McQuay v. McQuay, (1992) 54 O.A.C. 302 (DC)

JudgeHartt, Montgomery and McKeown, JJ.
CourtOntario Court of Justice General Division (Canada)
Case DateJanuary 27, 1992
JurisdictionOntario
Citations(1992), 54 O.A.C. 302 (DC)

McQuay v. McQuay (1992), 54 O.A.C. 302 (DC)

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Donald James McQuay (petitioner/respondent) v. Constance Patricia McQuay (respondent/appellant)

(No. 376/90)

Indexed As: McQuay v. McQuay

Ontario Court of Justice

General Division

Divisional Court

Hartt, Montgomery and McKeown, JJ.

February 3, 1992.

Summary:

A trial judge declined to award to a wife prejudgment interest on a family property equalization payment. The wife appealed.

The Ontario Divisional Court dismissed the appeal.

Family Law - Topic 967

Actions between husband and wife - Practice - Interest on awards - [See both Interest - Topic 5008 ].

Interest - Topic 5008

As damages - Prejudgment interest - Entitlement - A husband owned the matri­monial home - He was granted interim possession - The wife unsuccessfully claimed an equal interest by constructive trust - The husband had no other asset with which to pay a family property equalization payment and could not have sold or mortgaged the home to pay equalization payments while the wife's claim was outstanding - The trial judge allowed the husband a reasonable time to obtain funds to make the payment and declined to award prejudgment interest - The Ontario Divisional Court affirmed the decision.

Interest - Topic 5008

As damages - Prejudgment interest - Entitlement - The Ontario Divisional Court stated that the commercial test (placing the plaintiff in the same position, so far as money is concerned, as he would have been in if the loss had not been suffered), did not apply when exercising discretion to award prejudgment interest on family property equalization payments - The court identified circumstances where prejudgment interest was inappropriate, namely, where payment is to be made out of capital which has not been earning interest; where payment relates to an asset that could not have been realized on in the past; or where payment was to be made from an asset that was not liquid - See para­graphs 6 to 9.

Cases Noticed:

Irvington Holdings Ltd. v. Black et al. (1987), 20 O.A.C. 390; 50 O.R.(2d) 449 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 4].

New Brunswick Telephone Co. Ltd. v. John Maryon International Ltd. et al. (1982), 43 N.B.R.(2d) 469; 113 A.P.R. 469; 141 D.L.R.(3d) 193 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 4].

Rawluk v. Rawluk (1986), 3 R.F.L.(3d) 113, refd to. [para. 6].

Harry v. Harry (1987), 9 R.F.L.(3d) 121, refd to. [para. 6].

Leslie v. Leslie (1987), 9 R.F.L.(3d) 82, refd to. [para. 7].

Humphreys v. Humphreys (1987), 7 R.F.L.(3d) 113 (Ont. H.C.), refd to. [para. 8].

Gregoric v. Gregoric (No. 2) (1991), 4 O.R.(3d) 604, refd to. [para. 9].

Statutes Noticed:

Courts of Justice Act, S.O. 1984, c. 11, sect. 140 [para. 3].

Counsel:

F. Scott Turton, for the appel­lant/respondent;

Harvey S. Dorsey, for the respon­dent/petitioner.

This appeal was heard on January 27, 1992, before Hartt, Montgomery and McKeown, JJ., of the Ontario Divisional Court, who delivered the following oral judgment on February 3, 1992.

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