Hornstein v. Kats

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeHuscroft, Nordheimer and Harvison Young JJ.A.
Neutral Citation2021 ONCA 293
Docket Number2021onca293
Date01 January 0001
Citation2021 ONCA 293
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)

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4 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 3-7, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 10, 2021
    ...v. Perkins, 2007 ONCA 585, MacLeod v. Marshall, 2019 ONCA 842, Gao v. Dietrich, 2018 BCCA 372. Short Civil Decisions Hornstein v. Kats, 2021 ONCA 293 Keywords: Business Associations, Partnerships, Real Property, Beneficial Interests, Torts, Slander of Title, Evidence, Credibility, Punitive ......
  • Chicago Title Insurance Company v Doe et Al
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 27, 2025
    ...of Toronto, 1995 CanLII 59 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130, at p. 1208. There must be an independent actionable wrong: Hornstein v. Kats, 2021 ONCA 293 (CanLII), at para. 27 Some of the factors the court may consider in awarding punitive damages include: • whether the misconduct was planned and......
  • Gupta v Chauhan
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • April 18, 2024
    ...SCC 18, [2002] 1 S.C.R. 595, at para. 31. Punitive damages cannot be “simply on the basis of a party's misconduct”: Hornstein v Kats, 2021 ONCA 293, at para. 142 There is no independent actionable wrong attributable to Mr. Chauhan. Punitive damages cannot be awarded simply based on his misc......
  • Ong v Walsh
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • October 1, 2024
    ...be an independent actionable wrong: Hornstein v. Kats et al., 2020 ONSC 870, 24 R.P.R. (6th) 107, at para. 233, rev'd on other grounds 2021 ONCA 293, 30 R.P.R. (6th) 192 at para 13 Here the conduct cited in support of the punitive damages is the very same conduct that has constituted the to......
3 cases
  • Chicago Title Insurance Company v Doe et Al
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • August 27, 2025
    ...of Toronto, 1995 CanLII 59 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130, at p. 1208. There must be an independent actionable wrong: Hornstein v. Kats, 2021 ONCA 293 (CanLII), at para. 27 Some of the factors the court may consider in awarding punitive damages include: • whether the misconduct was planned and......
  • Gupta v Chauhan
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • April 18, 2024
    ...SCC 18, [2002] 1 S.C.R. 595, at para. 31. Punitive damages cannot be “simply on the basis of a party's misconduct”: Hornstein v Kats, 2021 ONCA 293, at para. 142 There is no independent actionable wrong attributable to Mr. Chauhan. Punitive damages cannot be awarded simply based on his misc......
  • Ong v Walsh
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • October 1, 2024
    ...be an independent actionable wrong: Hornstein v. Kats et al., 2020 ONSC 870, 24 R.P.R. (6th) 107, at para. 233, rev'd on other grounds 2021 ONCA 293, 30 R.P.R. (6th) 192 at para 13 Here the conduct cited in support of the punitive damages is the very same conduct that has constituted the to......
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  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (May 3-7, 2021)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 10, 2021
    ...v. Perkins, 2007 ONCA 585, MacLeod v. Marshall, 2019 ONCA 842, Gao v. Dietrich, 2018 BCCA 372. Short Civil Decisions Hornstein v. Kats, 2021 ONCA 293 Keywords: Business Associations, Partnerships, Real Property, Beneficial Interests, Torts, Slander of Title, Evidence, Credibility, Punitive ......