Jeffery v. London Life Insurance Company

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeDoherty, Benotto and Huscroft JJ.A.
Citation2018 ONCA 716
Date31 August 2018
Docket NumberC62958 & C64167

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5 practice notes
  • The (un)enforceability of class action waivers in Canada
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 19-1, December 2023
    • December 1, 2023
    ...746 at para 218. See also Murphy v Compagnie Amway Canada, 2011 FC 1341 at para 45, af’d 2013 FCA 38; Jefery v London Life Insurance Co, 2018 ONCA 716 at para 45. On the diference between procedural and substantive rights, see Thomas C. Grey, “Procedural Fairness and Substantive Rights” (19......
  • General Motors v. Trillium Motor World Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Ontario Superior Court of Justice
    • January 22, 2019
    ...effect. It is also appropriate to adopt a broad, purposeful approach in interpreting the CPA: Jeffery v. London Life Insurance Company, 2018 ONCA 716 at para. [59] I see no equitable concerns that are substantial enough to displace such a broad approach. GM submits in this regard that since......
  • Tridelta Investment Counsel Inc. v. GTA Mixed-Use Developments GP Inc.
    • Canada
    • Ontario Superior Court of Justice
    • July 10, 2024
    ...in subsequent endorsements, as r. 59.06 contemplates may be done by the trial judge. See Jeffery v. London Life Insurance Company, 2018 ONCA 716, 26 C.P.C. (8th) 1, at paras. [8] On October 11, 2023, the court recorded that, “[t]he defendants have committed to deliver by October 17, 2023 al......
  • The Canada Life Assurance Company et al. v. Aphria Inc.
    • Canada
    • Ontario Superior Court of Justice
    • October 25, 2024
    ...provides “that a judge can give directions or make an order to carry an order into operation”: Jeffery v. London Life Insurance Company, 2018 ONCA 716 (CanLII), at para. 84. In applying the Rules, they are intended to be “liberally construed to secure the just… determination of every civil ......
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  • General Motors v. Trillium Motor World Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • January 22, 2019
    ...effect. It is also appropriate to adopt a broad, purposeful approach in interpreting the CPA: Jeffery v. London Life Insurance Company, 2018 ONCA 716 at para. [59] I see no equitable concerns that are substantial enough to displace such a broad approach. GM submits in this regard that since......
  • Tridelta Investment Counsel Inc. v. GTA Mixed-Use Developments GP Inc.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • July 10, 2024
    ...in subsequent endorsements, as r. 59.06 contemplates may be done by the trial judge. See Jeffery v. London Life Insurance Company, 2018 ONCA 716, 26 C.P.C. (8th) 1, at paras. [8] On October 11, 2023, the court recorded that, “[t]he defendants have committed to deliver by October 17, 2023 al......
  • The Canada Life Assurance Company et al. v. Aphria Inc.
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • October 25, 2024
    ...provides “that a judge can give directions or make an order to carry an order into operation”: Jeffery v. London Life Insurance Company, 2018 ONCA 716 (CanLII), at para. 84. In applying the Rules, they are intended to be “liberally construed to secure the just… determination of every civil ......
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  • The (un)enforceability of class action waivers in Canada
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Canadian Class Action Review No. 19-1, December 2023
    • December 1, 2023
    ...746 at para 218. See also Murphy v Compagnie Amway Canada, 2011 FC 1341 at para 45, af’d 2013 FCA 38; Jefery v London Life Insurance Co, 2018 ONCA 716 at para 45. On the diference between procedural and substantive rights, see Thomas C. Grey, “Procedural Fairness and Substantive Rights” (19......