Dylex Ltd. (Bankrupt), Re, [2001] O.T.C. 910 (SupCt)

• Judge: Spence, J.
• Court: Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
• Case Date: December 19, 2001
• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Citations: [2001] O.T.C. 910 (SupCt)

Dylex Ltd. (Bankrupt), Re, [2001] O.T.C. 910 (SupCt)

MLB headnote and full text

Temp. Cite: [2001] O.T.C. TBEd. DE.057

In the Matter of the Bankruptcy of Dylex Limited, a Company incorporated pursuant to the laws of Canada, having its head office in the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario

Richter & Partners Inc., Trustee in Bankruptcy of Dylex Limited (moving party) v. Westwood Mall (Mississauga) Limited and the other parties listed in Appendix A (respondents)

(Court File No. 01-CL-4216)

Indexed As: Dylex Ltd. (Bankrupt), Re

Court of Ontario

Superior Court of Justice

Commercial List

Spence, J.

December 19, 2001.

Summary:

This headnote contains no summary.

Landlord and Tenant - Topic 5066

Assignment of lease - By court order - Approval of assignment made by trustee in bankruptcy - See paragraphs 1 to 93.

Cases Noticed:

Micro Cooking Centres (Can.) Inc. (Trustee of) v. Cambridge Leaseholds Ltd. (1988), 48 R.P.R. 32 (Ont. H.C.), refd to. [para. 28].

Palate Yorkdale Inc. (Trustee of) v. Bramalea Centres Ltd., [1994] O.J. No. 2202 (Gen. Div.), refd to. [para. 30].

Russo et al. v. Field et al. (1973), 34 D.L.R.(3d) 704 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 57].

Bank of British Columbia v. Turbo Resources Ltd. (1983), 46 A.R. 22; 148 D.L.R.(3d) 598 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 59].

Saskatoon Market Mall Ltd. v. Macleod-Stedman Inc. et al. (1989), 78 Sask.R. 179; 1989 CarswellSask 437 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 61].

Tidan Inc. v. Dylex Ltd., [2001] N.B.R.(2d) (Supp.) No. 80 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 83].

Statutes Noticed:

Commercial Tenancies Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L-7, sect. 38(2) [para. 8].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Pomerantz, H., and Breslin, S., R. v. Wjibway (1965), 8 Crim. L.Q. 137, pp. 137 to 139 [para. 91].

White, Daniel R., Trials and Tribulations (1989), generally [para. 91].

Counsel:

R.M. Slattery, A. Kauffman and Katherine McEachern, for the moving party;

Scott Maidment, for Westwood Mall (Mississauga) Ltd.;

David W. Foulds, for Sunlife Assurance Co. of Canada;

Michael Sterlin, for Halloway Holdings Ltd.;

Michael Farace, for Churchill Plaza Holdings Inc.;

Martin Kaplan, for Rosgate Holdings Ltd. and Riocan Holdings Inc. (landlords for The Westgate Shopping Centre In Ottawa) and The Commissioners Road Site in London, Ont. (landlord for 151516 Canada Inc.);

Graham David Smith, for Saultax Ltd.;

James Cooke, for Petrovec Investments Ltd.;

Robert J. Arcand and Sharon Addison, for Revenue Properties Co.;

John Porter and Alan B. Merskey, for Denninghouse Inc.;

Scott Turton, for Dollar Plus Bargain Centre Ltd.;

A. Paul Gribilas, for Dollar Bazaar;

Wolfgang Kaufmann and Joanna Board, for Woodside Square Ltd.;

Wolfgang Kaufmann, for Acktion Capital Corporations and Bramalea City Centre Equities Inc.;

Steven F. Rosenhek, for Everything For A Dollar Store (Canada) Inc.

This motion was heard on November 8, 9, 28 and 29 and December 5, 6 and 12, 2001, before Spence, J., of the Ontario Superior Court, who released the following decision on December 19, 2001.

Please note: The following judgment has not been edited.