Austin v Bell Canada
| Jurisdiction | Ontario |
| Judge | Morgan |
| Neutral Citation | 2019 ONSC 4757 |
| Docket Number | CV-18-603803-00CP |
| Citation | 2019 ONSC 4757 |
| Date | 12 August 2019 |
| Court | Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada) |
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12 practice notes
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Table of Cases
...grounds, 2020 ONCA 142 ................................................................................... 130, 257 Austin v Bell Canada, 2019 ONSC 4757 ............................................................. 155 Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 SCR 8......
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Regulation
...Group Ltd v Northern Transportation Company Limited , 2017 BCSC 2007. See also Chapter 6, Section B(1)(a). 175 Austin v Bell Canada , 2019 ONSC 4757 at paras 12–13 and 27; Mortson , above note 140. See also, Caponi v Canada Life Assurance Co , [2009] OJ No 114 at para 47 (SCJ); McGee v Lond......
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Grammar and Punctuation
...“Avoid the Most Common Comma Crimes Committed by Counsel” (March 2016) 95 Michigan Bar Journal 40–41. 24 See Austin v Bell Canada , 2019 ONSC 4757, rev’d 2020 ONCA 142; Vitol E&P Ltd v New Age (African Global Energy) Ltd , [2018] EWHC 1580 (Comm); m 184 m Chapter Three: Grammar and Punctuat......
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Austin v. Bell Canada
...2020 On appeal from the judgment of Justice E.M. Morgan of the Superior Court of Justice, dated August 12, 2019, with reasons reported at 2019 ONSC 4757, 147 O.R. (3d) By the Court: [1] The appellant is the representative plaintiff in a class action brought on behalf of retirees who are ben......
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4 cases
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Austin v. Bell Canada
...2020 On appeal from the judgment of Justice E.M. Morgan of the Superior Court of Justice, dated August 12, 2019, with reasons reported at 2019 ONSC 4757, 147 O.R. (3d) By the Court: [1] The appellant is the representative plaintiff in a class action brought on behalf of retirees who are ben......
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Granger v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario
...whether he would seek summary judgment) [6] The merits of the summary judgment motion before Morgan J. were addressed in his reasons at 2019 ONSC 4757, 147 O.R. (3d) 198, and in supplementary reasons at 2019 ONSC 5961, 51 C.C.P.B. (2nd) 154. The plaintiff successfully appealed that decision......
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Austin v Bell Canada
...submissions in writing COSTS ENDORSEMENT [1] On August 12, 2019, I released my reasons for judgment in this case, Austin v Bell Canada, 2019 ONSC 4757, with Supplementary Reasons on October 15, 2019: Austin v Bell Canada, 2019 ONSC 5961. [2] The matter was argued as a double motion, with th......
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Austin v Bell Canada
...for judgment in this matter, granting certification of the action and granting summary judgment dismissing the action: Austin v. Bell, 2019 ONSC 4757. [2] Subsequent to receiving the reasons for judgment, counsel for the Defendants wrote to me on behalf of all parties to address two points ......
4 firm's commentaries
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Interpreting 'The Whole Agreement' In Austin v. Bell Canada
...comma has earned its notoriety as a troublemaker." (Austin v Bell Canada, 2019 ONSC 4757 at para. In a recent class action, a comma in a pension plan was alleged to have generated a dispute of more than $100 million. The judgment re-affirmed a key factor in contractual interpretation law in......
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A Comma-dy Of Errors: Ontario Superior Court Dismisses Pensioners' Class Action
...motion that may determine the fate of the entire action in its favour. Footnotes 1 Hamilton v. Nerbas 2008 ABQB 674 at para. 1. 2 2019 ONSC 4757 3 The proposed class was defined as "All persons, wherever resident, who were entitled to receive a Defined Benefit indexation payment increase fr......
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Pensions Newsletter October 2019
...for the sum of C$16,529.95 as sought. British Columbia Supreme Court Decision INTERPRETATION OF PENSION PLAN TERMS Austin v. Bell Canada, 2019 ONSC 4757 The plaintiff was a pensioner who worked for Bell Canada. He brought a double motion, seeking certification of a proposed class action on ......
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Pensions Newsletter – October 2019
...2019 ONFST 16 BREACH OF TRUST Trustees of the IWA v. Wade, 2019 BCSC 1085 INTERPRETATION OF PENSION PLAN TERMS Austin v. Bell Canada, 2019 ONSC 4757 HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS Revolution Environmental Solutions LP (Terrapure Environmental) v. United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manuf......
3 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...grounds, 2020 ONCA 142 ................................................................................... 130, 257 Austin v Bell Canada, 2019 ONSC 4757 ............................................................. 155 Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 SCR 8......
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Regulation
...Group Ltd v Northern Transportation Company Limited , 2017 BCSC 2007. See also Chapter 6, Section B(1)(a). 175 Austin v Bell Canada , 2019 ONSC 4757 at paras 12–13 and 27; Mortson , above note 140. See also, Caponi v Canada Life Assurance Co , [2009] OJ No 114 at para 47 (SCJ); McGee v Lond......
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Grammar and Punctuation
...“Avoid the Most Common Comma Crimes Committed by Counsel” (March 2016) 95 Michigan Bar Journal 40–41. 24 See Austin v Bell Canada , 2019 ONSC 4757, rev’d 2020 ONCA 142; Vitol E&P Ltd v New Age (African Global Energy) Ltd , [2018] EWHC 1580 (Comm); m 184 m Chapter Three: Grammar and Punctuat......