Meekis v. Ontario

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeJuriansz, van Rensburg and Sossin JJ.A.
Neutral Citation2021 ONCA 534
Citation2021 ONCA 534
Date26 July 2021
Docket NumberC66971

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2 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 10 ' 14)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • February 19, 2025
    ...v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 2023 FCA 89 , Castrillo v. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 2017 ONCA 121 , Meekis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 534, Burns v. RBC Life Insurance Company, 2020 ONCA 347 Sundial Homes (Sharon) Limited v. Wei, 2025 ONCA 102 Keywords: Contracts, Real Propert......
  • Chitaroni . Coleman (Township)
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • April 20, 2023
    ...a statutory duty to do so on the part of the Township, clearly missing the Court of Appeal's recent decision in Meekis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 534, which I will expand upon below. These deficiencies in the materials and the arguments of counsel prevent me from fairly and justly adjudicat......
11 cases
  • Rebello v. Ontario
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • June 13, 2023
    ...[41] Bowman, at paras. 96-97. [42] Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28, 450 D.L.R. (4th) 1, at para. 27; Meekis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 534, 158 O.R. (3d) 1, at para. [43] 2022 ONCA 587, at paras. 59 to 66. [44] Apotex, at para. 60; Restoule v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 ONC......
  • Manoharan v. Taylor
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • November 18, 2025
    ...No. 201) [173] The purpose of the tort of misfeasance in public office was described by the Ontario Court of Appeal in Meekis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 534 as follows: As Lord Steyn put it in Three Rivers District Council v. Bank of England (No. 3), [2000] 2 W.L.R. 1220 (U.K. H.L.), at 1230: “T......
  • Rivard v. Ontario
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • February 13, 2025
    ...As held in Castrillo v. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 2017 ONCA 121, 136 O.R. (3d) 654, at para. 15, and Meekis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 534, 158 O.R. (3d) 1, at para. 16, a court assessing a r. 21.01(1)(b) motion is not required to assume that bald conclusory statements of fact are [4......
  • Wei v Ontario
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • May 7, 2026
    ...prospect of proving their claims otherwise. 96 To succeed on a misfeasance claim, the plaintiffs must show: See Meekis v Ontario, 2021 ONCA 534, at para 73; Ontario (AG) v Clark, 2021 SCC 18, at para (a) the individual defendants were public officials exercising public functions at the rele......
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  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (February 10 ' 14)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • February 19, 2025
    ...v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 2023 FCA 89 , Castrillo v. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, 2017 ONCA 121 , Meekis v. Ontario, 2021 ONCA 534, Burns v. RBC Life Insurance Company, 2020 ONCA 347 Sundial Homes (Sharon) Limited v. Wei, 2025 ONCA 102 Keywords: Contracts, Real Propert......