Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp.

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JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeL'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C.; Bastarache, Michel
Citation[1999] 3 SCR 423,[2000] ILR 1,178 DLR (4th) 1,247 NR 97,91 ACWS (3d) 796,49 BLR (2d) 68,39 CRC (4th) 100,[1999] SCJ No 60 (QL),[1999] ACS no 60,1999 CanLII 664 (SCC),1999 CanLII 670 (SCC),39 CPC (4th) 100,[1999] 3 SCR 660,15 CCLI (3d) 1,126 OAC 1,[1999] CarswellOnt 3172,139 CCC (3d) 492
Date15 October 1999
Docket Number26654

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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 2, 2002
    ...Drew Brown v. Ship Orient Trader, [1974] S.C.R. 1286, refd to. [para. 32]. Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423; 247 N.R. 97; 126 O.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. Syncrude Canada Ltd. et al. v. Hunter Engineering Co. and Allis-Chalmers Canada Ltd. et al., [19......
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    ...Insurance Co., [1980] 1 S.C.R. 888; 32 N.R. 488, refd to. [para. 71]. Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423; 247 N.R. 97; 126 O.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. Nichols v. American Home Assurance Co. et al., [1990] 1 S.C.R. 801; 107 N.R. 321; 39 O.A.C. 63, refd ......
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    ...226 N.S.R.(2d) 235 ; 714 A.P.R. 235 ; 2004 NSCA 103 , refd to. [para. 16]. Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423; 247 N.R. 97 ; 126 O.A.C. 1 , refd to. [para. Dawson et al. v. Rexcraft Storage and Warehouse Inc. et al. (1998), 111 O.A.C. 201 ; 164......
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    ...[summary] judgment should be given for the plaintiff”) (emphasis added). [160] Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423, 434 (“The appropriate test to be applied on a motion for summary judgment is satisfied when the applicant has shown that there is no ge......
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  • Pompey (Z.I.) Industrie et al. v. Ecu-Line N.V. et al., (2003) 303 N.R. 201 (SCC)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 2, 2002
    ...Drew Brown v. Ship Orient Trader, [1974] S.C.R. 1286, refd to. [para. 32]. Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423; 247 N.R. 97; 126 O.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. Syncrude Canada Ltd. et al. v. Hunter Engineering Co. and Allis-Chalmers Canada Ltd. et al., [19......
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    • May 3, 2000
    ...Insurance Co., [1980] 1 S.C.R. 888; 32 N.R. 488, refd to. [para. 71]. Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423; 247 N.R. 97; 126 O.A.C. 1, refd to. [para. Nichols v. American Home Assurance Co. et al., [1990] 1 S.C.R. 801; 107 N.R. 321; 39 O.A.C. 63, refd ......
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    ...226 N.S.R.(2d) 235 ; 714 A.P.R. 235 ; 2004 NSCA 103 , refd to. [para. 16]. Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423; 247 N.R. 97 ; 126 O.A.C. 1 , refd to. [para. Dawson et al. v. Rexcraft Storage and Warehouse Inc. et al. (1998), 111 O.A.C. 201 ; 164......
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    ...[summary] judgment should be given for the plaintiff”) (emphasis added). [160] Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423, 434 (“The appropriate test to be applied on a motion for summary judgment is satisfied when the applicant has shown that there is no ge......
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    • August 22, 2022
    ...and (3), Truro (Town) v. Toronto General Insurance Co., [1974] S.C.R. 1129, Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423, Place Concorde East Ltd. Partnership v. Shelter Corp. of Canada Ltd. (2006), 270 D.L.R. (4th) 181 (Ont. C.A.), Deschenes v. Lalonde, 2020 ......
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    ...Technologies Inc., 2013 ONCA 733, Brown v. Belleville (City), 2013 ONCA 148, Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423, Dosanjh v. Liang, 2015 BCCA 18, Abraham v. Coblenz Holdings Inc., 2013 BCCA 512, Canada Egg Products Ltd. v. Canadian Doughnut Co. Ltd., ......
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    ...West Van Inc. v. Daisley, 2014 ONCA 232, Forsythe v. Westfall, 2015 ONCA 810, Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423. Kawartha Capital Corp. v 1723766 Ontario Limited, 2020 ONCA 763 Keywords: Contracts, Settlements, Releases, Defences, Economic Duress, C......
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    ...Civil Procedure, Costs, Offers to Settle, Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 49.10, Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423 Tomec v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company, 2019 ONCA 882 Keywords:Contracts, Interpretation, Insurance, MVA, Statutory Accident Benefits, ......
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    ...231 Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp, [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423, 39 C.P.C. (4th) 100, [1999] S.C.J. No. 60 ............................... 215 Table of Cases 277 Halpern v. Toronto (2000), 51 O.R. (3d) 742, 3 C.P.C. (5th) 299, [2000] O.J. No. 4514 (Div. Ct.) .......................
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    ...v. John Wonder Co., 286 N.W. 235 (Minn. C.A. 1939)...............901–3, 904 Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423, 178 D.L.R. (4th) 1, [1999] S.C.J. No. 60, rev’g (1998), 38 O.R. (3d) 563, 157 D.L.R. (4th) 643, [1998] O.J. No. 1197 (C.A.) ....................
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    ...As a result, the pipes cracked and 63 Tercon, above note 10 at para 123. See also Guarantee Co of North America v Gordon Capital Corp, [1999] 3 SCR 423 at para 52; Gendron v Doug C Thompson Ltd (Thompson Fuels), 2019 ONCA 293 at para 56; Owners, Strata Plan LMS 3905 v Crystal Square Parking......
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