Posts
Aug 1
Clearing house on pre-trial questioning of a third (3rd) party, here a psychiatrist brought as litigation expert on party's mental health: Bonaparte v. Opthof, 2025 ONSC 4435 https://canlii.ca/t/kdk2q
Jul 31
How do you prove a negative? A party's 'preoccupation' of alleged dementia leads to a failed long motion for medical records disclosure & CLRA s. 30 assessment. On travel consent, French immersion, TSEF undertakings: MacDougall-Milne v Smith 2025 ONSC 4278
Jul 30
Costs where repeated filing extensions but no filings, and for travel airfare where case technically Hague Abduction but Ontario chasing order enforced in Portugal (!). Same difference, per FLR R. 24(14)(a)(vi): Magalhães de Araújo v. Torres, 2025 ONCJ 400 https://canlii.ca/t/kdj5v
Jul 29
Not famlaw but facinating legal analysis: Should Ontario recognize a foreign (here, UK) order appointing legal representatives for an incapacitated person. On branches & roots, in rem vs in personam, Parens Patriae: Fisher v. Danilunas, 2025 ONSC 4359 https://canlii.ca/t/kdh20
Jul 28
When limited scope services became a thing, the focus was on defining the relationship as bt lawyer & client. But equally important is clearly defining same to OC & Court. On serial "agents" & dated Notice of Change in Representation: Comeau v. Fox, 2025 ONSC 4318