Frayce v. BMO Investor Line Inc. et al

JurisdictionOntario
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
JudgeBelobaba
Citation2023 ONSC 16
Date20 January 2023
Docket NumberCV-20-638868-CP

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4 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 20 ' 24, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • October 28, 2025
    ...Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c. 6., ss. 5, 8, 12, 13, Rules of Civil Procedure, rr. 1.04, 6.01(1), Frayce v. BMO Investor Line Inc. et al, 2023 ONSC 16, Gilani v. BMO Investments Inc., 2021 ONSC 3589, Fontaine v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 ONCA 688, Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation v. South ......
  • Banach v. Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • September 18, 2024
    ...Allen, is a longtime corporate lawyer and who was former Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission. In Frayce v. BMO Investor Line Inc., 2023 ONSC 16, at para. 23, a case involving the payment of mutual fund trailing commissions to discount brokers, Justice Belobaba considered he expert ev......
  • Woodard v. CIBC
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 24, 2025
    ...brokers had been harmed. The Frayce action was denied certification, a decision upheld on appeal: Frayce v. BMO Investor Line Inc. et al, 2023 ONSC 16; 2024 ONSC 533, leave to appeal to Ont. C.A. refused, COA-24-OM-0042 (September 6, 2024). The Pozgaj action continued and has since been set......
  • Aizic v. Natcan Trust Company
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • October 22, 2025
    ...payment of trailing commissions to discount brokers was not illegal, as alleged in that action: Frayce v. BMO Investor Line Inc. et al, 2023 ONSC 16. An appeal of this decision was dismissed by the Divisional Court and leave to appeal the Divisional Court’s decision was refused by this cour......
4 cases
  • Woodard v CIBC
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 24, 2025
    ...brokers had been harmed. The Frayce action was denied certification, a decision upheld on appeal: Frayce v. BMO Investor Line Inc. et al, 2023 ONSC 16; 2024 ONSC 533, leave to appeal to Ont. C.A. refused, COA-24-OM-0042 (September 6, 2024). The Pozgaj action continued and has since been set......
  • Pozgaj v CIBC
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 24, 2025
    ...brokers had been harmed. The Frayce action was denied certification, a decision upheld on appeal: Frayce v. BMO Investor Line Inc. et al, 2023 ONSC 16; 2024 ONSC 533, leave to appeal to Ont. C.A. refused, COA-24-OM-0042 (September 6, 2024). The Pozgaj action continued and has since been set......
  • Aggarwal v The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • February 12, 2025
    ...and the evidence, submissions, and reasons in Belobaba J.'s dismissal of the related action in Frayce v. BMO Investor Line Inc. et al, 2023 ONSC 16. 23 My findings on this first matter are informed by the list of factors that continue in s. 27.1(7)(2–10). I discuss each of those The risks a......
  • Aizic v Natcan Trust Company
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • October 22, 2025
    ...payment of trailing commissions to discount brokers was not illegal, as alleged in that action: Frayce v. BMO Investor Line Inc. et al, 2023 ONSC 16. An appeal of this decision was dismissed by the Divisional Court and leave to appeal the Divisional Court's decision was refused by this cour......
1 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 20 ' 24, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • October 28, 2025
    ...Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c. 6., ss. 5, 8, 12, 13, Rules of Civil Procedure, rr. 1.04, 6.01(1), Frayce v. BMO Investor Line Inc. et al, 2023 ONSC 16, Gilani v. BMO Investments Inc., 2021 ONSC 3589, Fontaine v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 ONCA 688, Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation v. South ......