counterclaim dismissal
  • Mortgage reinstatement
  • Costs
  • Default on mortgage
  • Interest rate accommodation
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Civil 2026 ONCA 257

Canadian National Railway Company v. Kitchener (City)

The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed CN’s appeal, holding that its coal tar contamination claim was an abuse of process because the same continuing-migration claim had already been dismissed for delay.

  • Continuing tort
  • Abuse of process
  • Summary judgment
  • Limitations
  • Trial fairness
  • Relitigation
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