Melek v. Conservative Party of Canada

JurisdictionOntario
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
JudgeJustice Edward Belobaba
Neutral Citation2021 ONSC 1959
Citation2021 ONSC 1959
Date17 March 2021
Docket NumberCV-21-658374

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  • The Boundaries of Judicial Review Since Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v. Wall.
    • Canada
    • Queen's Law Journal Vol. 47 No. 1, September 2021
    • September 22, 2021
    ...supra note 4. (100.) See Karahalios v Conservative Party of Canada, 2020 ONSC 1947. (101.) See Melek v Conservative Party of Canada, 2021 ONSC 1959. (102.) These cases can be contrasted with some pre-Wall cases where Canadian courts had authorized the judicial review of political parties' d......
  • GEC (Richmond) GP Inc. v Romspen Investment Corporation
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • September 22, 2025
    ...Project Lands. 82 GEC argued at trial that s. 7 was unenforceable as being against public policy, relying on Melek v. Conservative Party, 2021 ONSC 1959 and Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16 [ Uber]. The trial judge rejected that argument and found that GEC had breached the Subo......
  • Alderbridge way GP Ltd (Re)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • August 7, 2024
    ...of their agreement directly undermines the administration of justice and is against public policy: Melek v. Conservative Party of Canada, 2021 ONSC 1959; Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller, 2020 SCC 16 (per Brown J., 317 To the extent that s. 7 is enforceable, GEC says that the prohibition in......
  • Federal Conservative Party Member Wins Pyrrhic Court Victory: Loses In Party Election
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • March 30, 2021
    ...be resolved through reason, tolerance and diplomacy, they sometimes, like in the recent case of Melek v. Conservative Party of Canada, 2021 ONSC 1959, end up on the front pages of newspapers, the headlines of social media or in court. In this case, the internal dispute involved the issue of......
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  • The Boundaries of Judicial Review Since Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v. Wall.
    • Canada
    • Queen's Law Journal Vol. 47 No. 1, September 2021
    • September 22, 2021
    ...supra note 4. (100.) See Karahalios v Conservative Party of Canada, 2020 ONSC 1947. (101.) See Melek v Conservative Party of Canada, 2021 ONSC 1959. (102.) These cases can be contrasted with some pre-Wall cases where Canadian courts had authorized the judicial review of political parties' d......