Essa v. Mekawi,
| Jurisdiction | Ontario |
| Judge | G.A. Campbell |
| Citation | 2014 ONSC 7409 |
| Date | 31 December 2014 |
| Court | Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada) |
| Docket Number | FS-14-13 |
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14 practice notes
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Divorce: Jurisdiction; Judgments; Foreign Divorces; Grounds for Divorce; Bars
...Club Resorts Ltd v Van Breda, 2012 SCC 17 at paras 101–3; see also LGV v LAP, 2016 NBCA 23; Wang v Lin, 2013 ONCA 33; Essa v Mekawi, 2014 ONSC 7409. Compare Theriault v Theriault, 2014 SKQB 373 at paras 14–16, citing Walling v Walling, 2007 SKQB Alcaniz v Willoughby, 2011 ONSC 7045, citing ......
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Chapter 7: Divorce: Jurisdiction; Judgments; Foreign Divorces; Grounds for Divorce; Bars
...2023 ONSC 1288; Sonia v Ratan, 2024 ONCA 152; Vyazemskaya v Safin, 2024 ONCA 156; compare Hossein v Nouh, 2018 ABQB 912; Essa v Mekawi, 2014 ONSC 7409; Novikova v Lyzo, 2019 ONCA 821; Zeineldin v Elshikh, 2020 ONSC 1160. 99 Vyazemskaya v Safin, 2024 ONCA 156 at paras 33 and 36, discussed in......
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Divorce: Jurisdiction; Judgments; Foreign Divorces; Grounds for Divorce; Bars
...Pontes , 2015 NBQB 197; LGV v LAP , 2016 NBCA 23; Wang v Lin , 2013 ONCA 33; Karkulowski v Karkulowski , 2014 ONSC 1222; Essa v Mekawi , 2014 ONSC 7409. Compare Theriault v Theriault , 2014 SKQB 373 at paras 14–16, citing Walling v Walling , 2007 SKQB 43. Canadian family law 180 2) Definiti......
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Table of Cases
...ONCA 347 69 Canadian Family Law 10e.indb 686 Ernst v Ernst, 2023 BCSC 65 198, 199, 200 ERR v PJS, 2021 ABQB 65 499, 509 Essa v Mekawi, 2014 ONSC 7409 160 Estate, 2017 ONCA 366 202, 207, 437 Estey v Estey, [1999] NSJ No 226 (SC) 349 ET v AM, 2022 NBKB 173 485 Etemadi v Maali, 2021 BCSC 1003 ......
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8 cases
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Abraham v. Gallo,
...the court to recognize a foreign divorce on the basis of the principles of conflicts of laws and the rules of common law (Essa v. Mekawi, 2014 ONSC 7409 (Ont. S.C.J.); Janes v. Pardo, 2002 CarswellNfld 16 (Nfld. 10 At common law, there are presumptions in favou......
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J.R.B.T. v. C.H.B.,
...at paragraph 73 through 77). The defence of public policy has a narrow application, as I understand it (see Essa v. McKqwi, 2014 ONSC 7409, at paragraph 24. I might add that thi......
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KNIFATI v. KNIFATI,
...A parent may not remove the child from one jurisdiction in order to establish the status quo in another jurisdiction: see E.H. v. M. M. 2014 ONSC 7409 (S.C.). This is forum shopping, and should be avoided. Ontario courts should not actively or passively support or encourage this activity. [......
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Vyazemskaya v. Safin,
...been determined to be contrary to Canadian public policy: Sonia v. Ratan, 2022 ONSC 6340, at paras. 213 and 214, Essa v. Mekawi, 2014 ONSC 7409. [57] I recognize that the defence of public policy is very narrow, and that it i......
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6 books & journal articles
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Divorce: Jurisdiction; Judgments; Foreign Divorces; Grounds for Divorce; Bars
...Pontes , 2015 NBQB 197; LGV v LAP , 2016 NBCA 23; Wang v Lin , 2013 ONCA 33; Karkulowski v Karkulowski , 2014 ONSC 1222; Essa v Mekawi , 2014 ONSC 7409. Compare Theriault v Theriault , 2014 SKQB 373 at paras 14–16, citing Walling v Walling , 2007 SKQB 43. Canadian family law 180 2) Definiti......
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Divorce: Jurisdiction; Judgments; Foreign Divorces; Grounds for Divorce; Bars
...see also Johansson v Janssen, 2021 BCCA 190; Qin v Dai, 2021 BCSC 943; LGV v LAP, 2016 NBCA 23; Wang v Lin, 2013 ONCA 33; Essa v Mekawi, 2014 ONSC 7409; Borschel v Borschel, 2021 ONSC 293; Droit de la famille — 21910, 2021 QCCS 2081. Compare Theriault v Theriault, 2014 SKQB 373 at paras 14–......
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Divorce: Jurisdiction; Judgments; Foreign Divorces; Grounds for Divorce; Bars
...Club Resorts Ltd v Van Breda, 2012 SCC 17 at paras 101–3; see also LGV v LAP, 2016 NBCA 23; Wang v Lin, 2013 ONCA 33; Essa v Mekawi, 2014 ONSC 7409. Compare Theriault v Theriault, 2014 SKQB 373 at paras 14–16, citing Walling v Walling, 2007 SKQB Alcaniz v Willoughby, 2011 ONSC 7045, citing ......
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Divorce: Jurisdiction; Judgments; Foreign Divorces; Grounds for Divorce; Bars
...forum exists. 2 1 RSC 1985 , c 3 (2d Supp). 2 Wang v Lin , 2013 ONCA 33 ; Karkulowski v Karkulowski , 2014 ONSC 1222 ; Essa v Mekawi , 2014 ONSC 7409. Compare Theriault v Theriault , 2014 SKQB 373 at paras 14–16, citing Walling v Walling , 2007 SKQB 43 . Chapter 7: Divorce: Jurisdicti......
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