Deschenes v. Lalonde

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
Judgevan Rensburg, Paciocco and Thorburn JJ.A.
Citation2020 ONCA 304
Docket NumberC66312
Date20 May 2020

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32 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 15 ' 19, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • August 22, 2022
    ...423, Place Concorde East Ltd. Partnership v. Shelter Corp. of Canada Ltd. (2006), 270 D.L.R. (4th) 181 (Ont. C.A.), Deschenes v. Lalonde, 2020 ONCA 304, Kingu v. Walmer Ventures Ltd. (1986), 10 B.C.L.R. (2d) 15 (C.A.), Spence v. Crawford, [1939] 3 All E.R. 271, Barclays Bank v. Metcalfe & M......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 19 ' 22, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 6, 2020
    ...enjoys the outdoors this weekend while still practicing physical distancing. Table of Contents Civil Decisions Deschenes v. Lalonde, 2020 ONCA 304 Keywords: Contracts, Settlements, Remedies, Rescission, Innocent Misrepresentation MCC Mortgage Holdings Inc. v. Mundulai, 2020 ONCA 312 Keyword......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 3 ' 7, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 13, 2025
    ...Enforcement, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-3, s. 244(1), Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 49.09, Deschenes v. Lalonde, 2020 ONCA 304, Mohammed v. York Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. (2006), 79 O.R. (3d) 354 (C.A.), 917488 Ontario Inc. v. Sam Mortgages Ltd., 2013 ONSC 2212 Lo......
  • Specific Performance: Discretionary Defences and Considerations that Affect Discretion
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...Services, 2014) at 153–55. 5 The requirements to prove unilateral mistake have recently been summarized in Deschenes v Lalonde , 2020 ONCA 304 at para 32 [ Deschenes ], as follows: “The law on rescission for unilateral mistake is that a party may seek rescission of a contract for its own un......
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34 cases
  • Naturale Science Inc. v. Ramm Pharma Corp.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 9, 2024
    ...Bank v Metcalfe & Mansfield Alternative Investments VII Corp, 2011 ONSC 5008, aff’d 2013 ONCA 494 at para 157; Deschenes v Lalonde, 2020 ONCA 304 at para [41] 3Com Corp. v. Zorin International Corp, 2004 CanLII 10307, affirmed 2006 CanLII 18351 ONCA, at para 12. [42] Performance Industr......
  • Urban Mechanical Contracting Ltd. v. Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • August 17, 2022
    ...induced to enter into a contract, for instance, by a fraudulent misrepresentation: Guarantee Co., at para. 39; Deschenes v. Lalonde, 2020 ONCA 304, 447 D.L.R. (4th) 132, at para. 29, leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused, 39288 (February 11, 2021); and Kingu v. Walmer Ventures Ltd. (1986), 10 B......
  • Moranis v. Toronto Real Estate Board
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • January 10, 2025
    ...[2] Srebot v. Srebot Farms Ltd., 2013 ONCA 84, at para. 10; Mehedi v. Tamlin, 2024 ONSC 4420, at para. 23 to 25; Deschenes v. Lalonde, 2020 ONCA 304, at para. 27. [3] La Française IC 2 v. Wires, 2024 ONCA 171, at para 8, citing: Behn v. Moulton Contracting Ltd., 2013 SCC 26, [2013] 2 S.C.R.......
  • Bacanora Minerals Ltd v Orr-Ewing (Estate)
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • April 26, 2023
    ...“The equitable remedy of rescission is available for a false or misleading representation that induces a contract”: Deschenes v Lalonde, 2020 ONCA 304 at para 29, leave to appeal to SCC refused, 39288 (11 February 2021), citing Guarantee Co of North America v Gordon Capital Corp, [1999] 3 S......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 15 ' 19, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • August 22, 2022
    ...423, Place Concorde East Ltd. Partnership v. Shelter Corp. of Canada Ltd. (2006), 270 D.L.R. (4th) 181 (Ont. C.A.), Deschenes v. Lalonde, 2020 ONCA 304, Kingu v. Walmer Ventures Ltd. (1986), 10 B.C.L.R. (2d) 15 (C.A.), Spence v. Crawford, [1939] 3 All E.R. 271, Barclays Bank v. Metcalfe & M......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 3 ' 7, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 13, 2025
    ...Enforcement, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-3, s. 244(1), Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 49.09, Deschenes v. Lalonde, 2020 ONCA 304, Mohammed v. York Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. (2006), 79 O.R. (3d) 354 (C.A.), 917488 Ontario Inc. v. Sam Mortgages Ltd., 2013 ONSC 2212 Lo......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 19 ' 22, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 6, 2020
    ...enjoys the outdoors this weekend while still practicing physical distancing. Table of Contents Civil Decisions Deschenes v. Lalonde, 2020 ONCA 304 Keywords: Contracts, Settlements, Remedies, Rescission, Innocent Misrepresentation MCC Mortgage Holdings Inc. v. Mundulai, 2020 ONCA 312 Keyword......
2 books & journal articles
  • Specific Performance: Discretionary Defences and Considerations that Affect Discretion
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...Services, 2014) at 153–55. 5 The requirements to prove unilateral mistake have recently been summarized in Deschenes v Lalonde , 2020 ONCA 304 at para 32 [ Deschenes ], as follows: “The law on rescission for unilateral mistake is that a party may seek rescission of a contract for its own un......
  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...246 Derrick Barr v Bifa Waste Services Ltd, [2012] EWCA Civ 312 ....................... 312 Deschenes v Lalonde, 2020 ONCA 304 ................................................434–35, 436 Detroit Football Co v Dublinski, [1955] OWN 805, [1955] 4 DLR 176 (HCJ), var’d [1956] OR 744 (HCJ), rev’......