Austin v. Bell Canada, 2020 ONCA 142

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeMacPherson, Sharpe and Jamal JJ.A.
Citation2020 ONCA 142
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
Date21 February 2020
Docket NumberC67404
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12 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 17 – February 21, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 2, 2020
    ..., R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 170(12), Fault Determination Rules, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 668, R. v. Pannu, 2015 ONCA 677 Austin v. Bell Canada , 2020 ONCA 142 Keywords: Contracts, Interpretation, Contra Proferentem, Pension Plans, Class Proceedings, Summary Judgment, Class Proceedings Act , 1992,......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Pension Law. Third Edition
    • August 5, 2021
    ...[2011] SCCA No 206 ............................326, 327, 341–42, 538 Austin v Bell Canada, 2018 ONSC 4018, rev’d on other grounds, 2020 ONCA 142 ................................................................................... 130, 257 Austin v Bell Canada, 2019 ONSC 4757 ......................
  • Minimum Standards
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Pension Law. Third Edition
    • August 5, 2021
    ...in favour of former employees rather than a gratuitous beneit at the discretion of the employer: see, for example, Austin v Bell Canada , 2020 ONCA 142; Quinn v New Brunswick (Finance and Human Resources) , 2011 NBQB 182 at paras 57–96; and Dinney v Great-West Life Assurance Co , 2005 MBCA ......
  • Farrage Estate v. D’Andrea, 2020 ONSC 5200
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 31, 2020
    ...15, 17, 20, 21-23, 25-26, 31, 34, 36, 42, 44 and 45. [42] Decision, at para. 16. [43] Decision, at para. 46. [44] Austin v. Bell Canada, 2020 ONCA 142, at para. 24. [45] Decision, at para. 44. [46] Courts of Justice Act, s. 133(b): “No appeal lies without leave of the court to which the app......
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6 cases
  • Farrage Estate v. D’Andrea, 2020 ONSC 5200
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 31, 2020
    ...15, 17, 20, 21-23, 25-26, 31, 34, 36, 42, 44 and 45. [42] Decision, at para. 16. [43] Decision, at para. 46. [44] Austin v. Bell Canada, 2020 ONCA 142, at para. 24. [45] Decision, at para. 44. [46] Courts of Justice Act, s. 133(b): “No appeal lies without leave of the court to which the app......
  • Granger v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario, 2020 ONSC 4101
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • July 8, 2020
    ...and in supplementary reasons at 2019 ONSC 5961, 51 C.C.P.B. (2nd) 154. The plaintiff successfully appealed that decision (reported at 2020 ONCA 142, 150 O.R. (3d) 21), but the Court of Appeal did not address Morgan J.’s costs reasons reported at 2019 ONSC [7] For example, in Stewart v. Demm......
  • Reddick Brothers Masonry Limited v. Hage Investments Limited,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • April 27, 2022
    ...and to avoid an interpretation of one provision that would render another provision meaningless or redundant: Austin v. Bell Canada, 2020 ONCA 142, at para. 26. As Saunders J.A., stated in giving the Court’s judgment in Pass Creek Enterprises Ltd. v. Kootenay Custom Log Sort Ltd., 20......
  • Khan v. Shaheen Investment Inc.,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 19, 2022
    ...(C.A.), at para. 89, quoting from National Trust Co. v. Mead, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 410, at p. 425, endorsed in Austin v. Bell Canada et. al., 2020 ONCA 142, 150 O.R. (3d) 21, at para. c.       No contracts are made in a vacuum: there is always a setting in which the......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 17 – February 21, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 2, 2020
    ..., R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 170(12), Fault Determination Rules, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 668, R. v. Pannu, 2015 ONCA 677 Austin v. Bell Canada , 2020 ONCA 142 Keywords: Contracts, Interpretation, Contra Proferentem, Pension Plans, Class Proceedings, Summary Judgment, Class Proceedings Act , 1992,......
  • Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation Newsletter ' April 2020
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 20, 2020
    ...IN THIS ISSUE BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS Earl v. McAllister, 2019 ONSC 7288 INTERPRETATION OF PENSION PLAN TERMS Austin v. Bell Canada, 2020 ONCA 142 FAMILY LAW Kraft v. Kraft, 2020 BCSC 283 Miaskowski v. MacIntyre, 2020 ONCA 178 JURISDICTION OF A PENSION PLAN Canada (Attorney General) v. Nor......
4 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Pension Law. Third Edition
    • August 5, 2021
    ...[2011] SCCA No 206 ............................326, 327, 341–42, 538 Austin v Bell Canada, 2018 ONSC 4018, rev’d on other grounds, 2020 ONCA 142 ................................................................................... 130, 257 Austin v Bell Canada, 2019 ONSC 4757 ......................
  • Minimum Standards
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Pension Law. Third Edition
    • August 5, 2021
    ...in favour of former employees rather than a gratuitous beneit at the discretion of the employer: see, for example, Austin v Bell Canada , 2020 ONCA 142; Quinn v New Brunswick (Finance and Human Resources) , 2011 NBQB 182 at paras 57–96; and Dinney v Great-West Life Assurance Co , 2005 MBCA ......
  • Reach
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Pension Law. Third Edition
    • August 5, 2021
    ...Co , [2009] OJ No 114 (SCJ) at para 47, and most recently, Austin v Bell Canada , 2018 ONSC 4018 at para 28, rev’d on other grounds, 2020 ONCA 142. ny v Smallhorn , 2007 CanLII 55704 (Ont SC). See also, Imperial Oil Limited v Ontario (Superintendent Financial Services) , 2010 ONFST 16, wher......
  • Grammar and Punctuation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guthrie's Guide to Better Legal Writing. Second Edition
    • August 5, 2021
    ...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 Punctuation Read that En......

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