Liedtke-Thompson v. Gignac, 2014 YKCA 10

• Judge: Levine, Neilson and Garson, JJ.A.
• Court: Court of Appeal (Yukon Territory)
• Case Date: November 12, 2013
• Jurisdiction: Yukon
• Citations: 2014 YKCA 10;(2014), 359 B.C.A.C. 229 (YukCA)

Liedtke-Thompson v. Gignac (2014), 359 B.C.A.C. 229 (YukCA);

    615 W.A.C. 229

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Temp. Cite: [2014] B.C.A.C. TBEd. AU.002

Tina Liedtke-Thompson (appellant/plaintiff) v. Paul Gignac (respondent/defendant)

(12-YU715; 2014 YKCA 10)

Indexed As: Liedtke-Thompson v. Gignac

Yukon Court of Appeal

Levine, Neilson and Garson, JJ.A.

August 6, 2014.

Summary:

The plaintiff sued the defendant for damages for assault and battery arising from an incident at a house party.

The Yukon Territory Supreme Court, in a decision reported [2013] Yukon Cases Uned. (SC) 9, dismissed the plaintiff's claim. The plaintiff appealed.

The Yukon Court of Appeal, in a decision reported [2014] B.C.A.C. Uned. 1, dismissed the appeal. Before the order dismissing the appeal was entered, the plaintiff applied to re-open her appeal to consider fresh evidence which she claimed demonstrated that a significant witness at trial committed perjury in his testimony.

The Yukon Court of Appeal dismissed the fresh evidence application. The court held that the fresh evidence did not satisfy the criterion of being reasonably capable of belief. Furthermore, if believed, the evidence could not reasonably be expected to have affected the result of the trial.

Practice - Topic 9031.1

Appeals - Evidence on appeal - Admission of "new evidence" following appeal judgment - See paragraphs 13 to 32.

Practice - Topic 9136

Appeals - Hearing of appeal - Rehearing or reconsideration - When available - See paragraphs 13 to 32.

Cases Noticed:

R. v. Hummel (D.) (2003), 182 B.C.A.C. 93; 300 W.A.C. 93; 175 C.C.C.(3d) 1; 2003 YKCA 4, leave to appeal denied (2003), 327 N.R. 391 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 13].

Friedland (Bankrupt), Re (2013), 335 B.C.A.C. 132; 573 W.A.C. 132; 2013 BCCA 119, refd to. [para. 13].

Temple Consulting Group Ltd. v. Abakhan & Associates Inc. - see Friedland (Bankrupt) Re.

Doman Forest Products Ltd. et al. v. GMAC Commercial Credit Corp. - Canada (2005), 209 B.C.A.C. 197; 345 W.A.C. 197; 2005 BCCA 111, refd to. [para. 15].

McVea v. T.B. et al. (2006), 233 B.C.A.C. 152; 386 W.A.C. 152; 51 B.C.L.R.(4th) 249; 2006 BCCA 199, refd to. [para. 15].

Melnikov v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia et al. (2010), 294 B.C.A.C. 281; 498 W.A.C. 281; 2010 BCCA 502, refd to. [para. 15].

McGarry v. Co-operators Life Insurance Co., [2011] B.C.A.C. Uned. 93; 2011 BCCA 272, refd to. [para. 15].

R. v. Palmer, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 759; 30 N.R. 181, refd to. [para. 17].

MacDonald v. Pier, [1923] S.C.R. 107, refd to. [para. 19].

Harper v. Harper, [1980] 1 S.C.R. 2; 27 N.R. 554, refd to. [para. 19].

Canada v. Granatile Inc. (2008), 302 D.L.R.(4th) 40 (Ont. Sup. Ct.), refd to. [para. 20].

Counsel:

S. Roothman, for the appellant;

D.L. Fendrick, for the respondent.

This application was heard in Whitehorse, Yukon, on November 12, 2013, before Levine, Neilson and Garson, JJ.A., of the Yukon Court of Appeal. The following decision was delivered for the court, in Vancouver, B.C., on August 6, 2014, by Levine, J.A.