Fercan Developments Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General)

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
Judgevan Rensburg, Pardu and Huscroft JJ.A.
Neutral Citation2021 ONCA 251
Citation2021 ONCA 251
Docket NumberC67707 & C67710
Date22 April 2021

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12 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 19 ' April 23, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 27, 2021
    ...166, Antique Treasures of the World Inc. v. Bauer, 2003 CanLII 35349 (Ont. C.A.) Fercan Developments Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 ONCA 251 Keywords: Torts, Malicious Prosecution, Negligent Investigation, Misfeasance in Public Office Conspiracy, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, ......
  • GHC Swift Current Realty Inc. v BACZ Engineering (2004) Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • March 24, 2022
    ...facts of each case and the abilities and circumstances of the particular claimant (Fercan Developments Inc. v Canada (Attorney General), 2021 ONCA 251 at para 16 [Fercan]; 407 ETR Concession Company Limited v Day, 2016 ONCA 709 at para 34, 403 DLR (4th) 385). Where the plaintiff offers reas......
  • M.v v. Zaitzeff
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • February 10, 2025
    ...McHale v. Lewis, 2018 ONCA 1048, 144 O.R. (3d) 279, at para. 38; West, at para. 2; Fercan Developments Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 ONCA 251, 157 OR (3d) 81; see also MacNeil v. Master Corporal Brown, 2018 ONSC 5760; Apotex Inc. v. Eli Lilly Canada Inc, 2021 ONSC 1588, 187 C.P.R.......
  • Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada v Ackroyd LLP
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • February 22, 2023
    ...an action” is a fact specific exercise turning on the facts of each case: Fercan Developments Inc v Attorney General of Canada, 2021 ONCA 251 at paras. 14, 16, 157 OR (3d) 81. Fercan Developments at para. 14 found the purpose of the Ontario equivalent of the requirement that proceedi......
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7 cases
  • GHC Swift Current Realty Inc. v BACZ Engineering (2004) Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan)
    • March 24, 2022
    ...facts of each case and the abilities and circumstances of the particular claimant (Fercan Developments Inc. v Canada (Attorney General), 2021 ONCA 251 at para 16 [Fercan]; 407 ETR Concession Company Limited v Day, 2016 ONCA 709 at para 34, 403 DLR (4th) 385). Where the plaintiff offers reas......
  • M.v v. Zaitzeff
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • February 10, 2025
    ...McHale v. Lewis, 2018 ONCA 1048, 144 O.R. (3d) 279, at para. 38; West, at para. 2; Fercan Developments Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 ONCA 251, 157 OR (3d) 81; see also MacNeil v. Master Corporal Brown, 2018 ONSC 5760; Apotex Inc. v. Eli Lilly Canada Inc, 2021 ONSC 1588, 187 C.P.R.......
  • Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada v Ackroyd LLP
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • February 22, 2023
    ...an action” is a fact specific exercise turning on the facts of each case: Fercan Developments Inc v Attorney General of Canada, 2021 ONCA 251 at paras. 14, 16, 157 OR (3d) 81. Fercan Developments at para. 14 found the purpose of the Ontario equivalent of the requirement that proceedi......
  • 1475182 Ontario Inc. o/a Edges Contracting v. Ghotbi
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 13, 2021
    ...recently addressed the standard of review applicable to limitations issues in Fercan Developments Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 ONCA 251 where they held, at para. Whether a limitation period expired before an action was commenced is a question of mixed fact and law, and subject to......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 19 ' April 23, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 27, 2021
    ...166, Antique Treasures of the World Inc. v. Bauer, 2003 CanLII 35349 (Ont. C.A.) Fercan Developments Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 ONCA 251 Keywords: Torts, Malicious Prosecution, Negligent Investigation, Misfeasance in Public Office Conspiracy, Civil Procedure, Summary Judgment, ......