Farrell v. Attorney General of Canada,

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeGlustein
Citation2023 ONSC 1474
Docket NumberCV-20-00643396-00CP
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
Date03 March 2023

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4 practice notes
  • Trueman v Rogers Communications Canada Inc.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • October 23, 2025
    ...plaintiff? 124 The test under s. 5(1)(b) of the CPA, as articulated by Glustein, J. in Farrell v. Attorney General of Canada, 2023 ONSC 1474, 165 O.R. (3d) 652, at paras. 229–32, is: [229] The plaintiffs have an obligation, “although not an onerous one”, to show that the class is not “unnec......
  • Richard v The Attorney General of Canada
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • July 5, 2024
    ...disproportionate, as well as contrary to principles of natural justice. I summarized the law in Farrell v. Attorney General of Canada, 2023 ONSC 1474, at paras. 119-20: The principles of fundamental justice relating to arbitrariness, overbreadth and gross disproportionality have been descri......
  • ALS Society v Windsor
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • November 28, 2025
    ...at para. 338; leave to appeal refused (Ont. Div. Ct.) (13 September 2021), 2021 ONSC 5906. 46 Farrell v. Attorney General of Canada, 2023 ONSC 1474, 165 O.R. (3d) 652 [ 47 Rego v. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, 2023 ONSC 5244 (S.C.J.) [Rego], at paras. 68–69; reversed in part 2025 ONCA 340, 1......
  • Chijindu v Law Society of Ontario
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • July 22, 2024
    ...He relied on Doucet-Boudreau v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education), [2003] 3 SCR 3, at para. 45; Farrell v. Attorney General of Canada, 2023 ONSC 1474, at paras. 212-18; Canada (Attorney General) v. TeleZone Inc., [2010] 3 SCR 585, at para. 6; A.G. Can. v. Law Society of B.C., [1982] 2 SCR......
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  • Richard v The Attorney General of Canada,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • July 5, 2024
    ...disproportionate, as well as contrary to principles of natural justice. I summarized the law in Farrell v. Attorney General of Canada, 2023 ONSC 1474, at paras. 119-20: The principles of fundamental justice relating to arbitrariness, overbreadth and gross disproportionality have been descri......
  • Chijindu v Law Society of Ontario,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • July 22, 2024
    ...He relied on Doucet-Boudreau v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education), [2003] 3 SCR 3, at para. 45; Farrell v. Attorney General of Canada, 2023 ONSC 1474, at paras. 212-18; Canada (Attorney General) v. TeleZone Inc., [2010] 3 SCR 585, at para. 6; A.G. Can. v. Law Society of B.C., [1982] 2 SCR......