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Posts Tagged: summary judgment
2 ResultsSummary Judgment and Trotter Estate
by: Michael Rosen, January 6, 2015
As expected, the Supreme Court of Canada’s major decision in Hyrniak v. Mauldin has led to an increased use of the summary judgement motion in Ontario. On a motion for summary judgement, a court disposes of a case without the need for a costly and time consuming hearing or trial. However, some recent court decisions…read more
The Paul Penna Estate: Summary Judgment Appealed
by: Justin de Vries, December 16, 2008
Introduction In an earlier edition of Deadbeat,[1] I wrote a case comment on the decision of Greer J. granting partial summary judgment in the Estate of Paul Penna.[2] The decision was appealed. As recently reported in the Ontario Reports, the Court of Appeal (“C.A.”) dismissed the appeal.[3] What follow is a consideration of the C.A.’s…read more