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

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JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeL'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C.; Bastarache, Michel
Date15 October 1999
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
Docket Number26654
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
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    • July 9, 2015
    ...of showing that there is "no genuine issue of material fact requiring trial": Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp ., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423, at para. 27. The defendant must prove this; it cannot rely on mere allegations or the pleadings: 1061590 Ontario Ltd. v. Ontario Jockey......
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    ...(2000), 50 O.R. (3d) 728; Re Slocock’s Will Trusts, [1979] 1 All E.R. 358; Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423; Abram Steamship Co. v. Westville Shipping Co., [1923] A.C. 773; Neville v. National Foundation for Christian Leadership, 2013 BCSC 183, aff......
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    • Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • May 31, 2010
    ...Inc., [2007] N.S.R.(2d) Uned. 13; 2007 NSCA 11, refd to. [para. 170]. Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423; 247 N.R. 97; 126 O.A.C. 1; 1999 CanLII 664, refd to. [para. United Gulf Developments Ltd. et al. v. Iskandar et al. (2004), 222 N.S.R.(2d) 137; ......
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    ...Scheme Ltd. v. West Bromwich Building Society, [1998] 1 All E.R. 98; Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423; Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 2020 ABCA 320, 17 Alta. L.R. (7th) 83; Reardon Smith Line Ltd. v. Hansen-Tangen, [1976] 3 ......
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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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    ...330 N.S.R.(2d) 267 ; 1046 A.P.R. 267 ; 2013 NSCA 65 , refd to. [para. 20]. 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. United Gulf Developments Ltd. et al. v. Iskandar et al. (2004), 222 N.S.R.(2d) 137 ; 701......
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    ...of showing that there is "no genuine issue of material fact requiring trial": Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp ., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423, at para. 27. The defendant must prove this; it cannot rely on mere allegations or the pleadings: 1061590 Ontario Ltd. v. Ontario Jockey......
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    ...(2000), 50 O.R. (3d) 728; Re Slocock’s Will Trusts, [1979] 1 All E.R. 358; Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gordon Capital Corp., [1999] 3 S.C.R. 423; Abram Steamship Co. v. Westville Shipping Co., [1923] A.C. 773; Neville v. National Foundation for Christian Leadership, 2013 BCSC 183, aff......
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    • Mondaq Canada
    • 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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  • Table of Cases
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    • Irwin Books Civil Litigation
    • June 16, 2010
    ...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 WH Hotel Ltd , [1966] SCR 434 at 440 (court’s duty is to avoid an “interpretation as would result in commercial absurdity”). 113 (1999), 178 DLR (4th) 1 (SCC), rev’g (1998), 157 DLR (4th) 643 (Ont CA) [ Gordon Capital ]. General Principles of Interpretation 823 insurance bond under which ......
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    • August 29, 2012
    ...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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    • Irwin Books Archive The Law of Contracts Part Five
    • September 1, 2005
    ...business men do not intend to do anything absurd, which is some slight guide; but in all cases it is a matter of construction”). 74 (1999), 178 D.L.R. (4th) 1 (S.C.C.), rev’g (1998), 157 D.L.R. (4th) 643 (Ont. C.A.). 75 See generally Chapter 15. General Principles of Interpretation 721 avai......
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