On May 28, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released a unanimous decision in the case of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary’s Cathedral v Aga, 2020 SCC 22 [Aga], which revolved around whether expulsion from a church could be reviewed by a court. Overturning the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”)’s decision, […]
The Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) set aside a lower court ruling earlier this year because the motion judge had failed to give adequate reasons for his decision. In Barbieri v Mastronardi, 2014 ONCA 416 [Barbieri], the Court of Appeal was reviewing a liability finding linked to the sale of residential property. While the court recognized the […]
Normal 0 Commentators often refer to a crisis in civil justice. Civil procedure is slow, complicated, and prohibitively expensive, putting it out of the reach of the average Canadian. In 2010, the Ontario government amended the Rules of Civil Procedure, RRO 1990, Regulation 194, with the aim of improving access to justice. One aspect of this was […]