Jonsson v Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167

CourtCourt of Appeal (Alberta)
JudgeThe Honourable Mr. Justice Frans Slatter,The Honourable Madam Justice Myra Bielby,The Honourable Madam Justice Barbara Lea Veldhuis
Citation2020 ABCA 167
Date01 May 2020
Docket Number1803-0302-AC

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    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 26, 2020
    ...of Canada Ltd. v. Burns & Roe Inc., [1975] 2 S.C.R. 124; Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217; Jonsson v. Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167; B.C.G.E.U. v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1988] 2 S.C.R. 214; Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, [2014] 1 S.C.R. 87; Novamaze Pty Ltd. ......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 9 ' November 13, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 17, 2020
    ...v The Law Society of Upper Canada, 2015 ONCA 0733, R v Cunningham, 2010 SCC 10, R v 974649 Ontario Inc., 2001 SCC 81, Jonsson v Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167 Gagnon v Martyniuk, 2020 ONCA 708 Keywords: Family Law, Custody and Access, Civil Procedure, Contempt, Fresh Evidence, Family Law Rules, O. Re......
  • Rana v Rana
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • May 21, 2024
    ...his sibling rather than pay the outstanding costs, which says all that is needed about Mr. S. Rana's intentions. 30 In Jonsson v Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167, the Court of Appeal of Alberta ruled that no cost expense precondition may be imposed on a person subject to court access restrictions who s......
  • 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
    ...prove that the enforcement of the term would raise “a real prospect that there would be a denial of access to justice”); Jonsson v Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167 at para 67 (in the context of a vexatious litigant order that required the appellant to seek permission of the court before commencing or c......
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  • Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • June 26, 2020
    ...of Canada Ltd. v. Burns & Roe Inc., [1975] 2 S.C.R. 124; Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217; Jonsson v. Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167; B.C.G.E.U. v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1988] 2 S.C.R. 214; Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, [2014] 1 S.C.R. 87; Novamaze Pty Ltd. ......
  • Rana v Rana
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • May 21, 2024
    ...his sibling rather than pay the outstanding costs, which says all that is needed about Mr. S. Rana's intentions. 30 In Jonsson v Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167, the Court of Appeal of Alberta ruled that no cost expense precondition may be imposed on a person subject to court access restrictions who s......
  • Lymer v Jonsson
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • December 23, 2025
    ...before sanction was imposed. The matter was remitted back to the trial court for a new hearing before a different judge: Jonsson v Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167. 5 On November 16, 2022, the new case management justice ordered the appellant to produce documents and be questioned. Questioning took pla......
  • Ubah v Ubah, 2023 ABKB 111
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • February 27, 2023
    ...from requiring any person to be represented by a lawyer, since the right to self-represent is absolute in Alberta (Jonsson v Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167), I very strongly recommend that Mr. Ubah cease on his own making leave to file Applications to the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta, and ......
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  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 9 ' November 13, 2020)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • November 17, 2020
    ...v The Law Society of Upper Canada, 2015 ONCA 0733, R v Cunningham, 2010 SCC 10, R v 974649 Ontario Inc., 2001 SCC 81, Jonsson v Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167 Gagnon v Martyniuk, 2020 ONCA 708 Keywords: Family Law, Custody and Access, Civil Procedure, Contempt, Fresh Evidence, Family Law Rules, O. Re......
  • Imagining the Ideal Video-Conferencing Solution
    • Canada
    • JD Supra Canada
    • May 26, 2020
    ...BCGEU v British Columbia (AG), [1988] 2 SCR 214; see also Jonsson v Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167 at para 38.6. See United Nations and the Rule of Law, “Access to Justice”, available online: www.un.org/ruleoaw/thematic-areas/access-to-justice-and-rule-of-law-institutions/access-to-justice/>. 7. See......
1 books & journal articles
  • 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
    ...prove that the enforcement of the term would raise “a real prospect that there would be a denial of access to justice”); Jonsson v Lymer, 2020 ABCA 167 at para 67 (in the context of a vexatious litigant order that required the appellant to seek permission of the court before commencing or c......