Bruno v. Dacosta

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeLauwers, Brown and Nordheimer JJ.A.
Citation2020 ONCA 602
Docket NumberC66667
Date23 September 2020

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4 practice notes
  • DCP v. J.M. and J.M.
    • Canada
    • April 7, 2022
    ...DCW (PEI) v. A.H. and J.D., 2009 PECA 19; S.G. v. Children’s Aid Society of Halifax, 2001 NSCA 70; Bruno v. Dacosta, 2020 ONCA 602; R. v. Samaniego, 2022 SCC 9; R. v. Sheppard, 2002 SCC 26; R. v. R.E.M., 2008 SCC 51; R. v. Dinardo, 2008 SCC 24. STATUTES CONSIDERED:  Child Protec......
  • Rosu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • February 8, 2022
    ...International Airport Authority v Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2010 FCA 158, [2011] 4 FCR 425, at paras 16 and 26; Bruno v Dacosta, 2020 ONCA 602, at paras 14 and 17. See also: Halifax Employers Association v Farmer, 2021 FC 145 (Southcott J.), at paras 4 and 43-44; Starach v Canada (......
  • Dow & Duggan Log Homes International (1993) Limited v. Canada
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • March 31, 2021
    ...33-34. In a later case, it stressed the need for first instance courts to clarify any uncertainties on these issues: Bruno v. Dacosta, 2020 ONCA 602, 69 C.C.L.T. (4th) 171 at paras. 53-66. These cases support the above observations. They also give astute advice to first-instance judges and ......
  • Handle With Care: Joint Document Books In Civil Trials
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • February 26, 2021
    ...difficulty with the English language, something of which the defence was well aware" (Girao, para. 21). The second case, Bruno v Dacosta, 2020 ONCA 602, involved an action for damages arising from an assault that took place in a detention centre. The Court of Appeal held that the trial judg......
3 cases
  • DCP v. J.M. and J.M.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Prince Edward Island)
    • April 7, 2022
    ...DCW (PEI) v. A.H. and J.D., 2009 PECA 19; S.G. v. Children’s Aid Society of Halifax, 2001 NSCA 70; Bruno v. Dacosta, 2020 ONCA 602; R. v. Samaniego, 2022 SCC 9; R. v. Sheppard, 2002 SCC 26; R. v. R.E.M., 2008 SCC 51; R. v. Dinardo, 2008 SCC 24. STATUTES CONSIDERED:  Child Protec......
  • Rosu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • February 8, 2022
    ...International Airport Authority v Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2010 FCA 158, [2011] 4 FCR 425, at paras 16 and 26; Bruno v Dacosta, 2020 ONCA 602, at paras 14 and 17. See also: Halifax Employers Association v Farmer, 2021 FC 145 (Southcott J.), at paras 4 and 43-44; Starach v Canada (......
  • Dow & Duggan Log Homes International (1993) Limited v. Canada
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • March 31, 2021
    ...33-34. In a later case, it stressed the need for first instance courts to clarify any uncertainties on these issues: Bruno v. Dacosta, 2020 ONCA 602, 69 C.C.L.T. (4th) 171 at paras. 53-66. These cases support the above observations. They also give astute advice to first-instance judges and ......
1 firm's commentaries
  • Handle With Care: Joint Document Books In Civil Trials
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • February 26, 2021
    ...difficulty with the English language, something of which the defence was well aware" (Girao, para. 21). The second case, Bruno v Dacosta, 2020 ONCA 602, involved an action for damages arising from an assault that took place in a detention centre. The Court of Appeal held that the trial judg......